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Builds by GARTH
62 blogs · Page 1 of 3Vosper
by GARTH
Today was another part constructed. The motor mount is built, the propeller shaft and the propeller is installed need to wait till the gl…
Chris-Craft Style
by GARTH
I think I mentioned this model on another blog.And now it's become a Build Blog. So here we go. This model required a battery box, so I h…
Trawler
by GARTH
Haven't been working on my deep- sea trawler for a while. I needed to build some railings on the deck, but didn't want to wait and buy th…
Model Shipways
by GARTH
Monday, February 16 2026, is a holiday called Family Day in Canada so I decided to build a lifeboat that a fellow in the boat club gave m…
Vosper
by GARTH
Well, I'm about to start my Vosper. I painted the crew, glued the transom in place. made a rudder up because I'm just thinking about how …
Vosper
by GARTH
Well, I was right, the Jolly Red Guy did give me a model boat for Christmas. Got something to do on a cold winter day—a plastic Vosper MT…
Trawler
by GARTH
Saw this on my Facebook feed, and I'm a little bored, so I will try to convert one of my model boats to a deep-sea trawler. The first pho…
Trawler
by GARTH
Made up a few more things today, mainly the deck hold and tomorrow the hatches. I just wanted to say Spencer's pond is drained, but our s…
USS Melvin
by GARTH
This is a repair for the model Melvin. A while back, I put a little story about this particular model that was always sinking when I ran …
Graupner Optimist
by GARTH
Haven't put anything on the build blog because I was stumped on the Stay's & Shroud's Kit called for Diamond steel Litz wire steel tinned…
Graupner Optimist
by GARTH
Had the Graupner Optimist in my basement for about 25 years some one gave the unfinished kit to me at A show club was doing at Canal Days…
SWIFT 1805
by GARTH
This model was part of the yard sale find .There was a lot of parts missing but kit box had diagrams & missing parts still had cut out's …
Yard Sale Find
by GARTH
Because I can't figure out how to download a video on this web site I just pause the video & photographed the image of my Yard Sale Find …
Yard Sale Find
by GARTH
I have built to many tug boats & we have a member in our club that has a Clyde Puffer and he hardly ever runs it so I've decided to build…
Yard Sale Find
by GARTH
It was a great day to sit out side & do a little cutting & gluing So I decided that my Galion will need a rounded stern if it's going to …
Another Tug
by GARTH
Hasn't taking me a lot of time to make up my mind with the yard sale stuff . I do not like building static classic sailing ships but they…
Balloon Buster
by GARTH
I call these orphans because the hull was started but not completed picked her up at the last club meeting in April . So we have decided …
Speed Boat
by GARTH
I haven't posted for a while so just a little update .My brother gave me a Toys Are Us r/c boat that his boys had I've had it hidden away…
HMS Victory
by GARTH
I thought I had done a good job with the Rigging & dead eyes on the Santa Maria that I would finish up the rigging & dead eyes on another…
Billings Santa Maria
by GARTH
I need to stop making model boats. this kit was given to me just at the beginning of the lock downs for the virus 2020 . He had the kit f…
Billings Santa Maria
by GARTH
I haven't been able to down load a video on my build log so here is a few photos of me doing the rat lines on the Santa Maria. My method …
Billings Santa Maria
by GARTH
Yesterday started the Dead Eyes And rigging. It's a very time consuming chore. I wonder how models of yester years where made with out al…
Billings Santa Maria
by GARTH
You all will probably think I'm crazy but I'm going to finish another orphan model that was given to me about 3 years ago just before loc…
Bluenose-4
by GARTH
In 2023, the winter solstice is happening on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 10:27 p.m. EST in the Northern Hemisphere. So we need to keep busy with…