Topic: Winter Builds 2025/26 (Read 2049 times)

Martin (Admin) · « **on:** November 28, 2025, 02:56:56 pm »

What's your next build project?

Akira · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2025, 08:18:54 pm »

I am going to try to finish the USS Juneau, 1/48 scale, this winter, winter #4.

dougal99 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2025, 09:59:04 pm »

My version of the Le Caux, French tug, from a Jim pottinger plan. Started as a late summer project but morphing into a winter task.

swiftdoc · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2025, 04:46:00 pm »

Air Sea Rescue boat 128, a kit from Deans Marine, currently on its way to Germany

Stumps · « **Reply #4 on:** December 08, 2025, 11:29:22 am »

If the work gods allow, I'll try and finish my Damen 3110..

6705russell · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2025, 07:05:19 pm »

Llandudno’s Shannon, doing upper works and brass in the comfort of the spare room, also a Speedline Trent as and when I can get the time..

Neil · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2025, 08:03:24 pm »

MY next build will, after i have finished the Clyde that i am building for a friend in Scotland, a model that has sat in my workshop and other places around the house for the past 30 and a half years and still waiting to be built.

It was the first model kit that I put together in a box of the Ann Letitia Russell just prior to me announcing to the world that a new model lifeboat kit was on the market. that was in August 1995.

The full kit is in the box below the Titanic box, and the hull and cab

I will get great enjoyment building these two lifeboats, and ones I will keep and sail.

ChrisF · « **Reply #7 on:** December 09, 2025, 05:24:15 pm »

Having recently finished my Fairey Faun apart from some minor detailing I've returned to the Fairey Fisherman I started around 12 months ago having produced the drawings sometime before. Resisting starting my water-jet and outboard projects!

Martin (Admin) · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2025, 07:56:57 pm »

roycv · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2025, 11:31:48 am »

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

Circlip · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2025, 07:32:48 am »

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

tica · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2025, 08:15:28 am »

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.

kinmel · « **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2025, 08:44:46 am »

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

roycv · « **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2025, 11:57:10 am »

Only a mother could love that!!
Roy

TheLongBuild · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2025, 04:59:31 pm »

Quote from: Martin (Admin) on December 10, 2025, 07:56:57 pm

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

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #15 on:** December 13, 2025, 06:06:43 pm »

Quote from: roycv on December 12, 2025, 11:31:48 am

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...

Colin Bishop · « **Reply #16 on:** December 13, 2025, 06:35:53 pm »

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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

KitS · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2025, 05:18:23 pm »

Quote from: roycv on December 13, 2025, 11:57:10 am

Only a mother could love that!!

Hardly things of beauty, those X-Bow ships, are they?

But they seem to be becoming more more common within the offshore support world.

6705russell · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2025, 05:45:01 pm »

Another one to push on with over Xmas is my Speedline Trent..

BradB · « **Reply #19 on:** January 01, 2026, 02:16:21 pm »

Ahoy Gents,

My winter builds include:

1/96 HMCS Bonaventure - a work in progress for the past 5 years
1/144 RCN Type 26 Destroyer - 3D printed work in progress - example 1 nearly complete for static display, example 2 for static display in progress, example 3 for R/C still in concept stage
1/100 RMS Titanic - pond float for Halifax Public Gardens - winter refurbishment project
1/48 HMCS Sackville - pond float for Halifax Public Gardens - winter refurbishment project

Pictures of some of the above appended below:

T888 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 01, 2026, 05:14:04 pm »

In 2026 I hope to restart my T26 HMS Belfast

Complete my current build of HMS Alacrity T21.

And start USS Constitution 1797 - static model.

canabus · « **Reply #21 on:** January 02, 2026, 08:17:41 am »

Well Gentleman this is not a new build but finishing one I bought off E Bay.

An original Aerokits Sea Queen from the 1960's.
I had an used L5055-700kv brushless motor and a 80Amp ESC,so on 4S Lipo battery it should go OK !!!

Harry

ballastanksian · « **Reply #22 on:** January 02, 2026, 05:58:46 pm »

Having realised that I work for a carpenter with cool accurate machines

I can do justice to the 1:96th scale HMS Penelope I started a few years back using a modified Glynn Guest style build technique* and complete HMS Ready which languished with the great (?) Mojo death of 2018-2026. Much of this will be in amongst a 1:300th French/Tudor fleet project I have been working on for years.

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