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Chris Craft Corvette
I rescued this badly damaged fuel soaked rotten wreck from the skip at the start of lockdown.
If it were not for the Covid lock-down, common sense would have prevailed, and it would no longer be with us!
It has taken a lot of time to prevent it from literally falling apart (the original plywood was really bad quality) and turning it into a solid and strong model boat.
For some reason I had a lot of problems loading any pictures of this project onto the forum when I first re-joined, but it all seems to be working โnormallyโ now so here is a brief overview RESTORATION LOG.
Bob.
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2 years ago
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Thunder Tiger AVANTI
This ARTR model has kept me โactiveโ at the lake when my restoration and rebuild projects have not been ready for me to sail.
I bought my orange coloured AVANTI (new) not long before lockdown and I was fortunate enough to pick up a nice used blue one very recently.
Spare parts donโt exist for these super little models so I am always looking for any discarded AVANTI models or spares to cannibalise so I can keep at least one of them running for as long as possible!
I added a couple of extra stickers to them to brighten them up a little and to identify them from other AVANTI models that are running locally.
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2 years ago
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LesRo Javelin p
This is an ex eBay purchase that I have restored to the level shown here.
It is a bit โredโ at the moment, but I was hoping to find someone who can laser cut some white lettering to run down the hull sides, the name on the transom and possibly a racing number on the deck to make it look a bit more like an off-shore racer.
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2 years ago
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Aerokits Patrol Launch
When we got married and moved to live in Exmouth in 1971, our first โwinter lettingโ was just a few yards away from Exmouth Models!
I bought this new kit then, but moved house several times since then and have still not finished it
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2 years ago
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TID Tug
My first scratch built model was a TID Tug.
I made the main superstructure from plastic card grafted onto a second-hand glass fibre hull that I had bought previously.
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2 years ago
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Vic Smeed REMORA
I built my first REMORA from the free plans that came with my December 1964 Model Maker magazine.
That first model was given away over 20 years later in 1985 when we moved up to Lancashire from Devon.
At the same time I also gave away another Vic Smeed design that I built from plan - โSuzie Qโ.
The model shown here is the second Remora that I built more than 45 years later during the Covid lock-down !
I have yet to build another Suzie Q - but I do still have the original plans........so hopefully that will follow along later.
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2 years ago
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Sea Commander from a pair of old cabin sides
A friend (mad Welshman) sent me some plywood shapes that he hoped were from a LesRo Stiletto so that I could work out what else was needed to make two sets of parts for us to build a new Stiletto each.
The delaminated cabin sides he included looked "familiar" (definitely not from a Stiletto!), so I cut some more wood and I am making them into a complete Sea Commander "look alike" !
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2 years ago
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LESRO Rapier
Here is my Lesro Rapier that was built in the 1960's by its original owner and was recovered (by myself) from a skip at the start of the Covid lock-down and restored.
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Fitzroy Storm Glass
I was given this Storm Glass for my 76th birthday last month, and to be honest , I am not too sure what to make of it?
This storm glass came into use in the early 1700's when sailors attached it to the mast of their ships.
How is works remains a mystery, but it is believed that electromagnetic changes associated with weather patterns activate the crystals.
These changes produce different patterns in the crystals inside glass tube that can be interpreted to forecast weather conditions at sea.
Has anyone else ever heard of the Fitzroy Star Glass or have any idea if it actually works - or is it just a piece of "nautical nonsense" ?
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Classic Model Power Boats
Classic Model Power Boats is a title that I have used for many years to describe the group of model boats that most interest me and that I remember seeing (and sometimes owning) in the 1950โs- 1970โs time period when this type of model was probably at its peak.
Many of these models came from kits produced by the like of Aerokits, Veron, LesRo, Stirling and many others, but some came from plans drawn up by Vic Smeed and others from this same time period.
Models both before and after this era are also included in this category if they are of the same type - ie, a model of boat powered by a motor which was (back in those days) most often a glow plug engine, diesel engine or a petrol engine, although some were powered by electric motors such as those from Taycol or the smaller types from Mabuchi.
These days, most Classic Model Power Boats are powered by electric motors, not always by choice, but often because the use of ic motors is generally frowned upon and is banned from many waters due to the risk of pollution.
Electric motors can be thought of as being comparatively soulless and are quietly very efficient - but lack the noise and smells that accompanied the whole procedure of fuelling-up and starting our power boats back then.
