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deckape

Master Seaman 15 years ago

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Sterling American Scout

Here are a couple pictures of my 1957 SS AMERICAN SCOUT C2 Merchantman. powered with a dumas 6 volt superpanther electricmotor, For RC opperation the ship is radioed by a 1960 babcock citizenship tube radio atae of the art at that time nowdays it is a relic or dinosour. BUtttttttt it still works. I am going to take her out for thefirst time underway sail scince 1960 I will update this post with pictures of her underway. But here are a couple stil pictures of her. Thanks fellas for your viewing my Freighter.

#dumas #radio #ship #sail #electric #american scout

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Dave MVice Admiral15 years ago
HI deckape
Nice looking model.Have you taken pictures on the water? What is the passenger liner in the background. Some more pictures would be welcome.
Dave
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nasrafChief Petty Officer 1st Class15 years ago
Looks a bit like the United States, the real one, now in Philadelphia in a very sorry condition. I saw her once in Plymouth Sound when I was in the RAF at Mountbatten.

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BASHER

Leading Seaman 16 years ago

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RANZOW BUILD

Bought this kit from Cornwall models ,great fun to build and fairly easy ..At the moment I am in the process of motorising all the move-able parts,Crane rotate and lift lower,Thruster and lighting..My mate from work is a spark and shows me how "to do it " electrically or Im lost.The relay is home made and powers the Bow Thrusters if anyone wants to make one of their own I have a few better pictures to show the wiring in detail . Most will know of this site but if not you can get some excellent items for your ship builds with a good quick service my home made relays switches etc come from here
http://www.technobotsonline.com/

#build #kit #lighting #model #model show #motor #parts #ship #switch #wiring #show #electric #cornwall models #bow thruster #bow

jfstoker

Master Seaman 16 years ago

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The Scout

Kit by Metcalf Mouldings, Waveney Lifeboat, figures by speedline, running with 2x 850 Motors,12volt sla battery, speed control by a Action P94 set to tank steering.

#figures #kit #lifeboat #motor #waveney lifeboat #action #battery #speedline

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jfstokerMaster Seaman15 years ago
Just working on some other projects and fitting some sound effects to the Scout, will take some photos on the water next time at the pool John
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DibdawgPetty Officer 2nd Class6 years ago
Your builds tell a story.
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jfstoker

Master Seaman 16 years ago

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HMS Gambia

FijI class Cruiser, semI scratch built on a Fleet scale hull, plans also supplied by The Maritime Museum Greenwich, built as refitted in 1953

#hull #plans #scratch #scratch built #maritime museum #cruiser #built

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DaveJayAble Seaman13 years ago
No probs. Not sure when my dad was on the Nigeria and Bermuda, I know he joined in 46 at aged 16, first commission was on HMS Vanguard ('46-'48), I think then it was as follows Nigeria ('48-'50), Battleaxe ('50-'52), Bermuda ('52-'54), Opossum ('54-'56) then finally finishing where he started on the Vanguard ('56- late '57). I think that the reason why Gambia beat Bermuda was because they had to paint the side of the Bermuda during a passage through the Suez for an inspection by the King of Egypt (who at the time would only see one side, so thats the side they painted!)......I believe that the crew of Gambia had more time to paint the both sides and probably more paint!!.......hence Bermuda was clean one side and sea beaten the other, I think leave was cancelled when they arrived at Valetta until the other side had been painted!....my Dad is full of stories of his time with the mob, I'm seeing him again in July, will get more details from him then and update if necessary.
All the best and happy sailing, Dave
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jfstokerMaster Seaman13 years ago
I would be very interested to hear from you and your Dad with more infomation and stories with regards to the ships. I have also put pictures of my Dad on the HMS Gambia association website, it might be worth a look.
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jfstoker

Master Seaman 16 years ago

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RAF Seaplane Tender 206

Scratch built from My Hobbystore plans and Model Boat magazine, brushless motors running on 2x7.2 volt 3700 mAh batteries

#brushless motor #model #model boat mag #motor #plans #scratch #brush #batteries #brushless #scratch built #hobby #my hobby store #seaplane #seaplane tender #built

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circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class9 years ago
BRAVO ZULU! The Clearview screen is a nice touch.
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Bryan-the-pirateMidshipman8 years ago
Very nice, you may have noticed my restoration of a 1950s-60s kit

Do you still have yours?
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thelegos

Master Seaman 16 years ago

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Restored 34" Aerokits Fireboat

Finally reached the end of my 'back to wood' restoration which started in November last year! She was a rather sorry ebay purchase but did have some of the original fittings - sadly not all, I used as many as possible and found new equivalents to try and match. The mast, davit and cleats were all home made in plasticard, brass and other sundry bits and pieces. it has working lights and spotlight and the davit rotates. First outing today was pretty good, it does plane but at nearly full throttle so the next trip will be with an 8.4v stick to give it a little more edge. Roger :-)

