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Mersey 12-26 Lifeboat update 5/12

“many thanks for your reply gregg I will take all what you have said onboard I will keep you informed on my success when I get my kit,once again many thanks,p…”

14 years ago by peep31

Amelie Rose of Poole

“WOW what a fabulous sailing boat, on a fantastic venue,I'm jealous as hell, keep up the good work.”

14 years ago by Colin H

60inch crash tender

“Whats happened to the video clip?”

14 years ago by Gregg

vosper rttl a s r l 50s to 60s

“no it was built from photos it will be at the new woodvale site this year in southport 28&29 july in southport the small model slipway kit is nice size for a…”

14 years ago by Michael R

weymouth lifeboat

“Quite a bit of detail shown of the relief lifeboat 17-45 The Duke of Kent in service from 2005. This was one of the last built of this class so it is useful …”

14 years ago by Dave M

Yeoman Wavemaster

“HI Dave, The first one is the Lipo (5100mAh), it ran slightly longer than the NiMh (3700mAh) but caused the speed controller some problems so have now change…”

14 years ago by jelley_baby

Vosper Fast Patrol Boat P129

“HI Les, sorry for the delay in getting back to you, computer been down with a bug, New one dosn;t like my web interface, to old hat. Will try and send you so…”

14 years ago by GreyWolf

“Ive only seen it once on the pool, but its all down to the person hind the transmitter to get it to "sail scale" now Dave. he does have more "plans" for it, …”

14 years ago by Gregg

Fairey Huntsman

“HI Huntsmanman, The boat was a President Plywood kit from 1975, and is quite heavy by todays standards its 5Kg /- a little bit depending on what batteries I …”

14 years ago by jelley_baby

Yeoman Wavemaster Circa 1960's

“Best laugh my wife and I had about your wife letting you take pictures of your boats in the front room. I think we are nearly all confied to our sheds or mod…”

14 years ago by tidtug

Rother HAIG and Arun Edward Bridges

“Sounds like a fun day. Hope it goes well”

14 years ago by Dave M

RAF Crash/Fire Tender

“Tecnical details please.ie, inrun, rpm, prop size & material battery type & voltage.”

14 years ago by rfineman

“Sorry but No, This boat has not yet been on display anywhere as not yet completely finished, merely undergoing "sea trials" to check ballasting and seaworthy…”

14 years ago by Gregg

Veron Pilot Boat

“Just bought this thought it was a complete kit, but alas it missing its superstructure parts, which I will make from scratch. its other wise OK.”

14 years ago by jelley_baby

46 Inch Aerokits

“HI Tom, Many thanks for your comments, much food for thought. I look forward to seeing your photos when you've next been to your Mums. Rgds Dean”

14 years ago by Stonemonkey

“HI Tom, Hope you are well. Finally got my boat on the water at the weekend (Fleetwood Scale & Power weekend) and I was quite pleased with things, however it …”

14 years ago by Stonemonkey

“It is a "Model Slipway" Kit and is listed on their web site ( www.modelslipway.com ) as Yorkshireman as this was the sister tug. The basic kit costs about A£…”

14 years ago by tompallister

“scratch build sea queen now on the water in jubilee paint job went well , but speed controller played up so no action pictures yet but will follow on later w…”

14 years ago by larrywhetton

“scratch build sea queen now on the water in jubilee paint job went well , but speed controller played up so no action pictures yet but will follow on later w…”

14 years ago by larrywhetton

Seaplane Tender

“Many thanks, I prob have not researched enough at the start just wanted to crack on with something. Not even looked in a model magazine, though visited a few…”

14 years ago by Firenut

Scratch built SDM MkII tug built by UmI Ryuzuki

“Thanks for the info. Simple really. Clear cast resin round a LED and a fine paint brush or even a hollow brass fitting. Brilliant idea.”

14 years ago by Dave M

“at the start of my interest in boats I thought of fire boats, RNLI type of sailing but the detial on some of the tugs are amazing!! giving it some thought at…”

14 years ago by Firenut

Fairey Huntsman

“At last I have a Fairey Huntsman (34 inch) that appears to work, The photos are of it last Sunday at Cwmbran it needs a little extra ballast at the rear but …”

14 years ago by jelley_baby

Mk2 Firefloat 93

“HI Colin, This is a big thank you for your families help at Cwmbran last wednesday, if it had not been for your sons help my Sea Commander on its first run w…”

14 years ago by jelley_baby

“Thanks and no restoration work yet, but may have to coat hull as some seepage at joints.Will hopefully be able to keep model integraty without too much trouble.”

14 years ago by Colin H

“This model was originally scratch built in 1964 by my Dad as a 15th birthday present for me,the length over all is 60.5" with a beam of 17.5" and a theoretic…”

14 years ago by Colin H

“Hi Thanks for your interest,I have fitted two 850 motors and work on 14 cells just for short bursts, this has proved to be fine with my other boats. Regards”

14 years ago by loz

2Fast 2Furious second run

“The second run was a little better, until one of the solder joints on the 3mm bullet connectors melted, so had to uprate them to 4mm”

14 years ago by aquamatic80

“This was the initial run, and I wasn't quite expecting the end result, you cannot hit the throttle this hard to start with. Oops1”

14 years ago by aquamatic80

“First time out, it was a bit windy ,but she went great.”

14 years ago by Chris B