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fibre glass or not by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 1 month ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Hi Fred, This all depends on the size and structure of the boat and the type of timber used as a skin. Fibreglass is generally used to strengthen and waterproof the boat.

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Counter Rotating Props by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 5 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

The US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers have outwards rotating propellers and the Ticonderoga class cruisers have inwards rotating propellers, so nothing definitive to be learned there.

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Counter Rotating Props by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 5 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

An excellent discussion with very valid arguments. I have always had my twin shaft/prop vessels with outward turning propellers, but I will now reverse one of them to inwards turning to see how much difference it makes. Always learning...

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HMS Triumph by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 5 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

HMS Triumph - Trafalgar Class Submarine at Albert Park Lake, Melbourne. There is a previous post with this submarine. It is scratch built and uses Engel piston tanks as its diving system. It has been in operation over 30 years. This is the first time it has carried a camera.

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HMCS Agassiz by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 6 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 1 )

A very good effort. A video of it sailing would be awesome.👍

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HMS Renown, HMS King George V and DKM Z39 by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 6 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

These 3 boats are scratchbuilt by 3 separate builders. Renown was only recently launched. All are 1/72 scale.

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Submarine attack and depth charge explosions by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 6 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Awesome production. Great pyrotechnics.

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RAF Target and Towing launch (Kitshack) by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 7 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

That's a great model. Do you have any photos or videos of the boat at speed?

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Schnellboot & Fairmile D by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 7 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Thank-you. We use car drive belts to assist with launch and retrieval of the boats. They are easy to carry about, maintain their shape in the water and don't slip from under the hulls. these belts are about 900mm long so you won't have to bend far when launching.

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Schnellboot & Fairmile D by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 8 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Thanks. The location is Albert Park lake in Melbourne, Australia. The Schnellboot now has a brushless motor, and my Fairmile D has 2 x Graupner 700 12v motors.

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BPB MTB449 & Vosper MTB385 by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 9 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

The British Power Boat MGB 449 belongs to a good friend. The Vosper 73' Type I MTB is scratch-built in 2016 and took 6 months. Both boats are 1/24 scale. The location is Albert Park lake in Melbourne, Australia

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Schnellboot & Fairmile D by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 9 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 4 )

Both boats are 1/24 scale The E boat belongs to a good friend. It has just had a new camouflage pattern added. The Fairmile D is scratch-built, it took nearly 4 years to build, launched in 2011. The sound effects were added for fun. The location is Albert Park lake in Melbourne, Australia

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HMS Triumph by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 9 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 5 )

Scratch-built Trafalgar class submarine 1986-87. It uses 2 x Engel piston tanks for the diving system. This video was at the Task force 72 regatta at Naracoorte in SA in November 2016.

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canterbury and waikato by reilly4 Sub-Lieutenant   Posted: 9 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Very graceful sailing. Well done!

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