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Although logged in, none of the build pictures show up on this topic.  I am in the UK.  Anyway to see the pictures?
David

When John passed away his family sold most of his left over stock etc and quite a few of his hulls pof and grp hulls were
given to Leeds model boat club who sold a few off unfortunately none are left where is other stock went to i really don't know ,The Max 4 in this post is i think a testament to a extremely talented model steam engineer who in my opinion produced some of the most exceptional steam models both in appearance and quality,A great pity another steam manufacturer is lost to the modeling world,regards Allan .

Hi i built the formidable late 80's still have it they were sold under the name of ocean models he did 3 different limited edition kits only, very basic in them days they had formidable glass fibre and pof,skeandu glass and pof and yvonne thames tug pof,cost of formidable in 1992 pof £245.00 ,glass fibre £212.00 ,think they sold out to hemmmens Not even sure if formidable was marketed even earlier by a company called marvon models but could be wrong on that.

Implementation of the control system

I just got 2 single joints and coupled them with a stub shaft.

And all the people that answered your request have shown their Location, if you show your Location someone may live near     You and could help.


Regards,


Len.

Hi there.......
In reply to your inquiry.... I have just checked the Deans Marine web site..... they have a number of double couplings listed. You should be able to get a coupling for your requirements.
David.

HPC Gears possibly? https://www.hpcgears.com/n/products/couplings/couplings/uj/c.uj_double_metal/uj_double.php

Re the Photo, Yes the boat to the bottom left of the photo is Lady Jane, in the front and centre is The Countess, and in the back of the photo is Formidable.


The Hemmens hulls are of a very good quality, they are so solid. I previously owned a version of Formidable that used the GRP resin hull, it was stunning. I now have the plank on frame version of Formidable, which again is a joy to see.


Countess was offered with a GRP Hull, as a kit, in 1995, the price for the kit was £635, to which the cost of your choice of engine and boiler had to be added.
Countess was planned from January 1993 to also be offered as a plank on frame version, however, in the 1995 price list shows the POF version with a price to be advised, so not sure whether the POF version was actually available.


Re the manufacturer of the GRP Hulls for the range of Boats that Hemmens offered, Lady Jane, Skeandu, Rovuma, Formidable, Chimaera, Yvonne, Countess and Elmira, I am not aware of who it was, hopefully someone on the Forum will be able to advise us whether it was Hemmens or someone else on behalf of Hemmens manufactured the hulls.

Wow. I wanted to prepare hull as much as possible before winter, I have to do it outside. Now there's dark 18 hours of day and only couple of degrees