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froggyt996
Petty Officer 1st Class
Sea Breeze
Vintage Model Boat Company Sea Breeze electric powered model with a small brushless motor. This is a laser cut reproduction kit produced to a very high standerd. please take a look at a new club coming soon at
http://froggyt996.wix.com/vintage-model-power-boat also take a look at www.vintagemodelboats.com
Thanks to John Lockett for the Video
2 comments
  • Dave MVice Admiral
    Nice model, sailing very realistically in quite choppy waters. The brushless is powering well and with such a small model the weight saving must really help.
    The lines are very clean and the kit is a credit to its producer and builder. 😀
  • bilboRecruit
    On MY wish list now
froggyt996
Petty Officer 1st Class
Sea Scout
Vintage Model Boat Company Sea Scout electric powered model. This is a laser cut reproduction kit produced to a very high standerd. please take a look at a new club coming soon at
http://froggyt996.wix.com/vintage-model-power-boat. also take a look at www.vintagemodelboats.com

Thanks to John Lockett for the Video
tompallister
Petty Officer 1st Class
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AL KHUBAR 3
Model Slipways 1/32 scale harbour tug kit built late summer/autumn 2011. Powered by MFA 2.5:1 geared motors running on 6 volts and powered through an Action P94 Mixer/speed controller to provide great steering performance -- easily turns on it own axis. Sails mostly at Knightcote Model Boat club
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  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU! Very well done sir.I also have used an Action P94 unit and
    found how versatile it is.
tompallister
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Irishman
Model Slipways kit with fire monitors and bow thrusters. Powered by 2 x MFA 2.5 : 1 motors on 6 volts via Action P94 mixer ESCs. Sails mostly at Tynemouth model Boat Club
Liked by circle43nautical and chugalone100
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  • junkanoopunchRecruit
    where can I buy this tugboat from
  • tompallisterPetty Officer 1st Class
    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£270 and running gear, bow thrusters, fire monitors and radio gear costs about another A£250. The kit is really for those with modelling experience as it has a few challenges for the inexperienced. Hope this helps
tompallister
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Seaplane Tender
Here is my scratch built Seaplane Tender in !/12 th scale. it is powered by 2 x 250 watt brushless motors running on 7.2 volt Nmih batteries. Pictured here at Knightcote Model Boat Club in Warwickshire and a couple during construction.
Liked by jbkiwi
4 comments
  • tompallisterPetty Officer 1st Class
    I used the extremely good drawings in the plans sold on the model boats magazine shop web site. As you say, easily copies at staples so can even be used as a template when copied. Good luck with your project.
  • FirenutAble Seaman
    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 local clubs on sail day.
GreyWolf
Leading Seaman
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Fleeting Star
HI Fellow Modellers,
Another model from the RADMC fleet at the fleetshaven workshop and boat yard in Ponthir.This model was built from a Caldercraft Kit, This model came into my possession for the price of 20p, a raffle prize at Bryn Bach Model Clubs OPen Day 2010, when it was built is unknown. The item being made for display use and not finished off, no internal electronic fixtures. Did have a prop shaft and prop that had not been fitted correctly. 50% of all the fixtures had to be removed and refitted before they fell off, some didn't stay in place from the show back home. The model was finised off using a photo of the Milford star on the internet. The fish boxes and figures being obtained off DON one of the Society members who had a mould to make them in white metal, only required cleaning up and finishing off. A graupner 6 volt steam unit is fitted in the funnel and to make the boat a little more realistic on the water,a maplin steam sound system has been used to generate the sound of the engine. A simple mod allows the revs to be linked to the engine voltage. The drive motor is a 550 with the lowest revs I had in MJB's this was married up to a 2.5/1 gearbox I also had in stock. The main motor and steam unit are supplied from a 7.2 volt nicad racing pack. This model has had meny fishing trips on Cwmbran Boating Lake and at shows the Society visit. Hope you enjoy the pictures, Regards GreyWolf.
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sbambi
Leading Seaman
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Restored Fireboat
Aerokit Fireboat 34"
Boat was given to me in poor condition approx 30 years ago, no running gear and most fittings missing or broken, originally powered with IC motor.
I have installed a 43A 700KV Outrunner Brushless motor, Model No : XYH42-50 and a Hobbywing Seaking 60W / Reverse Program Brushless ESC bought from Giantcod, powered by a 3 cell 2200 mAh Lipo battery runtime 15 to 18min, the prop is a 42.5mm 2 blade racing prop. I am well pleased with the performance of the boat.
I belong and sail at the Hartsholme Electric Model Boat Club, Lincoln.
Liked by doghouse and circle43nautical
john saunders
Leading Seaman
34'' Fireboat at Knightcote Model Boat Club
Here is my 34 in Fireboat that I built some 30 years ago and recently rescued from my loft and updated with an MFA850 with Mtroniks 40A ESC driving through the original shaft to a Graupner 55mm prop. Seen on Nov 25 just after we cleared the first Ice of 2010 from our club sailing water !
john saunders
Leading Seaman
Original Aerokits Sea Hornet
I had always admired the lines of 1950s American wooden runabouts and built this Aerokits model when I was an apprentice at Jaguar Cars and it had stayed in my loft since completion nearly 40 years ago. Recently dusted off and upgraded with a Graupner Speed 500 and Mtroniks 40Amp controller and P35 prop. Seen here at Knightcote Boat Club on 25 October
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ianed57
Sub-Lieutenant
Vintage speedsters at Crealy.
These two boats were refurbished by Kalamunda. The first is a Lesro Sportsman and the second a NorStar Wave Rider. The Sportsman has a Graupner 700 on 8.6v and the WaveRider a brushless motor. The on board camera was arranged by Kalamunda and other video shot by Ianed57. The water is at Crealy, Exeter, the home of Exeter and District Model Boat Club.
Liked by doghouse
2 comments
  • hammerLieutenant
    Very sad the fishermen have taken over Crealy lake. No more model boats.
  • ianed57Sub-Lieutenant
    It is indeed sad and these videos remind us of happy times spent there. We srtuggle to find a suitable alternative. As the old song says-'You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone!'.
Justintime
Recruit
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Loschkreuzer Wesel Fire Boat
Just completed , not exactly origonal but not too far out. On the pond for the first time today after a rebuld, and very happy with it I am. Graupner kit, Don't know the builder, but when bought it was yellow! it just had to be put back to red. I didn't like the green deck, so it became mid-grey (gloss rubbed down to semi-mat). Powered by 3 Graupner 500 motors. Working radar and lights (worked from a key-fob, not transmitter). Sailed at inverleith Pond, Edinburgh. Home of Edinburgh Model Boat Club.
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  • redoctoberAble Seaman
    I have seen this boat operating on the water, it is a work of art, the detail is superb, the speed is I am sure
    a very close scale down of the original boat.
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU!
thelegos
Master Seaman
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Liberty Ship USS Robert E Peary
My first post on site as a new member !
I can't take credit for the building this Deans Marine kit, my father did that some 15 years ago but as a static model. When he passed away the ship came to me and a few months ago I decided to make it seaworthy.
She used a standard MabuchI 540RS motor geared down using two 6v lead acid batteries - and runs for hours !
The pictures were taken at Peterborough Area Model Boat Club during our Sunday meet. I'm thrilled with it, very realistic at over four feet long, smooth and very manoeuvrable - Dad would have loved it :-))
I have a dozen or so RC boats, mostly vintage Aerokits and Veron, just bought my first Fire Boat to restore - more to follow I hope. Thanks for looking, Roger
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