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Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class · 313 pts
Walton on Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom
Member since Jul 2026
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Age 64
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First boat build was a Sea Urchin, then moved on to a Sniper with an ED Racer diesel with a Waltron 2ch I recall, and that led to racing 3.5, 6.5 and 10cc multi boats in the UK Midland region back in the 70s as a junior. Now a little more sedate, very interested in Riva Aquarama builds, I have the Amati 1/10th and am almost 5 years into the build of a 1/5th version of the same design. Also recently felt the need to build another Sea Urchin. This has developed into an interest in Taycol Motors.
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Re: Job Lot:- Taycol Torpedo.Hi Bob I've uploaded a few pictures of my Meteor to show it's original state, I took a lot of pictures as I dismantled it for rebuilding reference and kept the parts separated. I then used WD40 on pretty much …
+5♥ 3 likesRe: Job Lot:- Taycol Torpedo.@zooma Nice find. I've started to acquire a few of the Taycols myself. At the moment I have a couple of Comets, a Meteor and an almost mint Marine, I've just this afternoon secured a 'Standard' that needs a li…
♥ 3 likesRe: Boat name decal’s - UKAnother UK contact would be Martin at Dockyard Models, he's also known on here as 'Olly999', pretty sure he can make vinyl and maybe other decals. Love your builds, great detailing..! David.♥ 1 likeRe: Job Lot:- What is this?@zooma the stamp 'ED', sounds like the manufacturer 'Electronic Developments', who also made the small diesels in the 60s, the ED Racer was one I owned back in the day. I think you're right Bob its an escapeme…♥ 4 likesRe: build blog@ChrisF Hi Chris, I've only used sensorless outrunners in model builds, and agree it's not important how the three wires are connected. On a sensorless, one wire will be +ve, one -ve and one doing nothing at a…♥ 3 likesRe: Control suggestions please?@jostro65 The joys of a 3D printer..! 😀♥ 2 likesRe: Control suggestions please?That is indeed a tight space... I'd maybe look at a belt drive, a pair of pulleys and a toothed belt, and you then either create a 'pseudo' rudder shaft a bit further forward, Or mount the driving pulley direc…♥ 2 likesRe: Aerokits Sea Urchin@ChrisF Haha..! Well it's a case of my eyesight vs the size of the details... So I suppose on that basis a larger Sea Urchin would help..! On a related note regarding fittings, I think the Sea Urchin was a pur…♥ 3 likesRe: Aerokits Sea Urchin@zooma Sounds like a good plan, and the 'encouragement' will go both ways..! Have you found your outboard yet..?♥ 2 likesRe: Aerokits Sea UrchinHey Bob, I also have a Sea Urchin from SLEC next to my desk waiting for the day I have time to start it..! I like Nicks approach of using balsa where possible and that's my plan for the 16" version. Given this…♥ 3 likes
+5♥ 3 likesRe: Job Lot:- Taycol Torpedo.@zooma Nice find. I've started to acquire a few of the Taycols myself. At the moment I have a couple of Comets, a Meteor and an almost mint Marine, I've just this afternoon secured a 'Standard' that needs a li…♥ 3 likesRe: Boat name decal’s - UKAnother UK contact would be Martin at Dockyard Models, he's also known on here as 'Olly999', pretty sure he can make vinyl and maybe other decals. Love your builds, great detailing..! David.♥ 1 likeRe: Job Lot:- What is this?@zooma the stamp 'ED', sounds like the manufacturer 'Electronic Developments', who also made the small diesels in the 60s, the ED Racer was one I owned back in the day. I think you're right Bob its an escapeme…♥ 4 likesRe: build blog@ChrisF Hi Chris, I've only used sensorless outrunners in model builds, and agree it's not important how the three wires are connected. On a sensorless, one wire will be +ve, one -ve and one doing nothing at a…♥ 3 likesRe: Control suggestions please?@jostro65 The joys of a 3D printer..! 😀♥ 2 likesRe: Control suggestions please?That is indeed a tight space... I'd maybe look at a belt drive, a pair of pulleys and a toothed belt, and you then either create a 'pseudo' rudder shaft a bit further forward, Or mount the driving pulley direc…♥ 2 likesRe: Aerokits Sea Urchin@ChrisF Haha..! Well it's a case of my eyesight vs the size of the details... So I suppose on that basis a larger Sea Urchin would help..! On a related note regarding fittings, I think the Sea Urchin was a pur…♥ 3 likesRe: Aerokits Sea Urchin@zooma Sounds like a good plan, and the 'encouragement' will go both ways..! Have you found your outboard yet..?♥ 2 likesRe: Aerokits Sea UrchinHey Bob, I also have a Sea Urchin from SLEC next to my desk waiting for the day I have time to start it..! I like Nicks approach of using balsa where possible and that's my plan for the 16" version. Given this…♥ 3 likes