SS (RMS) Empress Queen was a steel paddle steamer, which was the last of its type ordered by the isle of Man Steam Packet Company She was chartered by the Admiralty in 1915 and used for trooping duties until she ran aground off Bembridge, isle of Wight, England, and was subsequently abandoned.
The model was scratch built on a modified fibreglass hull. The plans were obtained from Glasgow University and the model was nearly 7ft long with an overall beam including paddles of about 14 inches. She was independently powered with two geared motors from Wulitzer juke box components. I hope to do a build blog in the near future.
She was purchased from me by the Beale Park, part of the Child Beale Trust Reading.
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SS (RMS) Empress Queen was a steel paddle steamer, which was the last of its type ordered by the isle of Man Steam Packet Company She was chartered by the Admiralty in 1915 and used for trooping duties until she ran aground off Bembridge, isle of Wight, England, and was subsequently abandoned.
The model was scratch built on a modified fibreglass hull. The plans were obtained from Glasgow University and the model was nearly 7ft long with an overall beam including paddles of about 14 inches. She was independently powered with two geared motors from Wulitzer juke box components. I hope to do a build blog in the near future.
She was purchased from me by the Beale Park, part of the Child Beale Trust Reading.
144 scale Liberty ship model based on much modified "Battlers Connection" hull.
All bulkheads, power train and from deck up scratch build
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Bought these two for £50! The smallest is HMS Manxman, a scratch build, 6v electric motor drive. it,s just shy of 3ft long. The second ship came to me as apparently HMS Tanganyika, however, on looking at photos of the ship bore no resemblance. it is almost definitely a colony class cruiser of ww2. Possibly HMS FIJI, Nigeria,Jamaica,or Trinidad. The two pillars amidships with the orbs are not what these ships had(?). So much work has yet to be done. The second ship is 5ft 6inches long, made entirely of wood, with a Marx Decaperm 6v Motor powered by a large 6v 10ah gel battery which doubles as ballast, along with 5 large lead weights. Transmitter is a Futaba t6exa, the receiver and servos are Futaba also. I would be interested in knowing some tips about building techniques, best materials and paints for waterproofing etc. And maybe some opinions on it,s identity as swear it looks like HMS Fiji. I have browsed some lovely builds on this site so far, and they really are a credit to you all. Thanks. Gordon
{"text":"Bought these two for \u00a350! The smallest is HMS Manxman, a scratch build, 6v electric motor drive. it,s just shy of 3ft long. The second ship came to me as apparently HMS Tanganyika, however, on looking at photos of the ship bore no resemblance. it is almost definitely a colony class cruiser of ww2. Possibly HMS FIJI, Nigeria,Jamaica,or Trinidad. The two pillars amidships with the orbs are not what these ships had(?). So much work has yet to be done. The second ship is 5ft 6inches long, made entirely of wood, with a Marx Decaperm 6v Motor powered by a large 6v 10ah gel battery which doubles as ballast, along with 5 large lead weights. Transmitter is a Futaba t6exa, the receiver and servos are Futaba also. I would be interested in knowing some tips about building techniques, best materials and paints for waterproofing etc. And maybe some opinions on it,s identity as swear it looks like HMS Fiji. I have browsed some lovely builds on this site so far, and they really are a credit to you all. Thanks. Gordon","subject":"HMS Manxman and HMS?","media":[{"id":"1414333564","name":"1414333564.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333564/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333564/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1414333751","name":"1414333751.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333751/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333751/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1414333871","name":"1414333871.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333871/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333871/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1414333912","name":"1414333912.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333912/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1414333912/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
Bought these two for £50! The smallest is HMS Manxman, a scratch build, 6v electric motor drive. it,s just shy of 3ft long. The second ship came to me as apparently HMS Tanganyika, however, on looking at photos of the ship bore no resemblance. it is almost definitely a colony class cruiser of ww2. Possibly HMS FIJI, Nigeria,Jamaica,or Trinidad. The two pillars amidships with the orbs are not what these ships had(?). So much work has yet to be done. The second ship is 5ft 6inches long, made entirely of wood, with a Marx Decaperm 6v Motor powered by a large 6v 10ah gel battery which doubles as ballast, along with 5 large lead weights. Transmitter is a Futaba t6exa, the receiver and servos are Futaba also. I would be interested in knowing some tips about building techniques, best materials and paints for waterproofing etc. And maybe some opinions on it,s identity as swear it looks like HMS Fiji. I have browsed some lovely builds on this site so far, and they really are a credit to you all. Thanks. Gordon
Completed (nearly, still a few more crates needed) in July after a 2 year build on a Kingston Moldings hull. Not a scrap of plywood has been used, all made from Oak, Mahogany, Beech and brass. All fittings scratch built, boiler from Maccsteam in Macclesfield, engine TVR 1 A BB from Macclesfield model engineering supplies. Runs on 60/40 butane propane mix. Radio 3 channels used on Futaba 6EX 2.4 ghz set, 1 fo1 for fwd/reverse, I for steering.
