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[GaryM]

Thanks John and Richard
She certainly looks good, the first shot of Ron1's Cervia looks awesome and about the right size.
I have a few excellent idea's to think over, I don't want to put anyone to any trouble at the moment as my minds not made yet, I would like to try them all, and perhaps I will, (God willing)

regards
Gary :)

[offshore1987]

Graupner Altona? big'ish steam launch thingy

1300 something long over 300 wide, 18ish kg weight i think, looks rather sexy and can be run on the new steam power plant or 900bb motor, works out about £500/550 with the fittings and everything :) iv never seen a build for one or any pics of someone owning one 

all the best

[GaryM]

Thanks Offshore1987
I'll have a look

regards
Gary :)

[GaryM]

I think the Altona may have been discontinued, I had a look on the Grupner site but couldn't see it, mind you I sometimes can't see my hand in front of my face!
I'll try the shops, maybe lucky.

regards
Gary :)

[offshore1987]

still for sale i think, my model shop can get them

Its on the front of the Graupner model book 2007 :) As new for 2007

All the best

[das boot]

Sorry it's a crap pic[taken on my mobile phone of a photo]but this was my attempt at a big boat..a 1/35th scale Type 1X minelayer, the U-117. Made from MAP plans and then just double sized, all plank on frame with solid pine bow and stern sections for strength. It was a tad under nine feet long and weighed nearly three hundredweight ready to go...the words 'white elephant' spring to mind.  ::)



A young John Stevens is holding Bernie Wood's Darnell type X11c as a comparision....

Cheers,

Rich

[GaryM]

Now that is BIG!

Did you manage to get her in the water, any more photo's?

regards
Gary :)

[DickyD]

I think the Altona may have been discontinued, I had a look on the Grupner site but couldn't see it, mind you I sometimes can't see my hand in front of my face!
I'll try the shops, maybe lucky.

regards
Gary :)

Graupner Altona.  https://shop.graupner.de/webuerp/servlet/AI?ARTN=2146

Fittings set.  https://shop.graupner.de/webuerp/servlet/AA?wgr=2218

[BlazingPenguin]

Scale up a TID indeed!!!.....who would do such a thing? Tut, tut, tut! 
Google 'Bad Bills Boatyard' for pics (please remove if classed as link Martin)

[das boot]

Now that is BIG!

Did you manage to get her in the water, any more photo's?

regards
Gary :)

Here you are Gary, a couple more...





U-117 made her debut at Plumpton Model Show back in the late eighties, her second mission was at Derby at the AMS day there, she was on display and won a couple of trophies at Bewl Water in Kent at a model boat day, and she sailed a few times at Princes Park Lake in Eastbourne, but in the end common sense and my back muscles took over and I sold her and bought another Darnell sub.

She always suffered from a leaky radio box, no matter what I did I could not keep the water out! Where it got in I never did find out, most strange it was.

Cheers,

Rich

[HoverCrane]

Hi Gary

Here are some drawings '' off the Cosmos 2 website ''..... http://www.cosmos2.bravehost.com

Although Cosmos 2 has already been done , I see there was a plan drawn up for Cosmos 3

Also there are some other  ( way over the top ) huge private mega yacht ideas for you .



Below Cosmos III  ( 3 )




Below is the original drawings for Cosmos 2 ( with blacked out windows )



A 130 ft Hargraves Style design Drawn in the 80's . Never built



And finally below are 3 crazy over sized Motor yachts .   

[BlazingPenguin]

Cut'n'Paste is a wonderful thing eh?

[martno1fan]

heres a few plans and a nice one of an offshore tug the Hermes too ,you could scale it to any size you like ?.
http://www.john-tom.com/RcShip/RCship.html

[tubby tomo]

hi i think the ironsider tug is as about as big as you can Carrie lovely boat Ive one with 100mm prop plenty powerfull

[GaryM]

Thanks Richard - I can't see for looking!
Thanks HoverCrane, BlazingPenguin, Martno1fan and Tomo 1, plenty to consider.  Theres gotta be a lot of power to actually tow a guy in a dingy!

Apologies for not replying earlier - I've been up to Yorkshire for a few days.
Tomo 1 100mm prop!  What's her other measurement's?

Thanks again guys

Gary :)

[bigford]

gary

  what are you willing to do to build a big boat?  i mean do you have a pick up truck or trailer?
 my robbe happy hunter is only 40'' long but it wont fit in a toyota celica :'( i tried
same thing for the 56'' smit rotterdam. heres a pic of a seven foot rotterdam


and here is a six or seven foot happy hunter


transporting these BIG boats will be the biggest problem

[tubby tomo]

hi Gary bow to stern 49+inch's Ive got one of the motors that run the freezer on the small delivery vans through a court nozzle with rudder tows me round lake in row boat

[GaryM]

Wicked!!

Gary :)