Restoring and building Classic Model Power Boats has been my main interest for several decades now and I am pleased to see a revival in interest in this type model boatsโฆ.although in real life, theyโre never actually went away!
I am hoping that this blog will attract fellow enthusiasts of this type of model boat to contribute with their pictures and share their experiences of building and operating their Classic Model Power Boats.
Those that currently collect Classic Model Power Boats (and plans) with a view to building and /or restoring them all one day and those who are just generally interested in them may like to contribute too?
Bob.
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LesRo Sportsman (?) Restoration
I have managed to acquire this model boat from a friend.
The pictures that I will include as I work my way through it suggest to me (wishful thinking?) that I after many years of searching, I may have accidentally found a genuine LesRo Sportsman.
Here it is pictured on my workbench - something I was beginning to think would never happen!
Bob.
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Vic Smeed Remora from 1964 Model Maker Free Plan
When I was at school and in my young to mid teens, I liked to read the Model Maker magazine that was current at that time.
Although it was a โgeneral purposeโ model magazine that covered several different types of model making every month, I found the model boats section the most interesting-especially those about model power boats.
Most model power boats at that time were powered by diesel engines, glow plug engines, two stroke petrol engines (usually ex- strimmer) the occasional rare and expensive (often hand made) four stroke engine, or steam.
Some electric motors were available ranging from the smaller Mabuchi types to the larger Taycol motors and others that I donโt remember so well.
It is with this background that Vic Smeed designed the Remora model power boat for use in steering competitions that were popular at that time.
This may seem a little strange now, but back in the days of single channel radio, steering a model boat accurately though a marked-out course represented a worthwhile and entertaining challenge.
These competitions faded away with the introduction of affordable proportional radio control as steering a model boat accurately became a lot easier as it was no longer necessary to remember the number of times the transmitter button had to be pushed to get the rudder to turn left or right.
The prototype Remora was powered by a .21 glow plug engine and took advantage of the new type proportional radio control system that was to eventually make the intended use of this model boat redundant,
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Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
I have been very pleased with my copy of a Sea Commander, but it does exhibit a strange desire to โdiveโ if it should turn RIGHT into choppy water or the wake of another boat.
Ken Mears took a lovely picture of my โKopy Kommanderโ. (the name I gave to my copy of a Sea Commander) when he visited our Southport Club open day earlier this month, but he also took another picture that I had not seen before that shows the boat about to enter its nose down attitude.
The next stage after this is for the nose to push itself down into the water as if it was trying to submarinate, when the water covers the front cabin top and the wave deflector is called into action.
I do wonder if all Sea Commanders exhibit this same trait after being sharply turned RIGHT into a wake or choppy water - and maybe that is why Les Rowell included a wave breaker to the front cabin of his Sea Commander design?
If that was the case, I wonder why he omitted it from the enlarged (Sea Queen) version of the same boat?
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Southport Lake
This picture was taken by a friend on Sunday morning after everyone else had gone home to lunch - but it does show the club lake quite well.
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2 months ago
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1:12 Swordsman from Aerokits Kit Plan and Drawings from Chris
My first ever classic r/c power boat model was built in the 1960โs from an Aerokits Swordsman kit that was paid for from my meagre apprenticeship wages.
I chose this model because I really liked the look of the boat and I loved the way that the deep vee hull performed on the water.
This model was run for many years in rivers, canals, ponds and lakes, but itโs biggest achievement was when it raced in the sea in an off-shore race that took place in a 6 foot swell, performed well and survived without incident.
After I got married in 1971 and moved to Exmouth I was disappointed to discover no interest in r/c model boats (in this seaside town!) but plenty of interest in r/c aircraft, so I sold it to help pay for my new hobby....and regretted it ever since.
Now, almost 50 years later I am scratch building another Swordsman based on a used Aerokits plan that I found on eBay and some drawings from Chris.....who seems to have some interest in Fairey Marine power boats !
I started by making templates for all the parts to be cut from birch plywood and then cut them on my bandsaw after checking that every template was symmetrical.
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How many model boats are symmetrical.
Having built, restored, and bought quite a few old model boat kits over the years, I have always been surprised to find how non-symmetrical the bulkhead shapes are when checked.
Most of these old kits are โsaw cutโ and so some variation has to be expected - and I suspect that very few of us actually check the symmetry of the bulkheads before gluing them to the keel before assembling our latest projects?
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LesRo Rapier.
