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1,141 blogs · Page 13 of 48Automatic Bilge Pump for RC Boats
by LewZ
I just finished putting together a circuit, testing it and creating a video for an automatic bilge pump. This circuit can also be used to…
Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 7
by flaxbybuck
My assistant in filming the operation of the sail winch is Kathryn, after whom the boat was named. Please see the attached videos. These …
Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 6
by flaxbybuck
How the sheeting loop and rudder operate. Pic 1 shows the general layout as seen inside the hatch opening. Top left is the switch; mid le…
MV Sarinda
by steve-d
Sarinda is a WWII 72 foot HDML (Harbour Defence Motor Launch ML1392) that saw action as a Channel Marker at Gold Beach for the D-Day land…
Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 5
by flaxbybuck
Designing the sheeting loop was perhaps the most important single item beneath the deck. It needed very careful planning to make the trav…
WWII Italian MAS 562
by CB90
Skinned the frames added deck and splash rail also started on cabin and superstructure, added rudder and installed twin brushed Graupner …
Connectors
by flaxbybuck
My latest Turnigy brushless motor, a 4240, 740 has banana type plugs moulded on to the three leads which connect to the ESC. See picture.…
MTINGA IV
by mturpin013BRONZE
This is a sailing ketch called “Inga IV”. It is German kit of a sailing ketch which is now out of production. The model is approx 52″ in …
Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 4
by flaxbybuck
This section of pictures is slightly out of order because prior to this stage I spent some time designing the internal installations. The…
Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 3
by flaxbybuck
After doing a bit of research into Thames Bawleys I discovered they were built in a number of different lengths, and this enabled me to a…
44' Coast Guard Abomination
by KevinH
So, I have been in the market for a Dumas 44' MLB, I know, not hard to obtain, but I have so many projects, it has been on the back burne…
Kathryn - A Thames Bawley - 2
by flaxbybuck
Amongst the model boat magazines from Ernie was a copy of Marine Modelling International, February 2010 in which Barrie Griffin had writt…
Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 1
by flaxbybuck
In 2020 a fellow member of the Leeds & Bradford Model Boat Club, Ernest Birch, gave me a model of a Thames Bawley he had been making. He …
Baby Bootlegger
by peterd
Since building my Baby Bootlegger a lot has happened. I had to remove my top skin and replace it with a new top planking. The top skin wa…
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…
RNLI TAMAR 1/12 SCALE
by hermank
The hull and cabin has arrived
Yet another Italeri’s S-100 Schnellboot (AKA E-Boat) RC conversion
by ARL58
SILVER
Background: I always had the desire of building a Radio-Controlled MTB. One of good size, 1m or more long. But, for many years, I never h…
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…
Teign C
by Peewit83BRONZE
Another winter build just requiring a few bits and pieces. Anyone familiar with my home port of Teignmouth,S Devon, will probably have no…
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 …
1/350 scale USS Massachusetts, and CV-8 USS Hornet
by BW3
Still not in a scratch building mind set I set out and converted the Trumpeter Kits of USS Massachusetts and CV-8 USS Hornet to RC , insp…
Water Cannon
by Alannicholls
From Photograph to 3D to Resin Print. Working water cannon in 1:31 scale.
Kayak
by Graham93
Time for a new scratch built boat. A couple of years ago I built 'Scullduggery' a scratch built rowing boat manned by Bionic Bill and Ben…
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…