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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Submarines => Topic started by: taffy52 on August 16, 2009, 11:36:57 pm

Title: rc submarine clubs
Post by: taffy52 on August 16, 2009, 11:36:57 pm
hi are there any rc submarine clubs near colchester in essex ,or any boating lakes etc that can be used, im building a static dive robbe u47 cheers ian
Title: Re: rc submarine clubs
Post by: das boot on August 17, 2009, 07:59:16 am
Morning to you Ian...I suggest you check out the Association of Model Submariners webpage on Facebook to start with. Go here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42806976104 (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42806976104) and take a look around, ask a few questions and someone will be back you pretty smartish.
You could pop along to one of our Dive-in's organised by our very own Subculture(Andy)....I think they are pretty close to you.

Good luck with the U-47, keep us all up to date on the build.

Rich
Title: Re: rc submarine clubs
Post by: Subculture on August 17, 2009, 10:46:14 am
There are no 'Submarine clubs' as such.

There are model submarine organisations, which provide newsletters/magazines, meet up at shows, and there are the Dive-in's that Richard mentioned.

I represent the Sub Committee here in the UK, and we have about thirty British members dotted around the country, although the Sub Committtee has about 6-700 members worldwide. Some of these guys are also members of the AMS, which has about 45-50 members I believe.

Sub Committee- http://www.subcommittee.com

AMS- http://www.modelsubmarines.org

You would be very welcome at one of the Dive-in's, the first of which is on 4th October. Completely free, and the best water to sail a submarine in that I have encountered. More details here-

http://s181686668.onlinehome.us/phpBB2/viewtopic.php5?t=9056

You may also like to check out Norwich model boat club. A very enthusiastic following of model submarines there, with a super pond, it's a bit of a drive from Colchester, but a straight run.

http://www.nmbc.fsnet.co.uk/

Andy
Title: Re: rc submarine clubs
Post by: Turbulent on August 17, 2009, 02:36:53 pm
Andy, thanks for the advert - RE NMBC but you're off the pace mate, new website address

www.norwichmodelboatclub.com

Regards

Paul. - BEC works a treat btw! :-))
Title: Re: rc submarine clubs
Post by: taffy52 on August 20, 2009, 03:55:34 pm
thanks for the advice