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[Ghost in the shell]

owning several boats, i was wandering what everyone else has, and any particular favourite model you may have and why, or if you have a boat with problems, whar are the problems and did you solve them?

My main 4 boats are currently in my gallery in the main mayhem page, though right now espirit d'atlantique has steering issues, i think one of the rudders needs tightenning up, lets hope this is the case.  apart from that, I rate Celestia and Gemini, the two nuclear boats are my personal favourites, partucularly Celestia, which is based on the Sydney Star.

[Cargo]

Having 3... one RTF Wyeforce, RTF Sail and still under construction a West Highland Coaster.

Boats i like to have:

Northlight (66ft coaster)
Sealight (88ft coaster)
Admirality Coaster
"HMS Resolve" and the "Imara".

I like old steamships, thats why these are my favourites.

Problems "Wyeforce":

-bad manouverability
-very loud gearbox



 

[Martin (Admin)]

Jan also has a Mountfleet Puffer...... nearly!  ::)

Martin.

[Ash]

I have a Tyne Class Lifeboat from the MB vac formed hull at 1-20, a mostly finshed 1-20 scale Mersey Class built from scratch. I also have a hull for a Severn at 1-25, but that only has the deck and running gear in at the moment. I haven't sailed for quite some time though, due to work commitments, but theres always hope..! :)
When (If!) I ever finish the 2 of them, I would love to build the Slipway Trent, or maybe even Speedlines 'mini' Severn if it comes into production. As you can probably tell, I like my lifeboats! Unfortunately at 1-12 they are a bit large, hence the reason I have them at a smaller scale. I suppose I need a bigger house..!!!

[Cargo]

Jan also has a Mountfleet Puffer...... nearly!? ::)

Martin.

There is a word we say in german: Gut Ding braucht Weile. Means: a good thing needs his time 

[Ghost in the shell]

Problems "Wyeforce":

-bad manouverability
-very loud gearbox



 

yep, i have the same boat from graupner, and steering, forget it! it trakes about 18 feet to swing round.  gearbox shine is typical of all boxes.  that is why she does not see the water much!

Celestia and Gemini turn briliant, especially given that Celestia is nearly 4ft long!

[boatmanic942]

i have 5 models and im only 14
i have:
bugsier 3
pusher tug (jenny sue 2)
tiny tug (the unknown tug)
hfm pilot boat
and a landingcraft
and as iv built the models iv built iv gained fleet colours black hull grey deck and brown cabin well thats on pusher tug and bugsier .


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[Ghost in the shell]

I too have gone for a fleet livery.

Gemini and Celestia in their new liveries

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[ron h]

Most of mine are in the scale section, our house is full of large models.

HMS RESOLVE ,? 57 inch

HMS IRON DUKE,? 78 inches

HMS BRYONY,? 84 1/4 inches

USS NORTH CAROLINA? 91 inches

USS VERMONT? 75 inches

SS FOUNDATION FRANKLIN? 82 inches

ST CERVIA? 60 inch

S DRED? CLEARWAY? ?57 INCH

SS MOONLIGHT 48 inch

FIRE BOAT? 48 inch


Well thats my fleet, 1 more due to go on the building board, ::) ::) ron h

[boatmadman]

Hi,
My fleet is:
Tug - banckert
Coaster - Talacre
Waveney Lifeboat
Bluebird K7
Cheetah FE
MTB - Brave Borderer
Grand Banks Schooner
Pen Duick
Riva Aquarama

The last 4 scratch built

Plus a couple of 1m yachts now sold on and a couple of small models for the kids that havent survived!

Ian

[Shipmate60]

I have mostly warships.

Fleetscale denny Steam Gunboat 6ft
Sirmar Hunt Class Destroyer 6ft
Fleetscale Prince of Wales 6 ft
Sirmar Girl Class Tug about 3 ft
HDML about 3 ft
Robbe Schutz Class Minesweeper converted to Gunboat.
In Build a 1/72 Scale Prinz Eugen at 10 1/2 feet

Plus too many waiting in the garage loft.

