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Hello all,


Thanks Martin for processing my application, pleased to [size=78%]be here.[/size]


I am getting back into model boating after a long layoff.  It was part of my life from a young age, something I did with my father. 


Cold Sunday mornings with a diesel powered RAF crash tender with no RC.  Had to run like heck and try and catch it! 😂…


Dad got his first RC  in the early 70’s. And by then when was moving from wood to GRP hulled boats.  My first build was at the age of 11, a Vic Smeed ‘Searider’ from the Model a works TV show. 


Then a 1/12 scale Lochin 33 with an OS Max engine with dads assistance.   My first solo was   I then
 a Sun XX1 Alexander Towarage[/size][size=78%] tug, followed by a 1/72 Flower Class conversion. [/size]
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[/size][size=78%]This led to a MAP (I think)[/size][/size][size=78%] Type IX u boot I rescaled to 1/72.  This was a dynamic diver…. [/size]

[/size][size=78%] I experimented with Steam for a bit trying to fit it into a GRP hull of a corvette[/size][/size][size=78%] but a Darnell S Class as a gift from Dad sent pms further down the path of submarines.  After pushing the Darnell to its limits and 3 refits with  newer tech I stated o  a 1/48 Type VIiC. She was to have had all the bells and whistles,…[/size]

Unfortunately a break and my fathers passing led to me moving away from the hobby…

I recently took a trip down memory lane and rebuilt a Sea Rider… or rather Searider 50.  I corrected some dimensional choices made by Vic and upgraded to twin screw/rudder with RC while trying to stay with he simple build intent..


I’m nearly finished  a Glynn Guest Type 21 in the same vein and have drawn up and have started work on a Type 82. Using Vic/Glyn methodologies. [/size][size=78%]  These 3 are all 1/144 for transport convenience.  [/size]

During the upgrade of the Searider I bought in some 3D printed parts…. Wish we’d had this 40 years ago….  Anyhow,  the cost is not cheap using commercial resources which led to my entering the 3D printing circle.


I’ve tinkered with CAD (no pun intended) over the years which is how I was able to produce a set of revised plans for the Searider and to draw up the 82 from builders plans into a construction drawing and whic has led to a so far easy transition into printing parts….

So lots has changed in my 25 year time out, I’ve old skill and a lot of new tricks I need to learn, [/size][size=78%] so I hope to call on your knowledge and experience as I venture back into this great hobby.[/size]


Kind Regards


Andy

Though admittedly this is hard for a kit with a fibreglass hull, or, like the Titan, large pre-shaped blocks...

Yes, as a young lad building the Titan I managed to ger the spindle shaped blocks the wrong way round.... The model never quite looked right after that.

If you want a simple traditional steam tug build, the Vic Smeed's Bustler cannot be bettered. Everything on  the plan.

Colin

Hi with the low value of kit made model boats built and ready to sail, I think that old kits have more value left untouched especially the box.

Sad but that is my experience as I help dispose of deceased club members models.  There are few buyers and not that many who know how to look after them.

Regards
Roy

Quite right. I try to encourage people to scan the plans, instructions and items like printed balsa, then make up a boat from the copies and make the data available on the web for historical value, and others. Though admittedly this is hard for a kit with a fibreglass hull, or, like the Titan, large pre-shaped blocks...

 

 

Winter project to build the boat or eat the sweets !!

Only a mother could love that!!
Roy

I was going to build another Shannon lifeboat, but this 3d printed model has just caught my eye.
https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/1-72-rc-crane-vessel-maja

Hope to get the 3D printed Opduwer and another 3D printed boat Bakdekker yacht done during the Xmass holiday.
And I have a 1 meter Future Class Offshore Tug in the printer right now. https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/hobby-diy/robotics/future-class-offshore-tug-1meter-high-detail-3d-printable-model
That will take some time both to print and to build and paint. Including creating figurines 1/90 and 3D print them for it

And maybe I should dig out the 1:20 PT109 and get on with the work on it.

And don't forget, Are you starting a bidding war for basically a box of dried firewood? Often seen on the American sites :- "I bought this at  yard sale, How much is it worth?" The reality being their expectations of a retirement nest egg end as a gooey mess on the floor.


  Regards  Ian

Arno,
    Thank you for your humorous comment.
To tell the truth, I was a bit careful for neighbours' eyes before inflating the pool and thought once to try it in my room using 12V10A sealed lead battery in vain since the cigar lighter type of plug for the inflator pump did not couple with the tabs of the battery.
Not only neighbours but also even my wife may have possibly thought of me as an exceptionally crazy.!!!!

Thanks to such an abnormal conduct of inflating the pool I sufficiently could confirm the good stability with the ideal draught as seen below.
Preliminary balance check especially before the maiden voyage is quite indispensable and critically important for the RC fast boat to sail on the large lake/pond, isn't it.??!!

Kiyo

Hi Kiyo,
I will keep my fingers crossed as well for sailing the model on the lake. Hopefully the wind will calm down soon
What will your neighbours have thought at first when they saw you inflating a small pool in winter time   But as modellers we have to bear that others might think we are a bit crazy
Kind regards
Arno