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Exuberent DH142 GM32
32 foot Crabber "Exuberent" was built in 1981 and operated out of Dartmouth in Devon, she also spent the winter seasons working out of Weymouth in Dorset. She was returning to Devon from the Dorset coast when she was lost with her skipper. Her name, "Exuberent" is not a spelling mistake, it was spelt this way as there was already a boat of that name registered and it had to be differenced to be included in the Lloyds Register. This model is a tribute to her and her skippers untimely loss.
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Brightwork
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Klondike
This was just finished by my brother after a four year build. He used plans from the original sternwheeler from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. We grew up there so there is a connection. She is seven feet long and the hull is built entirely from popsicle sticks. She is bound for the museum in Whitehorse as a static display.
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  • TrilliumChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Great work. A superb example of how a scale model gives viewers a 3D view of something that exists now only in 2D images.
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Brilliant 👍
    Love the detailing, and on such a mammoth scale as well!
    Popsicle sticks! You must have made a lot of children very happy👍😉
    I've heard of others getting all family and friends to 'collect' coffee stirring sticks ...
    Next model with zig million matchsticks perhaps ? 😉
    Shame we will never see her under way but a superb memorial to her and her crews. Cheers Doug 😎
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lesliebreame
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Fast Patrol Boat
At Ilfracombe pond is Bob Burrows Vintage Model Boat Co kit of the Fast Patrol Boat. Bobs made a nice job of it and has brushless motor with Lipoly batteries. Forward / reverse control was nothing special on maiden voyage and came close to a good sinking !!!
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  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    It's nice and fast but doesn't seem to want to turn very well. What is the rudder like is it too big and also how much leading edge has the rudder got. I used to have this sort of trouble and went for a slightly smaller rudder and cut away the leading edge and it solved my problems.
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Brightwork
Commodore
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Chris Craft Corvette
I saw this boat online a few years back and have coveted it ever since. it was built by an incredible man who I believed passed away and left this. The boat is "Balboa" Panama. Hopefully someone will know more about her. I would sell my entire collection for her. "note the mans hand compared to the engine"
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  • BrightworkCommodore
    I am sorry I missed this comment. The photos here do enlarge to a good size. I can email you the pics if you like.
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  • DibdawgPetty Officer 2nd Class
    WOW, any pics of her in the water?
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