zooma
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Rossendale, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Member since Sep 2020
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Been making r/c model power boats since the 1960's - and riding off road bicycles even longer!
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23 boatsHammersmith Model Makers (HMM) Wavemaster 34.
I bought this original un-built kit some 6 years ago. The kit was damp and the wood inside the box had warp…
Aerokits Sea Urchin
My Sea Urchin is still “flat packed” - I have not started building it yet, but from the very first time tha…
Sprite Plus
This Sprite Plus is a lengthened version of the LesRo Sprite that is now 30” long to make it a better boat …
Aerokits Sea Nymph.
I noticed this kit had been for sale on eBay for some time, and when it popped up in my previous browsing h…
Another Rapier?
I have acquired another LesRo Rapier, but I am not sure if I will have enough time to fully restore it so I…
Original LesRo Sprite
More Like a Swamp Buggy? I bought this model in fairly rough condition on eBay as it was the first LesRo Sp…
Rapier 2.
This is another Rapier (my second) that I am restoring after buying it unseen. Being the second original Le…
Aerokits Sea Scout
I have had this old original Aerokits Sea Scout model for quite some time and I am not too sure what to do …
zooma’s build blogs
15 blogsClassic Model Power Boats is a title that I have used for many years to describe the group of model boats that most interest me and that …
The recent (and on-going) interest in the LesRo Rapier has now reached a peak where more people would like to own one than there are avai…
Can you see me? This characterisation of myself in my workshop that chugalone100 has produced is worryingly accurate. It depicts my fondn…
I have been very pleased with my copy of a Sea Commander, but it does exhibit a strange desire to “dive” if it should turn RIGHT into cho…
Add Strakes. Some of the older boats that I have salvaged and rebuilt, or restored have had new strakes added to the hulls, even though t…
Hardwood Strakes. I like to see strakes on the underside of my model power boats (where appropriate) and some hulls such as the deep “V” …
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♥ 1 likeRe: Three Sea Commanders !I think the Sea Commander is as good a choice for a “first” model boat kit to build as any of the Classic Model Boat Kits, and I think it is a lot better to put together than some of the smaller models from Ae…♥ 10 likesHammersmith Model Makers Ltd. Rare Model Boat Kits Forgotten in Time?The Les Rowell Wavemaster 34 was first produced as a kit in 1952 by Hammersmith Model Makers Ltd, but I believe that there were two more Les Rowell designs from that same time period that are not so well known…
♥ 5 likes9 repliesRe: Hammersmith Model Makers (HMM) Wavemaster 34.The original warped kit parts were drawn around and accurate templates were made and tested to make sure that they “folded” along their centre lines to be perfectly symmetrical. Original saw cut kit parts were…
♥ 2 likesRe: Hammersmith Model Makers (HMM) Wavemaster 34.The original saw cut kit parts were damp in the box when I bought the kit and had warped quite a bit. None of these parts could be used. These parts were placed on a flat surface and put under a weight while t…
♥ 2 likesRe: Three Sea Commanders !@E8southport Hi Adam, The Sea Commander was designed by Les Rowell - probably not too long after his design work that produced the Wavemaster 34 that was kitted by Hammersmith Model Makers in July 1952 (and wa…♥ 10 likesRe: Hammersmith Model Makers (HMM) Wavemaster 34.The plan faired better than the original wood did as it dried out well and is not stained. This plan has L J Rowel’s name on it. Could this be the earliest collaboration between Les Rowell and a model kit make…
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