When the first lock-down came along I dug out a couple of old wrecks that had been thrown away and had been saved from a skip some years previously, and this looked like a good time to see if they could be rescued. The first was a badly built and abandoned LesRo Rapier (shown here after the rebuild as my photos showing the full rebuilding sequence will not load).
The LiPo tray carries two large 2C 5600Mah LiPo cells, but only one is connected up at a time - the unused LiPo acts as ballast to keep the hull running straight, but makes for a nice quick change when the first one runs down
Any basic tools that I may need when I am "pond side" to change a prop or brushless motor are carried on small magnets in the rear compartment to save me forgetting to take them with me and this has proven to be very helpful!
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2 years ago
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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Hi Chum444, yes the rudder probably is close to being hard over, and the throttle is open.
This does not reflect the usual way that this boat is driven, it is being provoked to demonstrate the problem of the nose diving when being turned RIGHT into choppy water.
The hull turning onto its side was a surprise as we have never experienced this before, but it does show how sensitive the hull is to any change in the water conditionsโฆโฆand the wedge?โฆ.but the boat was run several more times after this event (the wedge has not been removed) and it was not possible to repeat this side roll.
Even when driving much more normally with gentle progressive steering and smooth throttle inputs, a minor change in the water surface can cause โThe Sea Commander Diveโ (TSCD as it is now being refereed to) without warning.
TSCD can and does happen at any speed, but is more likely when going faster - and is why these videos are generally shot at faster speeds.
We did notice and comment (in a later video) that the propeller sounded like it was bubbling and turning in air and not in the water.
The wake does not look โproperโ - I agree.
My colleague suggested that the hull looked like it was generating a lot of air. If this is the case then it could be stopping the hull getting โwettedโ properly and this in turn could affected the handling of the boat.
Further tests will include running a smaller prop at higher revs - this may not exactly follow your observation regarding the prop not being able to handle the revsโฆโฆ.but maybe a smaller prop can?
The stern is a flat surface, as you suspect.
This could be converted to a rounded surface in the same way as a frame is built and covered by a ply skin on my Swordsman build (pictured here) if it would help?
Basically this copy Sea Commander has become a research vessel to try to find the reason (but more importantly the cure) for a problem that this very popular model suffers from.
Bob.
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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In summary, this is a large model of the beautiful Chris Craft Corvette that is a very impressive model boat.
The materials used in the kit could have been better, although the balsa wood choice seems to have been good, the plywood quality was very poor and has self disintegrated over time, and the fittings quality could have been better too for a kit of this size and price.
A well presented Corvette would make a big impression at any model boat club.
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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As a matter of interest, it was not only the plywood that was of very low quality in this model that had been built from a Chris Craft Corvette kit.
The castings for the fittings were very soft and very heavy - I suspect that they were simply cast from lead.
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MS Northern Star.
Also known as the MS Northern Star Customs Launch.
This is another very rare Classic Model Power Boat from 1956 that was made as a kit by Keelbuild Model Aero Works of Newcastle.
At 54โ long and with a 15โ beam she is quite a large heavy boat and was the largest pre-cut model boat kit that was available in 1956.
The kit in its box weighed over 25lbs alone and cost the princely sum of ยฃ9 19s 6d (including delivery) in 1956, which was over three times the price of the next largest size model boat kit that was available at the time.
All parts were pre-cut from plywood and featured an inter-locking โegg-boxโ construction.
The finished model was claimed to need two men to lift it !
The model was based on a full sized boat design by a Bolsons, a now defunct boat builder that was based in Poole.
Does anyone have any pictures of this Classic Model Power Boat to share here with us?
I rather suspect that even Will does not have one of these tucked away in his vast collection of Classic Model Power Boats โฆ.but I could be wrong ๐คฃ
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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Near Capsize?
โฆ..and just when we thought we had seen everythingโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆ.
This second video shows the boat turning up onto its sideโฆsomething we have never witnessed or recorded before.
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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At the Southport Club lake today my Sea Commander was run with the wedge fitted on the rear underside of the hull at the back and on the right hand side (when viewed from behind).
As Chum444 suggested, the rudder needed some adjustment initially for it to run โstraightโ so a few clicks were dialled-in to achieve this.
Initially the boat looked good and the wedge appeared to be working well, but given the same water conditions that always seem to encourage the now infamous โSea Commander Diveโ the boat did its own โthingโ and attempted to dive under water when it was turned RIGHT into choppy waterโฆโฆlike it always has done !
