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Graham93

Vice Admiral 5 years ago

Bionic Bill and Ben ready for Christmas!

Bionic Bill and Ben getting into the spirit of things this morning at the Buxton MBC socially distanced mince pie event.

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DPTrainerLeading Seaman5 years ago
Brilliant!
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BOATSHEDCaptain5 years ago
That's brillinat. I love it. But poor old santa though doing all the hard work. Give him a miNce pie to keep up his stammina. 🤣🤣
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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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boat Transport and lifting gear improvement

Have fitted quick release pins now instead of a threaded wingnut much quicker to take apart

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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

Skiers with extra large cajones

if you think Babs looked ok on skis, check these Aussie maniacs out ! Ski racing at over 100mph. Boats sound fantastic as well.

Liked by MouldBuilder and SimpleSailor and

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral5 years ago
Hi Rick,
While attempting water skiing for the first in S. Africa many many moons ago I hit the water a few times at only 30+knots. And I can assure you the saying is very true - It feels like concrete!💥☹️ Mucho painful 😭
😎
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pressonreguardlessRear Admiral5 years ago
You are absolutely right.
When slaloming on Candlewood Lake I went over so far, hit the water. I thought my eye was getting ripped out of its socket. I loved it😂😂😂
At 130. I think not☹️☹️
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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

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Boat Transport and lifting gear

Made This out of plastic pipe and a piece of 15mm copper pipe and 4 wooden plugs plus wheels off a golf trolley will be keeping the rest of the golf frame as a future transporter

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david41

Master Seaman 5 years ago

maiden voyage

based the yacht on Star Baby

Liked by Colin H and TonyAsh and

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NerysFleet Admiral5 years ago
What a nice little boat. Thank you David.

Nerys
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RonaldFleet Admiral5 years ago
Well done David!
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

VINTAGE RUNABOUT WITH SKIER

Trying another vid format of the same vid on the vintage speedboat blog.

Liked by Colin H and Seanympth and

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RNinMunichFleet Admiral5 years ago
Much better JB👍
Now Utoob offers me HD up to 1080p. Vid works lighter too.
Now even on the distant shots I can see that 'something' is being towed.
Shots near the jetty show Babs quite well now.
Why do you have to shoot in the old (1992😮), closed, Microsoft AVI format?
Conversions of AVI are almost always dodgy I've found.
My cameras use the H264 or 265 codecs and produce MPEG (MP4) files directly.
Never mind, we got there in the end😊
Cheers, Doug 😎
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
That's what the camera shoots in Doug, can't change it, have to change the format in the editor.

JB
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philcaretaker

Commodore 5 years ago

Venetian Night Sailing

Annual Venetian Night Sailing at the Pavilion Gardens Boating Lake Buxton - with the Buxton Model Boat Club.
"Many thanks to all - spectators and participant's".
Phil

More Photos Here :- https://model-boats.com/places/60518#103782

Liked by Colin H and MouldBuilder and

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
Great video Phil, looks like everyone had loads of fun. Good calm night for it as well.

JB
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MouldBuilderAdmiral5 years ago
Great video Phil. Super effort by all. No way that submarine is going to get lost.
Peter.👍
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GARTH

Commodore 5 years ago

Sound Generator for Midwest tug

Had a little trouble getting my sound to work properly but with a little fiddling got it working a lot better had to reverse motor leads & switch transmitter forward -reverse switch so it would work in forward direction .

Liked by SimpleSailor and Colin H and

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PeejaySub-Lieutenant5 years ago
Sounds great, now!
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jbkiwi

Fleet Admiral 5 years ago

Evening cruising with the old Maiami on Orewa River

Thought I'd take the old Maiami out for a run, as it's been a while. Nice evening for it.

Liked by MouldBuilder and Commodore-H and

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MouldBuilderAdmiral5 years ago
Problematic finger there JB. Nice run though. Your pond has a little vegetation problem. My river also has this in the summer.👍
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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
Hi Peter, see what you mean 🙈 ,was just holding the cam on the TX so it got included. Pond ? weed? only weed there is seaweed and mangroves,😁- tidal estuary.

JB
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philcaretaker

Commodore 5 years ago

"Rescue Launch "

Grandad Graham was looking after his 7 year old grandson for the day, grandson Finley asked (several times) - he could help building a model boat. After he had gone home, Graham started to think about a boat he could help build. Graham had come across "HAkits" in a couple of blogs on the https://model-boats.com/ website, he then decided that their Rescue Launch would make a nice model for a 7 year old. The kit was duly ordered and arrived a few days later.
For more info see here :- https://model-boats.com/blogs/99841

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MadwelshmanLieutenant Commander5 years ago
The boat looks great, really nice.
I bet Grandad doesnt even get a look in now though 😂
Some great driving by Finley, smooth turns and not just flat out everywhere.

Very nice.

Will
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Graham93Vice Admiral5 years ago
Thanks Will,

Re the turns. The launch has a custom mixer built in to reduce the throttle on turns. The sharper the turn, the more the reduction. I didn’t want it rolling over attempting to turn flat out.😉

Grandad Graham93
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philcaretaker

Commodore 5 years ago

Autumn 2021

Filmed in Autumn 2021 with members of the Buxton Model Boat Club.
Using Gopro, FPV Camera and Video Monitor to assist "Getting the shot in frame from different angles" - "Not easy trying do do everything at the same time " !. - Just For Fun !

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jbkiwiFleet Admiral5 years ago
Good stuff Phil, that'll make life easier,-pan and tilt next?

JB
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DWBrinkman

Rear Admiral 5 years ago

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Look what followed me home ....

Tonight was our club's annual swap meet. I scored some parts and pieces. Missed a kit I wanted and ended up being given this boat (which fits right in with my collection of "misfit toys"). It hasn't seen water in years and needs some TLC. The person who gave it to me knew nothing about it. Does anyone on here recognize it? I'm sure it was a kit from somewhere. I'd love to find some info, so I know what it "should" look like.

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DWBrinkmanRear Admiral5 years ago
ARTH: email sent
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DWBrinkmanRear Admiral4 years ago
Rislinger,
As I am working on the boat, I have discovered that it is indeed a wood hulled boat. Making it what I believe to be a Midwest 986 kit built boat.
When it was given to me, I was told "the hull leaks". Over the years, somebody had filled it with that spray foam insulation stuff. So the first thing I had to do was remove all that icky stuff so I could see the inside of the hull. At that point, I discovered that there have been numerous attempts at sealing the "leak". There are layers of a rubbery sealant of some type, multiple different hard setting epoxies or something. I am now down to wood in all the place where I suspect the leaks are. I' will keep posting as I go forward.
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