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USCGC Yocona WMEC 168
… super structure. Props are for show right now, but it will steam someday.
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Cutter Yocona WMEC 168
… nes' locker sunk by the US Navy. So I will resurrect her to steam again. I have never seen a working model of her. This will be my second attempt.
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(Tug Boat) Marina
… ead and butter wooden hull coated in fibreglass. Boasting a Steam sound generator and baby oil smoke generator linked to the speed controller it had been mistaken for steam powered on several occasions. (ESC: Chinese) (8/10)
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Vapor REOCIN
Steam "REOCIN" Hello Sres .. Serve this writing also of presentation, I am from Santander (Spain) and amateur to the modeling naval RC of sail, but for nostalgic reasons I would like to construct to me the model of the steam REOCIN, that wa …
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"Sweet Sue"
… cs taken yesterday of "Sweet Sue" second time out and under steam.
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Amara
… one from a Caldercraft kit and powered it with a twin screw steam engine Model has steam horn sound together with bilge pump and fully equipped lighting system Have extensively weathered the model to create realism to imitate what it probab …
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HMCS Agassiz
… le 1:48 Canadian Corvette and powered by single screw Saito steam engine Lighting throughout with bilge pump and Asdic sound system Sails scale speed beautifully with smoke generator adding realism To steam power
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HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
… op of the gauge glass. I bought the ceramic burner from Maccsteam. After lighting with gas, I switch to a liquid propane/butane mixture which turns to vapour in the evaporating coil on the outside of the flue.
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HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
… t 25 years ago I started building a Stuart Turner double 10 steam engine and soon after, I decided to build a boat to put it in. The photos show how far I've got. It's a model of a WWII corvette, HMCS Sackville. The original ship has been r …
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Smit Rotterdam 478
… place to post some pictures of this build plus a yacht and steam launch. I'll start here anyway and no doubt someone will advise me for future postings.
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Sussex
This is a scratch built 1828 paddle steamer. A steam assisted schooner rig paddler. Pioneer of ocean steam Scale 1:60 Actual size of deck, 165 feet. The crest on the side represents the following. Martello Tower - Bexhill-on-sea Seahorses - …
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Rediscovering my old hobby.
… That chap is Phil Abbott, otherwise known to his friends as Steamboat Phil, and I would like to give him the credit for re-igniting my model making interest. Thanks Phil, I hope you are following and enjoying my build blog. Robbob
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CADMA. Conisbrough & District Modelling Association
… f the main lake complex on LAKESIDE BOULEVARD. Electric and steam powered vessels are permitted but not internal combustion engines. We are licensed by the Doncaster Metropolitan Borough council to use the lake and we carry Public Liability …
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Chine strakes
… made from 3/16 x 3/16 obechi and also need a very thorough steaming to get them into the correct shape. As with gunwhale strakes these also need to be bent in two different planes, the first being the curve of the bow and the second is the …
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Gunwhale strakes
… ow the curvature of the bow, so it's out with the wallpaper steamer and steaming tube again! I steamed the strips very thoroughly to get them as flexible as possible because they need to be bent in two planes, the first is the curve of the …
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Fitting the side skins.
… mes and cut once !. Once I'm happy with the fit the skin is steamed and formed to the correct curvature. The fixing process is the same as with the bottom skins with pins into the bulkheads and the chine former but clamping only to the gunw …
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Fitting the bottom skins.
… kins can be bent quite successfully with the application of steam or with a heat gun. I used a combination of the two with the steaming initially relaxing the wood allowing it to be bent to the correct curvatures and the heat gun (electric …
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Chine stringers.
The chine stringers are steamed and formed in the same manner as the gunwhale stringer, they are also laminated with the first set into a notch in the chine former. The bulkhead B1 needs to be bevelled so that the stringer lies flat in the …
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Gunwhale stringers.
… ed for square and left to dry while I dig out the wallpaper steamer in preparation for steaming the gunwhale stringers. I have a length of aluminium tubing that is ideal for a steaming tube, one end can be sealed using some duct tape and th …
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CORDENE
… rowsing I've chosen to build the Deans Marine CORDENE tramp steamer. it looks to be challenging without being too fiddly or complicated and, well, I just like the look of it. I hope this blog will (a) motivate me to finish it and (b) give m …
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Wahine
Wahine was a car passenger ferry of the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, and completed by Fairfields in 1966. She was lost in a major storm in the Cook Strait in 1968 with the death of 53 people. The model is substantially scratch-built …
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For Sale 1/20 th "Empire" Tug.
… icture is the before one, she was originally powered with a steam engine but was removed by the previous owner. The hull is wood, that has been resin coated, and painted with many coats. I live in the Brighton area , if anyone wants to come …
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Tugboat Serenity
She has a steam smoke stack but I have a diesel sound generator in her I thought why not have her modern sounding! if you look forward of the smoke stack you can see a small area. where I'm going to put some port holes looking through into …
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(Working Vessel) s.s. HUDSON SOUND-London
… dified to make it look correct again static model of Hudson Steamship collier/cargo 1950 to 1967 scrapped 1973 (5/10)
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HMS BULLDOG / BEAGLE
Thanks Dave and to the others who have responded. The steam picket boat you sent looks to be twin screw and a longer vessel than the survey boat / barge I am looking for. Have attached a picture showing the plan side view, does anybody have …
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Graupner Glasgow paddle tug - paddle rotation speed?
… ng to my experience (the last time with model Lulonga River steamboat) I would recommend a geared motors with the maximum speed of around 150 rpm for Graupner paddle wheels Ø 140 mm. I use a simple external V Tail mixer - throttle for speed …
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Which Glue
… ry so soaking in water is a non starter. I have a wallpaper steamer which I could use. Any other tips please?
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MYSTERY HULL
… ner or cargo vessel, so it looks rather more like a coastal steamer. The only vessel I have found which looks similar is the yacht USS " Williamsburg". Would appreciate any other suggestions for a build.