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Re: Setting up your workshop tools

“This is the model”

11 posts 8 likes

10 seconds ago by StephenR1

Re: A Super Rapier?

“Yes, it was named Project 3. One similar superstructure but modernised and two other completely different designs but still with design elements to link with…”

32 minutes ago by ChrisF

Re: Manual for trumpeter seawolf r/c kit

“There doesn’t seem to be any official manual, but there are plenty of videos. It would be a big help to also follow rcsubguy on YouTube. https://m.youtube.co…”

1 hour ago by jumpugly

Re: A question about model plywood

“@ColRay Thanks a lot, Col—that’s very kind of you. I didn't actually understand "A1"—I had to look it up, hahaha—we don't use that term.”

40 posts 2 likes

2 hours ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Robbe Skandia Sailboat

“I have done the same, I had an old kit in a box (30 years plus?). Had to do a bit of cosmetic work on the upper deck as the plastic material was thin around …”

2 hours ago by MichaelC4

Re: DragonForce 65

“I agree @ChrisF I love sailing, both dinghy, yacht, or model. Years ago my Uncle found a planked model boat hull sat on a bonfire that hadn't been lit yet. H…”

5 posts 2 likes

3 hours ago by Madwelshman

Re: Not in any way a model boat the 'Dolphin' a sad end

“IGinBasel looks like it could be Albany on one of its bright days Col Not very nice weather in the south of WA”

3 posts 4 likes

6 hours ago by ColRay

Re: My Saint Pierre Dory has improved lights

“Ronald you're building some really cracking looking craft Col”

3 posts 11 likes

6 hours ago by ColRay

“@Ronald Hi Ron, the grey plastic one is good the lower picture with the black metal case can be a bit electrically noisy. The market value is about right at …”

12 posts 1 like

14 hours ago by roycv

Re: New planing hull design.

“Just as another observation on chine rails here is a comparison between my Huntress and River Cruiser builds. The Huntress is a sports cruiser, designed for …”

113 posts 6 likes

16 hours ago by ChrisF

Re: Gongoozelling.

“What are the Canal Mooring Rules. A basic overview. Permanent Cruisers are only allowed to stay on any mooring for a maximum of 2 weeks, then they have to mo…”

14 posts 7 likes

16 hours ago by zooma

Re: Sailing ship "full rigged ship", "Af Chapman", now "Dunboyne".

“@AlessandroSPQR I have the original testing equipment. The original was simply a manual test. If I pulled on the starboard sheet, it moved to the starboard s…”

34 posts 9 likes

17 hours ago by RossM

Re: SHIP MODELING: WHICH MODEL COMPANIES ARE STILL ACTIVE? WORLD OVERVIEW, CHARACTERISTICS AND PECUL

“@stevedownunder Hi Stephen, what I wrote to Chum applies to you as well. It is a pleasure to do this work, knowing that it is appreciated and useful. Each co…”

148 posts 11 likes

21 hours ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: For a multitude of reasons 'Puffer MkII' is in my thought process

“@ColRay You certainly shouldn't get discouraged, Col. You’re experimenting with new things—that in itself is a success and a source of satisfaction. I enjoy …”

7 posts 4 likes

21 hours ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Ville Class Tugboat

“Ronald, that is a really interesting tug! I love the fact that you built one hull and then created three different wheelhouses to represent actual Ville Clas…”

4 posts 2 likes

21 hours ago by chugalone100

“Move the Rudder Forwards. When I restored Rapier 1, I was also building my second Remora (the first was lost in a move up from Devon in the early 1980’s) and…”

1 day ago by zooma

Plodding on No 23

“ticking over”

29 posts 14 likes

1 day ago by ColRay

Re: Giving it a try

“Dave Oh how I wish I had a local club Col Down South in WA Little Grove I do have a sailing club for the full size boats just around the corner from my place…”

26 posts 11 likes

1 day ago by ColRay

Launching cradle

“To answer questions about launching the "beast", here are some pictures of the transporter. A Chevrolet extended van. The cradle consists of an 8 foot, rough…”

51 posts 15 likes

2 days ago by ToraDog

Re: Müritz Kajütenboot (DDR)

“Forgive me, Julian, I need to make a correction here; I missed replying to you earlier. But if you take another look, that is actually a British Leyland Mini…”

12 posts 1 like

2 days ago by Mike Stoney

“@ColRay Both sizes of the Sprite look good, and the original smaller size kitted by Lesro will probably remain the most popular for most builders, but some o…”

408 posts 1 like

2 days ago by zooma

This isn't going the way I wanted

“So, it's on the back burner as the old saying goes. While I can get my head around mixing the formats. In the meantime, I will devote my energy into the firs…”

5 posts 3 likes

2 days ago by ColRay

“Now that would take a large pond to sail on!! - interesting you mentioned the A6M Zero, I had the privilege of sitting in the cockpit of a Zero several years…”

2 days ago by AndyHaynes

“Hi Jumpugly, you Americans build great speedboats.”

2 posts 2 likes

2 days ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Question of the Day?

“@jumpugly I think there's a name for that problem, but I can't remember what it is”

5,877 posts 21 likes

2 days ago by RossM

Re: Swamp Dawg or something like it

“I think the little model that I run all those years ago was made with a pair of simple floats spaced apart under a flat deck. A frame to hold the Cox BabeBee…”

5 posts 3 likes

3 days ago by zooma

“@ianpat Well done Ian, and you are very welcome. I think that you have made a “silk purse out of a sows ear”. I am so pleased that you were able to make good…”

3 days ago by zooma

Re: Original LesRo Sprite

“@Madwelshman Yup - it is nice to see them both together and appreciate just how much the design has grown when the hull length is extended to just 30” long. …”

3 days ago by zooma

Re: Precedent k d perkasa

“@lesfac Yes Les, you did send me a copy of them a few years ago, when I bought my old Perkasa back from the person that I had sold it to back in the 90's. Th…”

16 posts 1 like

3 days ago by Madwelshman

Re: Is it that far away

“@ColRay. Yes, I totally agree, one can't go rushing into these things at my time of life. So having had plenty of time to think about it you need to deliver.…”

2 posts 6 likes

3 days ago by GaryLC