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Re: April 13 2024

“Really enjoyed seeing your photos. Keep up the good work !”

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

Re: AMPHITRUCK at the beach.

“Great little video JB. Cheers, Stephen.”

34 posts 3 likes

2 years ago by stevedownunder

Re: Land yacht,- walkies

“This model is too cute and fun. Do you call it Land Yacht? Very strong. Never seen in Italy but two years ago I thought about doing something similar to test…”

35 posts 2 likes

2 years ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: To switch or not to switch ?

“Len - thank you so much for your help. You have put a name to a device which I somehow hoped would exist. This has enabled me to further research and success…”

8 posts 2 likes

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

Re: Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 10

“Thanks Flaxybybuck for the precise and timely responses. Your experiments will also be useful to other people. When I studied the sailing system for my schoo…”

9 posts 2 likes

2 years ago by AlessandroSPQR

“Len1, I'm not that much into non-scale figures (Barbie, stuffed animals, etc.). So whe I got this throw away hull, I wanted a "personal" boat, small with a l…”

6 posts 20 likes

2 years ago by LewZ

Re: Chris Craft Cobra

“With all the comments on the super cars, I see little comment on such a superb finish and beautiful looking boat River Rat. If your cars are as polished as t…”

11 posts 3 likes

2 years ago by luckyduck

Tyne lifeboat City of Sheffield

“This blog details the refurbishment of a 1/12th scale Tyne class lifeboat that depicts the original boat as was named in a ceremony by Her Royal Highness the…”

1 post 11 likes

2 years ago by Rogal118

“When I was in 6th grade, I was a little luckier than Roy. On my way to the school bus stop, I saw what looked like a Japanese toy power boat, all gunned up i…”

5 posts 6 likes

2 years ago by Peejay

“Looks like fun Isaac”

2 years ago by Isaac

“The Devon Monsoons abated sufficiently to trial both craft. Full ballasting of lighter over Easter”

4 posts 13 likes

2 years ago by Peewit83

“Well as mentioned earlier in my gravy boat build, not a lot of time. Getting nearer the end now, some scratch built railings and a dinghy/Avon inflatable mad…”

9 posts 13 likes

2 years ago by Doogle

“Good evening, my Smit Nederland is of a similar size, I fitted a pair of high torque 555 motors (about a tenner each) powered by a 12v lead acid battery whic…”

3 posts 6 likes

2 years ago by Frankiesays1953

Fun with Styrene

“As I do not wish to fiberglass the hull at work, I have turned to deck candy. Lucky for me a nineteen-year-old me was quite the shutterbug back in the day, I…”

5 posts 10 likes

2 years ago by KevinH

Re: Kathryn, a Thames Bawley - 9

“Congratulations on getting the rigging nicely done. I love rigging but at about the half way point all my fingers turn into ten thumbs! My hands also grow in…”

2 years ago by BarryS

Re: Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 8

“Flaxbybuck you truly are a master. Exceptional and thorough work. A guide for all of us.”

3 posts 2 likes

2 years ago by AlessandroSPQR

“Thank you all! Chum, it'll be there! Already looking forward to the combined float. Ron, we'll pin down the day as we get closer! Hermank, the figures came f…”

14 posts 1 like

2 years ago by Black Shoe

Parts for bilge pump

“Pump (3-5V submersible) - I see the same on Amazon (2 for $7 US) the link below. Temu is even cheaper. TIP120 Darlington available everywhere (~1$ US). Tubin…”

10 posts 20 likes

2 years ago by LewZ

“Thanks for your reply CB90. After carefully measuring the diameter of the plugs again I ordered a number of the 3.5mm size. Thankfully this proved to be corr…”

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

Re: Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 7

“Thank you very much Flaxbybuck for the answer (a very useful handbook for me and for those less experienced) and for the two videos that explain it even bett…”

2 years ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 6

“Your observations are right, I agree with them. I trust your filming assistant then, ahahahahah.”

2 years ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: 'All Aboard' ;-)

“Looks like they are getting ready for an orgy. No really looks fun. But won't they all fall off when the boat is running or are they all stuck on ?”

2 years ago by BOATSHED

Re: Wheelhouse Windows

“Very inventive way of cutting out the windows, I did exactly the same when cutting my window frames for the Marlin only using a mini pedestal drill”

14 posts 3 likes

2 years ago by mturpin013

Re: Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 5

“Mike, your winch system looks beautifully engineered, not like my amateurish attempt !”

4 posts 2 likes

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

“Thanks for your response Mike. On a number of occasions I have threaded a hole through a plate hoping it would be strong enough and each time I have had to p…”

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 4

“This section of pictures is slightly out of order because prior to this stage I spent some time designing the internal installations. These comprised the she…”

1 post 11 likes

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

Kathryn - a Thames Bawley - 3

“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 adopt a scale of 1:16…”

2 years ago by flaxbybuck

44' Alone at Pond

“Beautiful day at the pond did some running.”

17 posts 9 likes

2 years ago by KevinH

Re: Baby Bootlegger

“It seems to me that the turns aren't that bad, all things considered. It actually gives me the impression that it could go faster and there's a lot of air co…”

31 posts 4 likes

2 years ago by AlessandroSPQR

Re: Water Cannon

“Hi all. The STL files for the water cannon, both working and non-working are available in 3D Trader. Other ships items (Anchor Winch and Fire Hose on Reel) a…”

2 years ago by Alannicholls