Bob

[aston]

I have turned into a lifeboat nut, and contrary to popular opinion, it's not because I got a big tin of orange paint cheap and couldn't find any other orange boats ! ?My parents, both still building and sailing have joined in, so between us the boats currently available for sailing are:

1:8 ?Atlantic 21 with DO-DO launching trolley and working tractor
1:12 ?Brede from Kingston Mouldings - excellent handling boat
1:12 Rother - Metcalf Mouldings kit
1:20 Keith Nelson class ( only one ever built)
1:20 Waveney (modified Billings Coastguard)
1:20 Arun ( Metcalf Mouldings)
1:36 (app) Trent ( Moderl slipway "rescue" boat) - 2 off - one as a boat for kids to have a go with at the club
1:?? ?Severn, the one sold by the RNLI as ready to run, but stripped and fitted with proper motors and radio gear
1:40 Waveney - the small Billings one, fully radio controlled





boats on the slips are

1:20 Brede from a kit by K S Marine Models
1:20 Medina - semi scale, built onto a modified 1:12 Atlantic hull
1:20 Severn - using a modified Model Slipway Trent hull as a starting point
1:16 Barnett - restoration job, bought as a wreck, but beautifull double diagonal planked hull
1:16 Mersey - glass mould and hull made, just waiting it's turn in the queue !

and I have two Airfix 1:72 Severns on order as soon as they are released ( latest quoted date is "June") one of which I am sure I will shoehorn some radio gear into ?::) ?I would love to get it light enough so that I could hang a lump of ballast below the hull to counterbalance a 1:72 sea King hovering above it on piano wire ?

Cheers

Aston

ps long term project is a 1:72 Fearless ?

[tsparks]

Not as massive as some folks fleets on here but already taking up more space then my wife likes. :-\

   Robbe Atlantis Schooner
   Robbe Valdivia Schooner
   GoodSpeed 42 Yawl

and a few others that don't exist anymore.

-Taylor
   

[White Ensign]

Oh dear, lots of models around.....
My "Homefleet" is:

HMS Lord Nelson, scratchbuilt scale 1:100
HMS Mohawk, modified kit scale 1:96
HMS P-49, scratchbuilt scale 1:100
HMS Velox, scratchbuilt scale 1:100
SS Herman Fritzen, Turretdeck Merchantman, scratchbuilt scale 1:100
Nils Holgerson, small sailing Yacht scale 1:25
70`CMB103MT, scratchbuilt scale 1:24

My favourite boat at the moment is the 70`CMB, but mostly I go the pond with my P-Class Patrol boat. I like the appearance of that narrow boat which runs well and dry!

Under construction:
Sir Lancelot, scale 1:32 Kit

... and thousand others in my mind, but not enough time and money to get them all done........

J?rg

[Daryl]

Ours, (son and me)

Elmer Fudd-Billings Krabbencutter
HMS Bamboo- Revell Flower Corvette
SS Melanine- Deans Marine tramp steamer
S-100- Revell Schnellboote
Bohemia- Pelikan kit of a paddle steamer
Micro Magic- Graupner yatch
Murcury- Marblehead ( hull about 20yrs old)
Sammy Boy- SHG fishing boat
Lundy Shore- ORSV PBM kit
Fistfull of Dollars- Traxxas Blast RTR speedboat
SS Daffy- r/c decoy duck

And lots unbuilt with under construction by the two of us

PBM pilot boat
1/350 Yamato
Stanislaw- scratch built tug

House looks like a drydock!

Daryl

[White Ensign]

  Hi Daryl, your list of coming up models is incomplete..... 

[Daryl]

I left out the P-class as Sam does not know about it yet, he is building the PBM pilot boat and I am restoring a US heavy crusier which I left off as well as trying to get to grips with the Tug and Yamato. When He see's it he will want to start as soona s he finished whatever he is building, the pilot boat should be finished by July so I guess he will start the P-boat then.