I drove the boat at various speeds and noticed that when slowing down quickly, the rear of the boat tended to lift and the nose dived down - if it was then turned to the RIGHT at this same time it would then start to sub-marinate !
No change (either positive or negative) had been achieved by fitting the wedge.
As the rain began to come down quite hard we decided to call it a day as some of the other โtweaksโ that I had planned to try would be more comfortable done without having water running down my neck - but they include fitting a longer (deeper) rudder, more propeller testing, and running at higher revs with a smaller propeller and changing from my regular 2C LiPo to a 3C LiPo battery.
As for the wedgeโฆโฆ..well it may as well stay put as a curiosity and as part of the boats development history in its attempt to cure โThe Sea Commander Diveโ.
I will improve the visual shape and finish it properly so that it looks better when the underside of the hull is re-finished.
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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No worries Dave, it is easy to miss the odd post on this thread as it has attracted so-much attention.
The Sea Commander is a very popular Classic Model Power Boat.
Lots of good theories have been offered and I am trying to respond to all of them to see if I can find a way to remove โThe Sea Commander Diveโ.
I will keep trying, but have to admit that I have done nothing yet that has influenced this strange behaviour significantly one way or another.
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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Hi Dave,
If you read the last comment before yours on here you will see that I admitted to a typo and that my propeller turns to the left (when viewed from behind) so it rotates anti-clockwise as normal.
Like you, I also come from background of running ic engines (in the 1960โs) and they only run anti-clockwise โฆโฆalthough I have had the occasional one fire-up and run in reverse when it had been over-fueled !
It will be interesting when you get your Sea Commander finished to see if you can find a cure for the nose dive that seems to be a fairly common occurrence with them when they turn RIGHT into choppy water.
The boat does not have to be driven into the turn fast, it can also happen at fairly low speeds too, but can be deliberately started by slowing down very quickly and then turning RIGHT.
The similar sized 34โ Aerokits Rescue Launch reportedly also does the same thing, but again there are no reports of the larger version doing it!
Curiously, the larger sized Sea Queen has no reported occurrences of this happening either, and as previously noted, Les Rowell never added the large โwave breakerโ to the Sea Queen either, so maybe (like us) he also failed to find a cure for it either?
It is fun trying to find the reason why the Sea Commander has this curious wish to sub-marinate when turning RIGHT into choppy water - and even more fun trying to find a cure for itโฆ..other than driving very slowly in calm water - or avoid turning right ๐คฃ
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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Sorry Thomas, it was a typo (now corrected) - my prop turns to the left when running (anti-clockwise) so your fears about me fitting the wedge on the wrong side of the hull remain.
I will be setting off to the lake shortlyโฆโฆ
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That is good news Stephen.
A lot of old military equipment has been restored over recent years (aircraft, tanks etc) and from what I can gather this need to preserve and restore some of our recent history continues.
It would be good to see ML492 restored to the way she would have been in 1942.
I suspect that if she were slightly older and had a war record she may have been saved already !
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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Hi Stephen,
The Sea Queen is the larger boat and from comments received to date it does NOT suffer from the same desire to dive when turning RIGHT into choppy water.
Of these two, it is only the smaller SEA Commander has this unusual handling trait.
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A sad ending for the boat, but it must be good for you to know the full history of your project.
Bob.
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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At this stage I am happy that I didnโt spend too much time on painting the wedgeโฆโฆ.๐ซฃ
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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Hi Thomas, from what you say I have made a mistake - easily done in my case.
I admit that I have had some problems coming to grips with torque and anti-torque and wound myself up completely - possibly in the wrong direction.๐คฃ
When viewed from the rear, the prop turns to the left, and when the boat turns to the RIGHT the nose wants to dive.
My simple logic was that the ramp (mounted on the right) should help to lift the nose when it dives when turning RIGHTโฆโฆ.but I could be so wrongโฆโฆ..
I have fitted the ramp now, so it would be a bit of a shame not to test my (possibly dubious) theory, so it will be run this way tomorrow morning.
The result could well be that I have made the problem considerably worse, but either way, the effectiveness of the ramp of that size will be seen.
Letโs hope I havenโt made the boats natural desire to sub-marinate even worse!
Either way, we will enjoy the experience and learn from it โฆโฆ..and the video could be hilarious ๐
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Maycraft Mercury - Two sizes?
This original advert was seen online and it shows the boat.
Digging around looking for images of a Mercury also found those that are shown alongside it.
