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sidley70
Master Seaman
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Sea Queen
Hi Model boat enthusiasts,
This is a photo of almost completed 2 model boats I have almost completed. The Sea Queen 50 years old find. it was found in an attic in a kit. The kit was in a very poor state and most of the timberwork had to be glued back together or remade. I had no plans for it and had to source a copy from the Model Boat website. it is a very nice model. The pilot boat was scratch built and sails very nicely. I have been building boats for about 30years and have built over 25 boats, scratch built all of them. I have included photos of some of my boats.
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Excellent neat work Sid 👍
    Lovely finish on the varnish.
    What scale is the LST? She looks huge!😲
    Cheers, Doug 😎
  • DonnieboyWarrant Officer
    Nice job on the boats.Lovely collection.Well done.
    Liked by Ronald
MouldBuilder
Admiral
Police Launch.
The Police Launch is a Krick kit which I am currently building. it is a really nice project but, as usual, I just have to add things.
The project is to make the blue light flash. The video shows the three stages of prototyping. The first is the circuit built on a Breadboard. The second part is the actual circuit reduced in size ready to hide inside the boat. The third part is the LED fitted in the incorrect position to show how effective it will be.
I have added a trimmer pot to the circuit so that I can select a suitable frequency that looks right at a later date.
Thanks to Doug for his help to get started and give me some hints about how the circuit works.🤓😊
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  • b111yboy71Recruit
    Hi chaps, just for info, 'Bright Components' do 6 different colours of flashing LEDs very reasonably priced. Also flickering - very interesting.😉
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Sure! But isn't it more satisfying to make it do it yourself, and take control?
    😎
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Kipper
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Evie Rose
An American designed racing class boat, the 1mtr 'Soling' is also popular in Canada & Australia.
Bought s/h & given a makeover.
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Ronald
Fleet Admiral
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Michael
(Billings kit Carol Moran) I filmed it tonight with my cell phone. Added some deck details and will be towing an old Tugboat as seen in photo.
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lesfac
Petty Officer 1st Class
17-28 Torbay Severn Lifeboat
1/12 scale Severn lifeboat kit from Speedline. Creeping towards completion but still a bit to do. Absolutely beautiful day and venue. 2 1/2 years to get to this point but really pleased with it and enjoying sailing it immensly.
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  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Hi Weedman, there are several of us on the site who have upgraded or are upgrading Southampton and Richardson (same thing - different name and colour scheme!) tugs.
    Look for NPJ's Southampton thread, or just use the site Search function to look for 'Southampton or Richardson. The secrets you are looking for are there😉👍 Cheers, Doug 😎
  • TheBlacksmithAble Seaman
    The Southampton has lots of screws around the deck but some are under the bollards so you need to remove them, there are two aft bollards which need to be gently prised loose but the others are scewed to the bulwarks.
    I changed the radio in mine as well as the motor/gearboxes and fitted a v.tail mixer from www.mr-rcworld.co.uk with 2 speed contollers as well as converting the battery holder to take a six volt nimh pack. The effect is awesome.

    Happy sailing😁
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Kevin-56
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Such is life
I fist bought the plans when I was about 12. 50years later I decided to build the boat. it took me about 6months to build. The plans are the original Sufury but with a few changes. The cockpit is similar to that of a cigarette boat, extended the length and added a duck board. The power plant is 2100kv brushless moter, a 120amp speed control, 4mm flex sharftwith 2 11.4volt lipo batteries. in a straight line the boat is fast, but she really leans over when turning. Such is life is fun to drive.
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  • vortexMaster Seaman
    Nice boat Kevin. I have a fibre glass SHG Surfury and a SHG Cigarette. There are some pics of them on here. Both now have electric Brushless motors and look realistic on the water.
    I always fancied building a Surfury from the same plan, but the complex rounded hull looked too advanced for my skills or patience but maybe one day.
  • RNinMunichFleet Admiral
    Whoa there 😲 Don't seem to be a lot wrong with your skills 👍
    Nice work, love the trailer 👍
Kevin-56
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Sea Commander
I first started to build this boat with my father when I was about 15 . Then at about 45 I decided to compleat the build. it originally was built to have a Ed diesele engine,but was to costly to run so I changed to electric power. This proved to be the right decision. The boat runs wel, but when I turn on the full power it tends to lean to starboard and cavatat so I have learned not to put on full power. The sea Commander is a pleasure to drive.
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  • BOATSHEDCaptain
    have you got a picture of the rudder, that can be a cause of your problem. it is something that was taught to me when building model boats. it can act like a brake and cause trouble on turns.
    Liked by Kevin-56
  • Kevin-56Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Hi sorry not getting back to you have been away, will get a photo soon. Thanks
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Donnieboy
Warrant Officer
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Fun Run
Our club had our Fun Run today.We operate out of Humber Bay in Toronto whilr the weeds are down.The sun is finally cooperating.
We have two ponds to run our boats in.The Sailors run in the big pond and the scale members run in the smaller pond.Attached are a few photos of the day.I must mention that the first picture is a new construction of a Marblehead out for a test run.The Canadian Coast Guard Ice breaker is totally scratch built with working radar and lights.This member works on his kitchen table.We found out later that he was born on a kitchen table.
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  • BaggieChief Petty Officer 1st Class
    How wonderful to have two ponds.
GARTH
Commodore
soling sailboats
finally some nice weather for a sail boat race at Hamilton sod farm pond . May 20 2018 my soling is the last in line & has a watermelon deck or maybe it's salmon
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