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Completed (nearly, still a few more crates needed) in July after a 2 year build on a Kingston Moldings hull. Not a scrap of plywood has been used, all made from Oak, Mahogany, Beech and brass. All fittings scratch built, boiler from Maccsteam in Macclesfield, engine TVR 1 A BB from Macclesfield model engineering supplies. Runs on 60/40 butane propane mix. Radio 3 channels used on Futaba 6EX 2.4 ghz set, 1 fo1 for fwd/reverse, I for steering.
please find afew more photos of my boat this boat was scratch built to scale from original drawings my uncle and my father had this boat built in albert palmers in portavogie1948 was used seine net fishing and fishing long lines in north channel next project is model of my own trawler hull is in photo rgds skiboo
{"text":"please find afew more photos of my boat this boat was scratch built to scale from original drawings my uncle and my father had this boat built in albert palmers in portavogie1948 was used seine net fishing and fishing long lines in north channel next project is model of my own trawler hull is in photo rgds skiboo","subject":"AHC WATERSON B444","media":[{"id":"1413753709","name":"1413753709.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413753709/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413753709/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1413753894","name":"1413753894.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413753894/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413753894/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1413754078","name":"1413754078.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413754078/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413754078/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1413754183","name":"1413754183.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413754183/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1413754183/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
please find afew more photos of my boat this boat was scratch built to scale from original drawings my uncle and my father had this boat built in albert palmers in portavogie1948 was used seine net fishing and fishing long lines in north channel next project is model of my own trawler hull is in photo rgds skiboo
HI guys I've been luckily enough to of had the chance to buy this boat at the Heywood bring and buy.
It's in 1/16 scale and is four foot long. it's a complete scratch built hull using plastic sign bord.
The hull was built by Nick Rigby from our club in Bury.
All the rest of the detail has been done by his friend.
At the Monment she has the props installed but no motors.
I will be fitting her out with a couple of 900kv brushless motors and a couple of 90amp esc's all water cooled.plus two 11.1volt 5000ma lipo's in parallel to give a long run time. Hope you like the pictures!
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HI guys I've been luckily enough to of had the chance to buy this boat at the Heywood bring and buy.
It's in 1/16 scale and is four foot long. it's a complete scratch built hull using plastic sign bord.
The hull was built by Nick Rigby from our club in Bury.
All the rest of the detail has been done by his friend.
At the Monment she has the props installed but no motors.
I will be fitting her out with a couple of 900kv brushless motors and a couple of 90amp esc's all water cooled.plus two 11.1volt 5000ma lipo's in parallel to give a long run time. Hope you like the pictures!
HI Alan I have a Atlantic challenger. I burnt my speed controer it was 100 amp so I have a 120 amp now water cooled in it its the fastes thing on my lake and it looks the part. 😎 👍 malc. K. M. B. C.
HI Alan I have a Atlantic challenger. I burnt my speed controer it was 100 amp so I have a 120 amp now water cooled in it its the fastes thing on my lake and it looks the part. 😎 👍 malc. K. M. B. C.
iam building a model trawler scratch built using fibre g
lass hull was moulded by models by design powered by 385 mot0r driving 35 mm 3 bladed prop wheel house is just set on since these photos gunnel cappings have been fitted made from 4mm oak hull has been stained and varnished starting to take shape this boat was built in 1948 in portavogie codown for my uncle john and my dad
was powered by a 66 k3 kelvin diesel used for seine netting scallop fishing and long lines will post more photos in near future skiboo
{"text":"iam building a model trawler scratch built using fibre g\nlass hull was moulded by models by design powered by 385 mot0r driving 35 mm 3 bladed prop wheel house is just set on since these photos gunnel cappings have been fitted made from 4mm oak hull has been stained and varnished starting to take shape this boat was built in 1948 in portavogie codown for my uncle john and my dad\nwas powered by a 66 k3 kelvin diesel used for seine netting scallop fishing and long lines will post more photos in near future skiboo","subject":"a h c waterson b 444","media":[{"id":"1411243633","name":"1411243633.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1411243633/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1411243633/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1411243721","name":"1411243721.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1411243721/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1411243721/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
iam building a model trawler scratch built using fibre g
lass hull was moulded by models by design powered by 385 mot0r driving 35 mm 3 bladed prop wheel house is just set on since these photos gunnel cappings have been fitted made from 4mm oak hull has been stained and varnished starting to take shape this boat was built in 1948 in portavogie codown for my uncle john and my dad
was powered by a 66 k3 kelvin diesel used for seine netting scallop fishing and long lines will post more photos in near future skiboo
Still under construction but completed to deck level.
Built on an Alan Horne hull, the deckhouses are all scratch built from mahogany and brass from photographs.
The deck is planked with 100metres of 2mm x 0.5mm Lime stripwood, each plank edged using a pencil to achieve the effect of corking.
