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101 items · Page 2 of 5Fiberglass boat hull
I'm new to boat building and have reached a point where I'm ready to glass the hull. Questions (after reading numerous articles…
by northark · 3 years ago
Bending Small Diameter Copper Tubing
An upcoming step in building my current Springer involves making hefty handrails. The tubing is .094 diameter (the Springer is …
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Goodbye summer
Gentlemen and women Today we had our goodbye Summer event. Steam and Electro driven boats, à lot of boats , New boats, old and …
by hermank · 3 years ago
DF65 easy leak test
Without removing any patches or mast. Very easy . Very quick. Super successful. Remove drain stopper. Insert tube and blow gent…
by flaxbybuck · 3 years ago
Magnets to carry small on-board Tools
I like to carry a couple of small tools in my boats so I can take care of any "minor" problems without having to carry a tool b…
by zooma · 3 years ago
HMS Victory
Ran onto several interesting YouTube 3D videos delving into the massive sailing ship HMS Victory: YouTube HMS Victory Total Gui…
by Hey-You · 3 years ago
sail making'
Hi chaps, I,m referbing my Robbe smaradg at the moment. Made myself a new set of sails not bad for a first attempt. A couple of…
by jimdogge · 3 years ago
How to create a WWI “LEWIS GUN”
Many of us have war ships so I guessed that this how-to might come handy. The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewi…
by chugalone100 · 3 years ago
How-to create Fire Buckets
Many of our ships use fire buckets, so this easy to do idea could be use for many applications, in my case is what I did to bui…
by chugalone100 · 3 years ago
How to creat realistic "Mast Hoops".
1. To start I use a piece of scrap 1/4'’ thick mahogany. Grabbed my hand planer and shaved enough long pieces according to the …
by chugalone100 · 3 years ago
How to do your own paper flags
1. Once you know wish flag is the one you want to use, print it and trace it full page. (I use tracing paper). After pencil tra…
by chugalone100 · 3 years ago
Wood Strip Bending
I am struggling to bend stripwood for the handrails for my current build. The boat is 1/24 and at least two of the bends are qu…
by ChrisG · 3 years ago
Battery Esc combination for Sea Commander
I am trying to match battery - Esc combination on my Sea Commander. I have been running a 12v 750 size motor (around 16,000 rpm…
by peterd · 3 years ago
Thankful for large cereal boxes
These boxes make good material for creating patterns. I used a large Cheerios box to create patterns for the basswood sheets th…
by Ronald · 3 years ago
Determining ballast for Imara tug
Hi everyone. For quite some I have been more of a looker and observer of this fine forum. The opinion of many member here has h…
by chugalone100 · 3 years ago
Medical Syringes for a "Mini-Caulking Gun
Last night I wanted to fill a long seam along two surfaces almost perpendicular to each other. I remembered I had a box full of…
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Twin Engine WW11 Fire rescue boat
Info please as to how to radio control twin electric motors, using spectrum tx and rx. Cheers
by PS1 · 3 years ago
Stretch Lines (close barge fastening cables, etc.)
Tired of hooking up barges to a tug or towboat? How about pre-made cables using a stretch line an loops on the ends? (This is f…
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Making a unique "PT" (U.S. - WWII) Boat from a standard model kit
I received the "Frank's Mosquito Boat Hobbies" in a box full of parts several years ago. It was an Elco 77 foot, perhaps with t…
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Building another "Springer" tug based on a real truckable push boat
Like the first "Springer" how-to article the one is based on a real truckable push boat. This one differ a bit as it is not bas…
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Building a "Springer" tug based on a real truckable push-boat
A true "Springer" push boat is a "one design" model, that is there are specifications that are in place to equalize the models …
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Making Your Own Decals
Thanks Doug! Hi Folks, Here is the Word doc Lew originally posted converted to .pdf. Should be readable now Cheers, Doug ******…
by LewZ · 3 years ago
Painting
When spraying or painting with a hairy stick, I find that after applying the tape, if you spray over said tape with matt Varnis…
by NickD · 4 years ago
Daily Trending
I followed the link to change my Trending option from the email notification. Sadly to turn off made no difference to the numbe…
by surfacesub · 4 years ago