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dreadnought72

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The long tradition of model boat building!
« on: April 07, 2013, 08:25:01 pm »

I'm reliably informed this was taken in 1894:



...Not a whiff of cyano or inkling of 2.4GHz in sight!

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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2013, 08:29:42 pm »

I've got a tuning tool just like his  %% %%

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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2013, 08:30:52 pm »

 >:-o  I bet he made a great job of it with just a few hand tools, and the little boy thought all his christmases had come at once!
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Ray. {-) {-)
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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2013, 08:35:59 pm »

I'm guessing that the stick (back, left) is the remote control.

- for the boat, not the boy!

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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2013, 10:37:37 pm »

he has more hair on his chin than i have on mi head
 >:-o >:-o >:-o >:-o :(( {:-{
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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2013, 10:58:05 pm »

Nothing changes as regarding model making...if in doubt hit it with a hammer...I see Captain Birdseye has one of the trusted tools on his table.  :-)
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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2013, 12:03:07 am »

 
  Hi Andy.
                 thats not you and yer old man is.. {-)
 
                     Frank.
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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2013, 06:19:23 am »

Nah - the boy's got boots on. Way too posh for me - I was barefoot until me teens.  {-)

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Re: The long tradition of model boat building!
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2013, 12:39:57 pm »

 
 hi Andy.
               he`s too posh for me an all He`s got long breeks on I din`t see them till I went to  the "Big Skool".. {-)
 
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