Fishercat
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Petty Officer 1st Class · 246 pts
Brunswick, Maine, United States
Member since Jul 2026
Last online 6 hours ago
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Retired guitarmaker and photographer
Fishercat’s harbour
4 boatsLobster Boat
This is the 23" Midwest kit - I built this in 1990, and am still running it. She's on her 3rd power train a…
Steam Tug - Seguin
I need to take a better pic of this old boat - I built it in 1991, mimicking the box art, rather than makin…
US Army 85' ST Tug
I bought this '90s boat as a basket case and completely re-built it. The hull shell/frames, main deck and c…
1924 British Coasting Freighter - Ben Ain
I purchased this completed Mountfleet kit, performed minor modifications to the RC, fixed a few broken part…
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Re: Why do some r/c power boats steer in reverse and others not?
(I realized after posting this that I'm repeating what other folks have said, but I'm going to leave it up - my apologies for the repeat) First, rudder size ha…
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Re: LesRo Sprite
@Cobra I can't speak for others, but I've seen too many glitches and reception problems over the years with the older gear. Also, the lack of an antenna is a b…
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Re: New planing hull design.
@ChrisF yes. If I recall correctly, sharp chines on a planing hull make the hull more stable at speed. Sharp strakes or chines on the underside also help. Anyt…
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Re: Lobster Boat
@chugalone100 that's a darned shame about Dumas. Personally, I'm in a good position with Dumas kits - I've accumulated a few over the years, and when I heard t…
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Re: Steam Tug - Seguin
@DWBrinkman hijack away!
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Re: Lobster Boat
@chugalone100 the Swamp Buggy was a Dumas airboat - came in several versions over the years, often used with a glow engine.
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Re: Lobster Boat
@chugalone100 thanks! I do know that Model Expo has the rights, and I'm thrilled! Wouldn't it be something if they could acquire the rights to the Dumas kits t…
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Re: Lobster Boat
@Ronald that looks like the later version of the 22" boat - they stopped calling it an RC model. My best guess is that too many folks had trouble stuffing dece…
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Re: Lobster Boat
@Ronald the original Midwest kit came in 2 sizes. The larger size (30" - kit #964)) was always intended for RC. The smaller (actually about 22") was originally…
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Re: Steam Tug - Seguin
@DWBrinkman I don't recall what the instructions said, but here's how I did it. Small turnbuckles and brass wire for the shrouds that I turned into "rope" by s…
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