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Member No.	#	3946
Registered	📅	21st Nov 2016
Last Online	📅	27th Apr 2024
City	📍	Port Perry
Country	🇨🇦	Canada
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St.Pierre Dory

Design is from The Dory Book, John Gardner’s fine collection of dory’s from over the centuries. The dory is used in various locations around the world not just in the waters off St. Pierre Island south of Newfoundland. This model was built in the Spring of 2023 and has yet to have its first voyage which should be soon.

Ronald

1 year ago

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Barge "Memere"

This barge is a model of the one used by Marcel Theriualt, skipper of the Beamsville, Tofino, BC. The barge is named after his 99 year old grandmother.

Ronald

1 year ago

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Garfeld

Garfeld is an old Billings kit of the Dragen, but because the cartoon character is the skipper and is challenging the winds on the bow, it only seems fitting that it carries the name. I modified the kit, adding more ballast to the keel, enlarged the rudder, and changed the design of the deck structures. I gave it a sail and mast from a DF-65 and it sails very well.

Ronald

1 year ago

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Schooner - "The Show"

David Westergaard, designed and built "TheShow" in 2019 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. When I saw it in a magazine, I went about contacting him to receive permission to make a Rc model of her. He gave me permission and sent a few photos of a half hull design he had done and the contact for the person who had made the plan line drawings. I built the model in the spring of 2022 and have enjoyed sailing it in light to moderate winds

Ronald

1 year ago

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Geneva

Nordic Folkboat design seen on the shores of Lake Geneva. Scratch built with my own plans

Ronald

4 years ago

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Miss Katherine

Scratch built small tugboat seen in Mahone Bay,Nova Scotia, which has a chine steel sheet hull. Overall length was 48’ width 12’, single screw, crew of two. The original tugboat was named Enmore, built in 1959, on the shores of Lake Ontario, by Belmar Welding Company Ltd. It was destined to be a public works tug in Charlotte Town, PEI. Her current name is Miss Katherine

Ronald

4 years ago

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(Working Vessel) Progress J-502

Billing Boats kit, Progress J-502 vacuum formed hull, deck and cabin. Wheel house is very thin wood 2 ply. The kit was missing styrene strips, but the deck fittings were included. All brass rods, mahogany strips, rigging was in the kit. Added furniture in wheelhouse, navigation lights, windows, and railings and other details not found in the kit. Fun little boat to make and research. (7/10)

Ronald

5 years ago

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(Working Vessel) Villa Class Tugboat

3/4”=1’ Began building September 2020 finished the Spring 2021 when ballast testing and weights were added. The RusselBrothers of Owen Sound, Ontario build many varieties of vessels. The Loganville and Beamsville are both Ville Class tugboats. Built for the CDN Royal Navy and saw duty on both coasts on Canada and some were shipped over seas too. Read the history of the Loganville: http://russelbrothers.com/xloganville.html

Ronald

6 years ago

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(Yacht) Catharine

Uses 4 AA batteries to power the Spektrum Receiver and two servos. Mast is 22” Boom 20” Sail material is from Doyle Sailmakers inc. 2.2oz Fibrermax nylon from Challenge Sailcloth Draft is 3” Bean 8” (9/10)

Ronald

6 years ago

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(Yacht) Midwest Cranberry Isle

Recently purchased this boat built by Don Sutton, Scale Captain, Metro Modellers Toronto, Canada . Don built the boat about 15 years ago, but to make room for a larger new model he is selling older models. This style of Yacht has long been a favorite of mine which will be my winter scratch build project. Having this working model in my workshop will assist me with the project. (10/10)

Ronald

7 years ago

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(Other) M12

More to come with photos out of the water. Uses One Meter Soling Rig and Sails. Design of hull/rudder/keel is to sail in the weeds. (5/10)

Ronald

7 years ago

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RAAF Museum Point Cook, Victoria, Australia

Any of our members been to this museum, if so please PM me. I am working on a flying boat which is on display there. Yes guys, some boats fly!

Ronald

4 months ago

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Billings - Dragen

This is an older Billings kit. Not a scratch build this time, rather nice after all other boats lately. I kept patterns of the parts.

