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Gregg
Sub-Lieutenant
RMAS Moorhen
SemI Scratch build from a my hobby store plan and hull [only] kit. After 18 months its still an ongoing build 🔨 , as my research in to the original vessel continues so I can get it as correct as possible. 😯
I have managed to get all the correct light patterns on and working, as well as twin radar and now finally have got the crane to operate remotely from the radio transmitter. 👍
2 comments
  • bigmacmodelsAble Seaman
    Was this at the Alfold show last weekend?
  • GreggSub-Lieutenant
    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 seaworthyness if you get my meaning, as due to its flat bows, it is not the smoothest of vessels to steer, or if given too much throttle it heaves a lot of water over the bows.
tompallister
Petty Officer 1st Class
37.5 Foot Seaplane Tender 206
This slide show shows the build and final result of my scratch built Seaplane Tender. it is 1/12th scale and powered by 2 x 250 watt brushless motors. Built in 2011, it sails at Knightcote in Warwickshire and Tynemouth in the NE.
Liked by jbkiwi and hansv
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  • don83000Able Seaman
    Thanks Tom keep up the good work.
  • CraigRobothamPetty Officer 1st Class
    Great run of slides there , great job on the build to .
    Liked by cenbeth
Dave M
Vice Admiral
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RMS Olympic
Still under construction but now sailed. 1:100 scale scratch built in conjunction with Bill Lucy who has built RMS Titanic
Liked by circle43nautical and Brightwork and
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  • Dave MVice Admiral
    HI Yes we used the plans from Dr Robert Haan at 100 scale for the RMS Titanic. They are very detailed plans and will enable you to build a very realistic model. You will need to make certain modifications to model Olympic but really the external differences are few, most notably the missing enclosed fore part of the quarter deck.
    The plans are on six sheets of about 18ft by 3ft so an email would not be possible, and are copyright protected.
    As far as I know the plans are still available, we paid about £200, and I will email you the address if you send me a personal message.
    I am still researching details on the Olympic as she had many modifications over the years, particularily to the lifeboats and I am still not convinced my version is correct at present. I am modelling around 1912/13 and good pictures are hard to come by.
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    BRAVO ZULU1
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.
Powdermonky
Recruit
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"port Adelaide "
HI shipmates, here,s a few shpts of the "Port ".
She,s a 1/80 scale scratch built cargo ship of the Port line company from around the 1950,
A ship this size requieres quite a bit of balast, I use water, it takes around 40 lds to get her sitting right, this is pumped in and out with a submersible caravan water pump.
Most of the fittings are resin castings.
there are a few more bits to finnish off but could not resist the chance to try her out on the Chasewater pool.
Liked by JOHN
Gregg
Sub-Lieutenant
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egrete - Rhine pusher tug.
Built from scratch from plans supplied by my hobby store. has a fully remote controlled operating "elevating wheelhouse" with scissor type lifting legs. operating nav lights, fog horn and twin radar units. Also has remote operated forward winches for attaching pusher barges to the bow pusher posts. fitted with twin kort nozzles, handles a treat, steers well and could certanly push more than 3 barges!
Liked by circle43nautical
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  • GreggSub-Lieutenant
    HI DAve. I found a cute little geared motor with a nice set of swappable gears in Maplins, made by MFA. it has a 3v motor but if you set the main driveshaft up centrally, it then allows you to have 2 identical "winch drums". to operate the motor "in/out" I used a couple of micro switches set up on top of a servo, so I then use the side/side on my left joystick for example, afterall, you only really need to operate it when setting up to the barge once in the water and again when removing the barge before lifting out again, but ciould work for almost any "winch" operation.

    I am unable to post pics to this message/reply, but will post detail in the electrical section, make it easier.
  • circle43nauticalChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    That is avery nice pusher, sir. I have built one VAC-U-BOAT 22" HiPS kit and a 35" Dumas American Beauty. Both were given my boat shop's paint scheme (ILLINIWEK MARINE). I am multitasking on a couple boats, and one is another US Western river towboat, scratchbuilt up from a salvaged Dumas
    Am. Beauty hull. (That hull was temp scrapped when my xacto knife got away from me trimming the deck knuckle.) My plan is to fit a telescoping
    pilothouse which is common to upper Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio rivers.
    My dilemma is the method of operating the pilothouse lift; can you advise with any info please? I thought of a linear servo w/worm gear maybe.
    HAVE A SAFE RC BOATING DAY
    Liked by Gregg
GreyWolf
Leading Seaman
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Landing Craft
HI fellow modellers, Another model from the RADMC fleet at the fleetshaven workshop and boat yard in Ponthir.This model was scratch built using a fibre glass hull and plan obtained from a fellow modeller at the Bridgend Show in 2007. The front door and some fittings are made from plastic card and tube, decks are from ply and timber. On board figures are from the pound shop and car boot sales, modified by myself. The on board tank and half truck are RTR models that I have modified their looks to fit into a WWII theme for the craft. This craft has twin drive, 400 motors via 2.5/1 gearboxes. I tend to use both sticks on the TX for drive as this allows me to turn the model on a six pence.The dispatch door works from a rotary pot on the TX and via a rotary sail winch servo in the hull. I have just modified my Planet 5 TX to allow me to change my radio gear in this craft. This model has had meny trips on Cwmbran Boating Lake and at shows the society attend during the year. Still haven't allowed the tank or half track to run off the landing craft up the lake side slipway. one day I might get it on video. Hope you enjoyed the photo's. Regards GreyWolf
hslmouldingscouk
Master Seaman
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HDML 1302 In1:24th scale
This is GRP hull and a part vac-formed cabin and the rest is scratch build using plastic card! Fittings are from my own range along with the crew. Prop shafts and "A" frames are home made along with the rudders which are to scale form John Lamberts drawings.
Two Groupner eco600 motors are used connected to a 6volt cell lasting around 3 hours running.
Liked by Sakibian
larrywhetton
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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LULONGA RIVER BOAT
Scratch build of Dave Metcalf Lulonga river boat ,
ready for running gear and paddles but the cost for those is ?200 not cheap .
Will now go on the back burner till I saved up a bit ......LARRY...

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