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Perkasa no
This boat is very rare become of its size its a wooden version and yes it is 60 inches and made from very thick ply and need lots to finish it is a real project and that makes 14 and now we have a whole fleet again
Stephen T
30 days ago
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Perkasa SM Harris small Percedent model
This boat came with my big boat of the same make it was missing most of the motor and speed controller etc and deck fittings its a well made from a 1970 kit of parts its been float tested and all was well just need to finish it its sister boat was lost in my shed fire, not sure why some one has given it this name but ill keep it
Stephen T
30 days ago
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Bismarck or Tirpitz
This boat is fully detailed with all guns rotating and lots of detail it was made as a static model its a pvc hull it has nothing in side but not sure about it as a working boat its a real dust trap/ now told its Tirpitz found a name plate in the box of bits that came with her put that but not sure
Stephen T
2 months ago
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Perkasa fibreglass one
This is the sister boat to my wooden one built in 1983
Stephen T
2 months ago
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unknown freighter 10
its cast out of a solid block of wood superstructure is made from a plastic oil drum and davits and deck hatches are all wood scraps
Stephen T
3 months ago
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Billings boat Nordcap 9
billing boat kit part of a recent gain to fleet untested so far
Stephen T
3 months ago
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Caldercraft Clyde Pilot Cumbrae
recent gain to the fleet untested so far well made model with smoke unit and sound unit
Stephen T
3 months ago
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Perkasa 49 no6
Just hull and super structure motor and is a wooden kit few issues namely kink in forward port side since been dismantled and rebuilt hull now painted and wedge under prop fitted deck painted along midd superstructure
Stephen T
5 months ago
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STB Grey Seal 4
This is one of a few ships introduced in ww2 as steam turbines all variants of Grey only 7 were built out of 55 ordered from the period 1940 to 45 sold in 1949
She is a fibreglass hull wood deck with metal fittings I am told itโs Fine scale hull with a top made following I am waiting for back from fine-scale to confirm this a few details are missing but can remedy that it is one of there boats.
It turned out it was as some was special orders due to the variants in armament Grey Seal had a different configuration where as Grey Owl was double props and more guns and was wider
Stephen T
7 months ago
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Vivacity Cabin Cruiser Roxanne no 3
A recent acquisition from a club member she is big and chunky all wood construction she has been identified as a Smeed design Vivacity she is 61 x17so tad bigger than the standard 54 inch a nice model of a classic design powered by two 6 v batterys
Stephen T
8 months ago
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Pilot boat San Juan Bay no 2
a nice boat with working lights and radar she goes well fitted 2.4 ghz like all my boats have its run by a 7.4v NiMiH battery and auxiliary battery for the lights etc following a dind with a concrete pond side i have fitted rubber edges to the boat just like the real thing
Stephen T
8 months ago
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RAF Tender Keil Craft no1
its a early keil craft RAF tender a heavy boat powered by two brushed motors runs well yet to sort out its radio I am minus its mast any ideas would be most welcome the drawings I have show a single braced mast be nice to put lights on it and replace the rear one as well been busy replacing the speed controllers following a short caused by the over heating
Stephen T
9 months ago
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KD Perkasa 48 inch version
This a recent acquisition its a wooden kit some radio gear inside but all rather dated the mid section seems well made the body shell has a few issues the port side forward has this kink in the wood work and a sharp edge at the bottom of the tip outer skin see photos its dimensions is 48 by12 seems a bit is missing is this just a scale up version of the 35 inch one by PRECEDEHT this a single motor version
Stephen T
2 months ago
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Bismark
This model is a kit of some sort it has a few issues with putting it on the water the top comes off in one bit
so I have put the build as follows
1/ The hull is minus every thing inside I am not sure if I need to add more compartments
its float test was not good its top heavy
2/ Props
Stephen T
21 days ago
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freighter of unknown builder
this is a here is one some made earlier, its a wooden ribbed hull the planked and veneers in wooden planks and painted and varnished,the tiller flat is made from a fruits de exotic box the wis from what ever was to hand a real on board ship job its driven by a big brushed motor with single prop with oiled prop tube the hull is weighted with 8 oz forward and four match boxes of lead low down ether side of the hull
Stephen T
9 months ago
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Kiel craft 43 inch Raf tender
This boat was made from the first batch of models in the 1960 it's well built and along the way has lost a few white metal parts and middle floor section and the odd dinged from storage.the boat was never finished as its maker went on to other projects
I got as far as testing it in bath doesn't leak so now we will start on its rebuild Neil very kindly me sent me the plans for the boat and i have acquired set of scaled down 43 inch plans to 34 so that helps a bit
Stephen T
6 months ago
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Keil Craft 46 inch Raf Fire boat S M Harris
This a kit built in the 1960s its a all wood kit and about to start to prepare for hull refurbishments following some excellent blogs on this site it has inspired me to start on its restoration my first question is if i repaint the hull the top black is in good condition but just matt black what do i do varnish or repaint
Stephen T
4 months ago
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๐ when things suddenly goes west
19 hours ago by