A previous article about a Mercury kit that was for sale at the time is also included as it shows what the box would have looked like when it was possible to buy a new kit.
At 30 โ long it would be just a little smaller than the SEA Commander, but the advertisement states that it is 40โ long !
Maybe there were TWO sizesโฆ.or maybe the box has a typo on it ?
The boat that I saw in the โantiqueโ shop was bigger than my SEA Commander, so I think it was the 40โ size.
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Hi Chris,
โฆ..you could quickly knock-up a Remora in between all your other lengthy scheduled projects and have a lot of fun driving it while you wait for the Faireys to come out to playโฆ..๐
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Maycraft Mercury?
I was wandering about looking around all the places and shops that I donโt usually get to see on my more normal routes recently, when I discovered quite an interesting โantiquesโ shop.
What interested me most was that here and there were some model power boats (all hugely overpriced!) and one of them was what looks like a Maycraft Mercury !
Maybe I will have another stroll around to see if I can find that shop again!
โฆ..although I doubt even a sensible offer price to buy it would be considered.
The antiques shop owner obviously values it as treasure (along with everything else he has stashed away in there) but I could at least take some pictures of it to show here for those that have not seen one of these impressive Classic Model Power Boats before.
I have always thought that most (not all) antique shops sold old junk at silly high prices, even though there could well be some genuine things of antique value hidden in amongst them!
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๐ฌ Re: Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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The local weather forecast for tomorrow is looking a bit bleak with winds and rain expected to last all day.
โฆideal conditions for testing the SEA Commander in as turning RIGHT into choppy water is when it starts to nose dive.๐
If the wedge idea shows any promise, it will certainly have a good opportunity to show it tomorrow.
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I am really pleased to know that you are going to make a model of this very interesting craft that has obviously had an โinterestingโ life.
That is a sad end for what would have been a proud member of the Coastal Command forces.
Does anyone know anything about the service history of this boat, or its number (or name even?) when it was in military service?
Bob.
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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I only have a very small workshop(shed) and this is quite a large boat that was taking up a lot of space and I was having to carry it outside every time I wanted to work on it.
This was as far as I got before passing it on to a local friend who had more space to add the finishing touches to what should be a really nice looking Classic Model Power Boat.
This boat took up a lot of my time to convert it from a decaying rotten wreck into something that was now structurally sound and worth bothering with.
I am really looking forward to seeing it finished and on the water with is new owner.
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I added a rear well to the rear of the rebuilt cabin so it could liftโout with it to give a clear sight of the hull interior.
This was now quite a heavy structure that locked into the hull nicely, and I felt confident would not be blown off by a strong wave.
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The Corvette had now been โstabilisedโ and was no longer falling apart or disintegrating.
At this stage the boat was now structurally strong.
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The deck skins were also rotten and frail so they were removed and repairs and re-structures were made to accept new deck skins.
Bob
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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The plywood cabin sides seemed to be getting more frail by the hour and would flake or crumble when touched, so I carefully copied them and cut some new ones on my bandsaw to replace them.
These were grafted on to the balsa wood cabin roof that was in much better condition that the plywood sides had been.
Bob.
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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I fitted a new balsa section into the hull (original kit material choice) to replace the fuel soaked parts.
Some hardwood was stripped to make planks so that I could re-plank the previously repaired underside of the hull (in a hard wood) as it was soft and fuel soaked.
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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The underside of the keel had some patchwork repairs and lots of filler that needed to be chiselled away.
Most of it came off easily as it had not adhered to the original multi-coated surfaces.
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๐ฌ Re: Chris Craft Corvette
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This was the Corvette when I first started to look at it during the Covid lockdown-down.
Anything made from plywood was rotten and disintegrated as it was being handled.
The balsa wood parts had survived much better!
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๐ฌ Re: Classic Model Power Boats
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Hi Doug,
It was seeing the picture of the one shown on the Vintage Model Powerboats link that first reminded me of the Maycraft Mercury model power boat.
I wonder if it was the same Maycraft boat builders that also made the model?
There is a possibility that Maycraft (models) also made a second model boat, but I have even less information about that than I do the Mercury.
Bob.
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๐ฌ Re: Sir Geraint
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There was another beautifully built and weathered Sir Kay model that was displayed in the Rossendale Models shop window for several weeks before the owner collected it again.
Your model brought back some good memories of the model and its builder Brian Evanโs who was better known for his superbly detailed and finished Coastal Command models that could be seen making white water around the Bury Lido most Sunday mornings!
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