Ronald

3 years ago

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Miss Jenna located in Mahone Bay, N.S

Mike Kelly owns the Miss Jenna, a Russel Brothers Ville Class tugboat built for use by the RCN for duty on the East and West coasts of Canada. It has an approximate LOA of 40', beam 10' and interestingly virtually no keel. The drawings found, show a visible keel beginning about in the middle. A 4 1/2" width and about 1 3/4" depth, which becomes increasingly more moving aft. http://www.russelbrothers.ca/xlisterville.html Bill Froelich, Houston, Texas, built a fine 40" 1"=1' scale model seen here. Bill and I have been in contact and have shared various ideas.

Ronald

3 years ago

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Test Floats - Sea Trials

I took my three winter builds up the street to my neighbours pool. Tug Miss Katherine, Vosper, and Folk sailboat Ballast was good on all three. I had my Forward/Reverse power controls set-up opposite to what I prefer but those were just minor adjustments. Surprised that the Vosper requires a larger turning radius, though I did not give it much power in that small pool, especially on the first test out of the bathtub. Rather hard to take photos and control at the same time. I took a couple videos too but they did not turn out very well. It is a small outdoor pool, but for my first test float, it was perfect for me. No swimming was required!!

Ronald

4 years ago

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Italeri Vosper 72’6” MTB 77

Donnieboy gave me this kits several years ago to build with the grandsons. But, the boys are not able to come over to help grandpa. Plus, they really are not interested! Plan to make the conversion to a single brushed motor using an NiHM. Looking over the deck there needed to be a hatch opening with the least disturbance to the design. I chose the area as seen in the photos. Built a coaming, and a hatch cover which once the torpedoes are in place is hidden. I do not believe the raised deck will be very obvious.

Ronald

4 years ago

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The Nordic Folkboat

Scratch build is well underway. It began with seeing one in a cradle on the shore of Lake Geneva. I wish now more photos would have been taken, but Google is a big help as are magazines. Currently, working on the mounting and alignment of the rudder.

Ronald

4 years ago

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💬 Re: HMS Bluebell.

17 hours ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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I bought the 1/72 kit while on vacation last summer, saw it on Facebook Marketplace for $40 CDN. The owner had it for years and was tired of taking the kit with him, when the moved he from apartment to apartment. It had been a gift from his grandmother, she knew he like to build plastic models but didn’t know he was a model plane builder.

Well to my good fortune I build planes, vehicles and floating objects too.

Now before I close this off, it is my intention to build it as a post war vessel. Some of these went on to serve in other capacities for many years in peace time roles. Yes I know they have a distinguished role in history which most model builders will try to simulate, but there is the pre-war whaling role, and the post-war roles these ships preformed too.

http://www.cbrnp.com/RNP/Flower/MODELS/Sudbury/Sudbury.htm

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📝 keel weight information

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I see you are building Gary Webb’s “ Annie” from bearospaceindustries. Gary has included keel weight information for his various designs in the written instructions.

Displacement 20lbs/9Kg from the Annie Particulars

If you email Gary directly, he will get back to you shortly with answers to your questions.

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💬 Re: 1958/9 50/55' Chris Craft Constellation

11 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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WOW someone gave you a beautiful piece of work.

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💬 Re: Land yacht,- walkies

12 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Well done!

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💬 Re: April 13 2024

13 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Question, would an anchor be left on the wooden deck or be stowed away in a locker ? Say, under the bow in a foot locker.

Just asking, I know nothing about these beautiful Chris Craft boats.

So much attention to detail on this model, even the tight grain of the mahogany.

Looking forward to possibly meeting you when my wife and I are in Victoria May 18-21. We are riding the Victoria Clipper to Seattle in late afternoon of the 21st. A 2.5 hr trip at 34+knots!

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💬 Re: Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 10

16 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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That’s a lot of work to make those sails, complete the rigging ant transport to and from the sailing area, but they sure look great on the water!

Do you use twisted or braided twine?

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📝 Relax for a few days.

16 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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It takes a ship model builder to take photographs of the important elements of a vessel and you nailed them spot on, these are great!

So much additional information and unique features that shows off the pride of ownership.

Well done

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📝 Midwest Products Cape Cod Catboat Instructions

19 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Try rcgroups.com

Most likely someone will have it in a pdf for you.

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💬 Re: Mast Step

20 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Have you asked Paul Gartside about the mast rake angle?

Try emailing him at:

info@gartsideboats.com

You should get a rapid response.

https://www.gartsideboats.com/

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📝 City of Sheffield Tyne lifeboat. 1st sailing.