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Well checked it all out all went well all came on then one massive short from the bec by the connection block and as we say in Cornwall its all Fried, so ill have to start again best way I suppose this time new wiring pleased that you all took an interest takes more this to offend me, with out knowledge come errors Its all been a learning curve with this hobby, But without this website I would have given, up my local club was not much help ether no wonder people give up, my other interest comes from the 16mm railway side and they was only to keen to help the novice as did my car clan but comes to boats its๐ฎO would not have done that etc
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Sailor to start to Marlin good eh in 2
As for the wiring it all went flash bang and its back to start again no harm done looked spectacular
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I think i need to go on along one doing this a 11.50 not good on the grey cells
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the purple arrow is a voltage reducer for the radar
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in answer to your question these arrows go to the esc and the other to the rudder then under green tape is a repair as the power supply to the main switch melted hence all the damage the power to the switch was from the motor side of the esc and too the left contact ive tested the bec all seems fine and the lights do work if i connect direct very bright!
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3 days ago by
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I have done the wiring tidy up added a toggle switch to the feed wires and tried it out with 4.2v and radar and motor work and lights do not can up the power to come off the receiver
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its a 5,000 amp hour one
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yes there is is could i power it up from the esc or is that not enough
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3 days ago by
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messed this up with me boat wiring going round in me head down to the wire
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3 days ago by
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yes you have the issue the main supply is 7.2v
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3 days ago by
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the power to to the radar and lights all comes from the 4xaa batterys its beeen suggested that it should come from the esc via switch
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4 days ago by
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the main battery powers the esc and motor and the other the rudder its fan and radar is from a separate battery this makes contact once the top is in place I have tested the lights separately with a higher voltage and seem to have them working what i don't understand is where they get the power from
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4 days ago by
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the contacts are not spring loaded they are led and wired in parallel battery is fine one suggestion is to fit a switch as the power goes from a separate battery for the esc fan and radar motor
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well and truly nearly dived out that time at 5
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At last in my neck of the woods at this rate its got to go west at some point
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๐ Brilliant museum at Doreneze Brittany
11 days ago by
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We had the pleasant surprise when we saw th St.Dennis late of Falmouth here the museum was brilliantly done
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๐ Wordle of the Day?
11 days ago by
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I think this should be color out these Americans can not spell in there new country as Harbour has a U in it unless your American very POOR tut tut
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12 days ago by
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At last go catching up Germany sorry chaps I got me car bashed by one who drove off witness saw it but didnโt get number only winged it in Brittany
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13 days ago by
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Easy one I was born on one of them in the interval of a show one off rare breed to have been born on one of the two offers on which one?
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13 days ago by
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Tide turns at last bound to go west
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14 days ago by
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Thank god for the clue didnโt see that at all
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๐ Wordle of the Day?
15 days ago by
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Having dived into the answer must be being in France on holiday helped in 3
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19 days ago by
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back to more fruit again in 5 tut tut
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๐ Apologies to our German members
20 days ago by
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His name was William Heinzarte of Graz who sold me the boat a genuine mistake I got it very cheap amazing thing it came all that way and not a single thingI had some parts sent me 100 miles away and the boat was stoved in comes putting fragile on it
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๐ When is Bismarck versa Tirpitz
21 days ago by
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21 days ago by
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for once hit the right starting point best yet
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๐ Apologies to our German members
21 days ago by
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Having been sold a boat as Bismarck I now learn its Tirpitz thats one set of plans wasted never trust a person from a neighbouring country bet it was his April fool on me
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๐ Bismarck
22 days ago by
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๐ i came across a rare photograph of her in one bit that helps with the modelling of her, my main photo graphs on my boat harbour of the boat joys of computers having downloaded the file its disappeared so will have take some more of the ship
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