{"text":"Still under construction but completed to deck level.\nBuilt on an Alan Horne hull, the deckhouses are all scratch built from mahogany and brass from photographs.\nThe deck is planked with 100metres of 2mm x 0.5mm Lime stripwood, each plank edged using a pencil to achieve the effect of corking.","subject":"Velsheda","media":[{"id":"1410180623","name":"1410180623.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180623/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180623/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1410180637","name":"1410180637.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180637/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180637/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1410180665","name":"1410180665.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180665/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180665/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1410180677","name":"1410180677.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180677/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1410180677/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
Still under construction but completed to deck level.
Built on an Alan Horne hull, the deckhouses are all scratch built from mahogany and brass from photographs.
The deck is planked with 100metres of 2mm x 0.5mm Lime stripwood, each plank edged using a pencil to achieve the effect of corking.
this tug is scratch built on a scale hobbies hull.you can sail her in any weather with no problems.
{"text":"this tug is scratch built on a scale hobbies hull.you can sail her in any weather with no problems.","subject":"s class tug","media":[{"id":"1409499834","name":"1409499834.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499834/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499834/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1409499880","name":"1409499880.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499880/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499880/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1409499928","name":"1409499928.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499928/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499928/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
hms diana
scratch built on a models by design hull. she sails really well I still have a number of fittings
to make and the two bofers guns.
{"text":"hms diana \nscratch built on a models by design hull. she sails really well I still have a number of fittings \nto make and the two bofers guns.","subject":"hms diana","media":[{"id":"1409499213","name":"1409499213.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499213/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499213/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1409499240","name":"1409499240.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499240/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499240/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1409499258","name":"1409499258.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499258/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499258/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1409499269","name":"1409499269.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499269/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1409499269/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
hI dave yes she is a daring class, at the moment she is on the back burner as Iv started to build an american mine sweeper and nearly finished my hms bulldog I will post some pics sortly
hI dave yes she is a daring class, at the moment she is on the back burner as Iv started to build an american mine sweeper and nearly finished my hms bulldog I will post some pics sortly
Fighting Cock was one of the fleet of North West Tugs (Liverpool Screw Towing and Lighterage Company) steam tugs, built by Cammell Laird in 1953. The model is built on a Kingston Mouldings Sun tug hull, the superstructure is scratchbuilt from styrene, with many fittings from Mobile Marine Models. The motor was 'rescued' from a mainframe computer data drive, and is direct drive to the propeller. Power is from 12V gell cell batteries with a speed control by EA Electronics. Both hull and motor were given to my father many many years ago, and the model was completed approx 7 years ago.
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Fighting Cock was one of the fleet of North West Tugs (Liverpool Screw Towing and Lighterage Company) steam tugs, built by Cammell Laird in 1953. The model is built on a Kingston Mouldings Sun tug hull, the superstructure is scratchbuilt from styrene, with many fittings from Mobile Marine Models. The motor was 'rescued' from a mainframe computer data drive, and is direct drive to the propeller. Power is from 12V gell cell batteries with a speed control by EA Electronics. Both hull and motor were given to my father many many years ago, and the model was completed approx 7 years ago.
Golden Hind, scratch built, normally I build planes thought I would have a go at a boat, April 2014, twin props/sails, llandrindod wells/Gloucester.
{"text":"Golden Hind, scratch built, normally I build planes thought I would have a go at a boat, April 2014, twin props/sails, llandrindod wells/Gloucester.","subject":"golden hind","media":[{"id":"1408808918","name":"1408808918.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1408808918/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1408808918/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"},{"id":"1408809027","name":"1408809027.jpg","caption":"","url":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1408809027/l","thumbUrl":"https://beta.model-boats.com/media/1408809027/s","isImage":true,"ext":"jpg"}],"youtubeUrl":""}
HI Prashley
Great build, l wish l had your skill and patience, you have as yoda would say. Where did you get the plan from. I hope we see more of your work.
Regards Dave. 😊 😊 😊 😊 👍
HI Prashley
Great build, l wish l had your skill and patience, you have as yoda would say. Where did you get the plan from. I hope we see more of your work.
Regards Dave. 😊 😊 😊 😊 👍
Hello Dave Thank you. No plans as such got some on line used a bit of them and pictures so made my own. I am an x toolmaker only took 3 weeks about 120 hours ish, 2 days to sew & decorate the sails, a day to make the hull, the rest to make the bits,the hull is 1 meter long and is a fully working ship pulley blocks all work & sails lovely. I enjoyed the build. Next one Royal Sovereign a bit bigger when I get time, once again Thank you. Paul.
Hello Dave Thank you. No plans as such got some on line used a bit of them and pictures so made my own. I am an x toolmaker only took 3 weeks about 120 hours ish, 2 days to sew & decorate the sails, a day to make the hull, the rest to make the bits,the hull is 1 meter long and is a fully working ship pulley blocks all work & sails lovely. I enjoyed the build. Next one Royal Sovereign a bit bigger when I get time, once again Thank you. Paul.