The other stuff we have 'on the slips' are
1/24 Thames sailing barge
1/24 Vosper MTB
1 foot fishing boat
Astec Falcon to be re-built after a fire on board
FE outrigger awaiting motor, esc and setting up
Boston Blenheim
USS Enterprise 1/350
P class WW1 patrol boat ( in hiding until Sam's birthday)
Caldercraft Clyde Puffer (Sam's kit last Christmas)
1/350 Bismarck
USS America and Admiral Kuznetsov both 1/700 this is a challenge to get them r/c and floating the right way up
HMS Cumberland Type 22 batch 3 awaiting a photo survay when we get to Devonport in August

As you can see not a bad list to build, but then again there is two of us now building them. Wife now askes questions whenever we think about something new, guess its time to stop buying and build for a while.

Daryl

[White Ensign]

Daryl, though you think that one lifetime is enough to get all plans done?

So do I, still heading for a wife with a six-figure income and another 250 years to live to get all the ideas done which are running on my mind....  ::)

J?rg

[DavieTait]

Well here goes with my list ( edited and corrected now i'm at home !! ) 

Bodasteinur ( Heller kit used to be the Roc Amadeur 1/200th scale stern trawler )
Arctic Corsair ( Revel 1/144th scale side trawler , in reality this is the Ross Kandahar GY trawler and used to be sold as such )
Udaloy class Soviet Destroyer Kitech hull is 30cm so about 1/550
Sovremenny class Soviet Destroyer from Trumpeter 1/350
Type IXb U-Boat from Academy 1/150th scale
HMS King George V battleship Mini hobbies 1/350th
Kiev soviet aircraft carrier fromTrumpeter 1/550th scale ( will be "interesting" getting this to stay right way up lol )
Maggie M Mbe trawler kit from Model Slipway( to be build as the trawler Deeside BCK595 )
Edwina 1/50th scale side trawler hull / pack & plans , Metcalf Mouldings
Norina 1/50th scale stern trawler hull / pack & plans , Metcalf Mouldings
Standard pattern Steam Drifter , Bill Woods 1/32 scale hull & plans to be built as my fathers grandfather's Philorth FR225 of 1920
36" Stern trawler hull ( off Ebay but no plans so this will be built as an inshore trawler / scalloper )
36" 1/25th scale Campbeltown 75 class steel seine net fishing vessel hull / deck moulding ( to be built as a generic seiner )
waiting for Lindberg 1/90th scale North Atlantic Side trawler 17.5" long from the USA

I have plans for building my Families 3 trawlers , 128ft Strath Class Steam Trawler Avondee A826 will be 1/32 scale for 48" long , 117ft Motor Side trawler Forward Pride A367 at 1/32 so 44" long and for the Modified Spinningdale class 87ft sidetrawler David John A169 at 1/32nd so 33" long.
I've also got plans for a motorised Fifie seine net boat and the Boston Blenhem stern trawler.

I intend all my models , even the small trawler models and the udaloy , to be remote control.

Davie

[Daryl]

Hi Jorg,
My wife says that, now junior is building the conservatory where they live is filling up. Hopefully I might see them built but as long as Sam is happy with what we are doing thats all that matters. We enjoy the challengies and allways look for the odd, bizarre and unusual, bit like me realy!

Daryl

[magpie]

Most of mine are in this pic.
It's an altered pic incase you were wondering. He He.
Banckert
Scratch Lugger 5'
Scratch Magpie 3' Yacht
Scratch freighter (bought and renovated) 5'6"
Skiboat-semi-scratch on billings hull
U-47 robbe sub static diver
2 other Magpie 3' yachts-not pictured
Dikie Tug- not pictured
The lady is mum and it's her chair in the back, not another boat!




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[Pointy]

Just the one, a RTR Thunder Tiger "Majestic". The plan was to get onto the water as soon as possible while I built my Model Slipway 10 Hatch Coaster.

[Ghost in the shell]

looks good magpie, but you REALLY do need either a roof box or a tranny van

[Stavros]

Canadian tug
Happy Hunter
yorkshireman
Tug Timmy
Remote controlled Duck!!
Aerokits Sea Queen
Robbie Paula 111
10R
Marbelhead x3
I mtr
Sea Queen
Converted RNLI lifeboat from the RNLI kit
Huntsman
Trimarang
Landing craft
Sea Commander
Tanker (6ft)

[gunner]

dont have any boats just now :(