#aerokit #fireboat #fittings #rc plane #restoration #wood #ebay #e bay #lights #fire boat #plasticard

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peep31Petty Officer 1st Class15 years ago
Where did you get the mast from please
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thelegosMaster Seaman15 years ago
HI Peep31, I made the mast from brass, plasticard and some small pices of timber. I have posted some pictures on the site, if I can find them I'll send a link. Roger
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jelley_baby

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 16 years ago

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Start of rebuild old 34 Inch Fire Boat

1. The sorry state of the Hull on the Fire Boat. Purchased from Ebay about 6 months ago, only now just started working on refurbishing it, it was covered in car body filler.

2. After about 2 weeks of very hard work it looks much better. it is running on a Johnson 600 size motor and 6v Gel Battery for its first sail at the Cwmbran Model Society tomorrow, so I hope that is will be OK. it does not appear to be an Aeroits model as the cabins remove from the hull. Not just the Cabin tops. I will try and supply some action photo's later.

#build #cabin #filler #hull #model #motor #refurbish #ebay #sail #johnson motor #e bay #rc car #action #fire boat #cover #battery

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Peter HS93Warrant Officer16 years ago
It is a kit made by Norstar I have one they are a bit stronger than an aerokits so a bit more weight they sail well mine was converted to twin screw.

Peter
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wombatjamesLeading Seaman14 years ago
Kitshack make one as a kit, off Ebay, uses balsa chines so much easier to shape in with the bulkhead profile. The Norstar I built when I was 12 had horrible 9mm thick chines that had to be planed to shape they were so hard.
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bangzoomer

Leading Seaman 16 years ago

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Jim's PT

My thanks to Mosquito Boat Hobbies for their semi-kit... saved me weeks of work... probably months. it's a shame Dumas has stopped making their 48 inch hull. I was lucky to score this hull on EBAY. Runs on two max size Astro Flight motors with a 12 volts.

#dumas #hull #motor #ebay #e bay #volts

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froggyt996

Petty Officer 1st Class 16 years ago

Sea Queens at play

Several IC old Aerokits Sea Queen's at pla on Fleetwood lake

#aerokit #lake #wood #fleetwood #sea queen

thelegos

Master Seaman 16 years ago

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HMM Wavemaster

I took advantage of some nice weather to take my Wavemaster out for a spin this afternoon. She's around 58 years old, I bought her from the son of the original builder and have tried to keep it as original as possible so converted from IC to electric, repainted the lower hull, new stainless inner propshaft, made some handrails and fitted the lights. it was very dirty but has cleaned up a treat. I'm running a Darke Horse 700 with a 7.2v 4300Ah battery for these pictures but have the facility to use either one or two sticks, run time today over 30min with some to spare so I'm well pleased! it's a gorgeous classic boat.

#build #hull #prop #run time #weather #electric #lights #propshaft #battery #prop shaft

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chrislang

Warrant Officer 16 years ago

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34" Fireboat Again !

Now up and running again, with new 25A M'tronics ESC and smaller 35mm S prop she went well yesterday at Crealy.
I managed to get these pics of the monitors in action
( a bit limited as I was alone and operating the TX and camera together! )
Regards
Chris

#fireboat #prop #esc #action #monitors #tx #camera #fire boat #crealy

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PeteG

Master Seaman 16 years ago

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Fire Boat Work In Progress

This is my work in progress plus some nice angles of my boat. Colour scheme obviously not conventional but I like it. its some way off its maiden launch and this isn't the intended motor- that is still in the post! it will be fitted with a Graupner 600 8.4v and a Viper 20A ESC.This is an ebay purchase and came with some original brass items and an IC engine - hence the modification to the motor mount.The boat will probably sail initially at Blackheath.

#engine #graupner #motor #esc #ebay #sail #e bay #fire boat #rc boat #motor mount #engine mount

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PeteGMaster Seaman16 years ago
Hello Dave,I'm looking in to relocting the single servo and as you say the rear well would be ideal- my servo linkages are soft soldered to rudder via a long rod -? would that be the usual way of making the linkage?, I might need to look at this area! Also I think I need to keep all the units off the hull base and secured to a bulkhead ?
PeteG.
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Dave MVice Admiral16 years ago
HI Pete
Soldered indicates the vintage of your model. Can be used but better solutions available. Don't understand why you fear the hull base. The lower the weight the better for stability. I will post a couple of pictures of my setup so you can get the general idea. Will have to post on your other blog re this boat. Cheers Dave
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