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EricMB

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 7 years ago

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Swift boat

Model Swift boat under power, with rotating rear and front guns (rear gun elevates) - causing great concern amongst the onlookers!😎

#boat #Swift #guns #gun

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wunwinglo

Petty Officer 1st Class 7 years ago

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Vosper RTTL at OXFORD

This very large Vosper RTTL was active at the Oxford Model Boat Club open day on the 7th July. At aprox 6 feet long, it is the work of Terry Gregory (hull and electronics) and Paul Izzard( superstructure). It is a spectacular performer and beautifully finished though the enormous wake means that it is normally run solo on the water.

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KEN0191Leading Seaman7 years ago
great looking boat
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 7 years ago

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36" Maiami Crash boat used for camera boat.

Made this in about 6 weeks for my son who was not interested so I now use it for general on water filming etc. It was scratch built from a few photos and is all balsa construction, sealed and painted. Powered by a single 12v 380 motor with a 28mm 3 blade prop. Runs flat out at around 15,000 rpm.

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral7 years ago
I haven't run nitro boats for a number of years now Doug, same with the planes, everything has been converted to electric long ago, (all the nitro planes included.) No more mess and smell of burnt fuel in the house, no having to take a roll of paper towels and soap sprayer and wash your plane or boat before putting it in the car, and no more having to put a plastic 'nose bag' on the planes to hang them up so you don't get oil dripping on your carpet!
Re- Graupner 'Premium Line', certainly sounds like their quality has dropped, you couldn't fault them in the 70s, gone the way of all the others due to competition from the home of Oolong tea by the sound of it.
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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
"everything has been converted to electric long ago"
Know what you mean John.
I've still got a 5ltr canister of pepped up glow fuel kicking about in the cellar.
Probably degenerated into uselessness by now🤔
Maybe I'll stick in the car or use it to start the barby😊

Re Premium line-
Belfast wasn't so bad, but had the same crappy plastic props held on with grub screws.
So she's getting threaded shafts and brass props from Raboesch 😉
On Graf Spee though I noticed a lot of resin casting faults, evidence of air bubbles and smudged detail, as well as over / under-spray in the painting and lifting of the wooden decks.
Had to inject liquid CA glue round the edges to stop it peeling ☹️😠
Best thing on both ships were the faultless hulls with double skinning!😉
One thing surprised me with Belfast though-
the recommended SLA batteries don't fit! I couldn't get them in any which way 🤔
Not to worry, they go in my 1:72 destroyer with ease 😊
BTW I prefer lapsang souchong 😋
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Commodore-H

Commander 7 years ago

USCG Sprinkles in Action

Hope this posting works. It's a short video.

Too hot to go out today

Rotating beacon is R/C car accessory.

Radar is modified servo.

Water monitor is scratch built with cheap pump from ebay. Draws water from outside boat . Turns with servo.

Searchlight scratch built with ultra bright led.

#car

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
Sorry Commodore (!)
That won't work 🤔
You have to put the video up on YouTube and then post the link here.
Doug 😎
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jugge

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class 7 years ago

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Fairmount Alpine

Hello boat builders
it is a step closer to an AHT
i am going to install all elektronik and test her in the bathtub
Have a nice weekend to all of you

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MouldBuilderAdmiral7 years ago
Very nice.👍
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juggeChief Petty Officer 2nd Class7 years ago
Thanks
More photos is comming
👍
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JOHN

Midshipman 7 years ago

RTTL IN SLOW MO

here's a short clip of my RTTL tearing up the lake :-) she has 2 MTroniks 600s driving 30 ml brass props both rotating in the same direction as in the real boats and she has 2 x 4300 mAmp ni-cad batteries in. Lasts for about 15 mins full chat :-)

John

#batteries #mAmp

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andyhynesLeading Seaman7 years ago
Goes like a brushless motor set up. Good job
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MouldBuilder

Admiral 7 years ago

Pilot Boat Trial

The first trial of my Aeronaut Pilot Boat. The trial went very well. The evening lighting video is on the build blog.

#Aeronaut Pilot Boat

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reilly4

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Hellenic Navy - La Combattante IIIb class Fast Attack Craft

More great photos in this series taken by my friend at Albert Park Lake in Melbourne. These of my P28 - Ensign Simitzopoulos. Great wave patterns. These photos were all poster size in detail. I have had to shrink them to get them posted here. This boat is in my harbour.

The 1/35 scale boat is scratch-built, mainly from Balsawood and marine ply with a fibreglass covering. The guns can elevate and rotate. The radar units both rotate and there are LED navigation lights that I forgot to turn on. There is also a flashing red LED strobe warning system. It needs a little work to get the 4 LEDs a bright brighter.

#boat #guns #LED strobe warning system #LEDs

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral7 years ago
Okey dokey, look forward to the circuit detail👍
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EscrichPetty Officer 2nd Class7 years ago
Please explain me the complete problem and I'll try to help you as much as possible.

Regards:
JMEC
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Krampus

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Boat upgrade - Ongoing proyect

Here's my current project. This is an upgrade of an old model. I retained the hull from a German-made kit from the firm Krick (model "Lisa M") and re-made the upper deck and cabin using 3mm thick ABS plastic to resemble an American type "Down East" type boat. Here is on its sea trial past weekend and during its first light system test.

#kit

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Harvey Kitten

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 7 years ago

Apache clone I.c. Boat at Stevenage.

Stevenage MBC lake still has some IC boats on Sundays... here’s one of the many we see.

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DonnieboyWarrant Officer7 years ago
Very impressed.Looks like the boat handles very good.Good job.👍
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reilly4

Warrant Officer 7 years ago

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Type IX U-boat - U-181

1/45 Scale Type IX DX2 U-boat. A good friend and photography guru came along and took some great photos for us at a recent sail day. Details about the U-boat are elsewhere on this site.

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SelwynWilliamsChief Petty Officer 2nd Class7 years ago
Brilliant job done there.
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Harvey Kitten

Chief Petty Officer 1st Class 7 years ago

I.C Boat Manta Ray

I started the SMBC Youtube channel a couple of months ago... here's the latest video, with on-board cameras...

#cameras

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