21 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Could you tell me the orange paint number and the blue paint number to use for these vessels?

The Canadian Lifeboat Institution uses the same paint as the RNLI

https://canadianlifeboatinstitution.org/

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📝 City of Sheffield Tyne lifeboat

23 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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I looked up on YouTube the answer to my question 🙋🏻‍♂️ what does the kit look like out of the box?

There is a 1/72nd kit by Airfix and some have converted it to RC but yours is not one of them.

What I discovered was that the box was almost empty! Only a molded hull and abs formed superstructure which requires the builder to mark and cut out hatches, windows and other details. Anyone taking on this task is in for a pile of work.

I know you inherited this model and stripped it down to create the finished product but even that takes patience, know how, and the ability to scratch build. It’s no wonder you are receiving many accolades and slaps on the back! Hats 🎩 Off to your excellent craftsmanship. I salute 🫡 you too.
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📝 City of Sheffield Tyne lifeboat

24 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Having never seen one of these kits out of the box, how much of a model like this is in the kit and what has been added by the builder?

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💬 Re: Floorboards

26 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Looking forward to seeing what you do next. Are the floorboards also fastened with brass nails as you did on the planks? Be careful to choose tight grain wood especially if the finished model is left with natural wood which shows the grain. If you plan to paint the floor boards this is not as much of a visual issue.

Here is an excellent link that demonstrates what I am expressing. I know as model builders, finding the right wood to finish our model can be a challenge as the scale of the model is smaller than their full-sized counterpart.

https://duffieldtimber.com/the-workbench/categories/timber-trends/wood-grain-pat

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💬 Re: "Dinghy Dan"

26 days ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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…And some people just stop at a bear 🐻 …

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📝 Old Boat Sightings

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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When we were on a Holland America cruise on the inside passage to Alaska, we docked in Ketchikan. There in the marina was this once beauty, but now it's just wasting away.

AVERILLA out of Seattle, Washington

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📝 The sadest Easter

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There must be another storage solution!

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📝 Death of a member.

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My most sincere condolences Collin

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💬 Re: Nailing the Planks

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Amazing patience to stick with it! Very resourceful and skilled work. Well done! I hope the family will appreciate the work you put into this project and it will be passed along through the generations.

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📝 Operating Cranes

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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My non-operating crane is on the barge Mereme owned by Marcel Theriault in Tofino BC. It is scratch built.

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💬 Re: I found the 🤬 leak!!!😁

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Glad you spotted the problem and were able to come through with a solution. It kinda reminds me of the little boy and his finger in the dyke.👉🏻

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💬 Re: A little video

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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I would have brought it in to check water seeping after a few times around the circuit, much sooner than you did. Hope it was dry.

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💬 Re: Looks good, runs good, leaks a bit

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Could you apply several coats of polyurethane on the outside of hull? Try four, let them dry between coats. Then do another tub test.

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📝 Now I'm going crazy.

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Not going CRAZY just remembering our trip to Ireland and why I didn't drive there! Hats off to you who do. Just keep your eyes on the road and what's coming around the bend and not at the scenery!

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📝 Sloop Emma

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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My wife made me a new shirt and hat to go with my new build. The sails are made and as soon as we have warmer weather it will me launched.

We had snow again last night 🥴

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📝 Sloop Emma

1 month ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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My lovely wife made the cotton poplin sails today!😁

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💬 Re: Encore

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Looking forward to the day of seeing it on the water...in person!

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📝 Day Dreamer gets a newly painted hull

2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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This Midwest Maine Down East yacht is sporting a newly painted hull in Midnight Blue.

Originally built and painted with a white hull, after twenty years it needed an upgrade.

The Midnight Blue sets off the wooden deck work very nicely. Dannyboy is the original builder from whom I bought it from about five years ago. He laid the Cherry deck down by gluing each strip with CA and as he says, “ His fingers too!”

The added cockpit roof and Happy Family figures show off this fine model very well. Looking forward to seeing it in the water in a few weeks.

Here are a few photos of the original and the newly painted yacht.

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📝 No emails

2 months ago by 🇨🇦 Ronald (

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Thanks Steven I appreciate that you have been working on this for all of us.

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📝 No emails

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Hi
I have no emails for over a week coming from the site. Is there a systems issue?

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💬 Re: Some Stays In

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School shop? Or Industrial area?

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