Southampton Tug Boat

Forum

“Remove all deck fittings, vents, hydrants, bollards and bits, as screws are concealed under these, carefully save all screws and remember to replace and tigh…”

3 messaggi 2 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Ballast

Re: Suncoast Scale Model Boat - March 15, 2026 meet

Media

“Nothing fancy about the prop and rudder. The rudder pivot axis is about 35% back from the leading edge. This way the rudder forces more of the prop back wash…”

3 messaggi 22 mi piace

8 mesi fa di LewZ

S.H.G Black tornado

Forum

“Hi Patrick, Your Tornado is looking really slick. Have you ever clocked or calculated its top speed? I’d be curious to know what she can do out on the water.”

11 messaggi 27 mi piace

8 mesi fa di chugalone100

Wanted Pulley

Forum

“Hi, I can recommend a reliable company for the selection of various pulleys and accessories https://www.rbmodel.com/ and https://abermodels.com/ Tom”

4 messaggi 4 mi piace

8 mesi fa di tomarack

Dumas Products closing down!!!

Forum

“As I said, it's a real shame. It's difficult to recover from a loss of quality and experience in many fields, but even more so in ship modeling. I was deeply…”

15 messaggi 99 mi piace

8 mesi fa di AlessandroSPQR

3D Printings...

Forum

“Jump, I have a few pics of the "Emma" in my harbor. If you want more I can post them. Thanks for the comments. Also, I saw the "Emma" along side the whaler C…”

18 messaggi 70 mi piace

8 mesi fa di LewZ

Pats QOD 21/08/25

Forum

“Hi Pat, I'll let you know how things are going. Unfortunately, it won't be turned into a museum. It will be given to Indonesia as you predicted, but it won't…”

12 messaggi 3 mi piace

8 mesi fa di AlessandroSPQR

8 Channel Transmitter

Forum

“I'll cast another vote for the flysky i6x, for the price it's really hard to beat. There are 2 ways to adjust for throttle centring. The obvious way is to ac…”

20 messaggi 51 mi piace

8 mesi fa di JSS4

Why not go back to school?!

Articolo

“Dear All Some weeks ago I participated in a course on fibre reinforced composites, e.g. glass, carbon, aramid fibers and all that goes along with this art (c…”

1 post

8 mesi fa di IGinBasel

Dumas Closing

Forum

“Luckily I still have hiding in my unbuilt stash a Dumas 1/20 Myrtle Corey paddle wheeler kit with a whopping 38” long hull… well, at least I’ve got one giant…”

19 messaggi 100 mi piace

8 mesi fa di chugalone100

Points system

Forum

“Not an expert on this site but I do see that you posted photos to your harbor and blogs. You get points for those, but not the photos within those. I believe…”

3 messaggi 7 mi piace

8 mesi fa di LewZ

Re: RC Semi update (Segment 4)

Blog

“I've use PLA+ on a lot of suspension parts on my tracked ww2 German RSO, it's currently weighing in at 18lbs and have no issues with breakages, I'm running o…”

10 messaggi 67 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Northernflotsam

Re: I finished my Seaspan "Hawk"

Porto

“Very nice clean build...what hull and drives did you use?”

3 messaggi 22 mi piace

8 mesi fa di deepsea

Wood glues

Forum

“Waterproof PVA works well for me but do apply weights to the decking to compress the joint.This increases the bond strength and pushes surplus glue into the …”

10 messaggi 50 mi piace

8 mesi fa di GrantH

LesRo Javelin (2).

Forum

“Thank you Mike, I actually prefer restoring old Classic Model Powerboats to building new ones as it’s usually more of a challenge with lots of new and differ…”

23 messaggi 96 mi piace

8 mesi fa di zooma

Current project

Forum

“Acrylic paint has been used on the hull and deck structures. Wheelhouse, hatch covers, and other parts. Several applications of Minwax Polycrylic were applie…”

12 messaggi 73 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Ronald

Fiskebaten Trawler?

Forum

“Hey Dave! As a keen motorcyclist, cool trips are no problem for me! In June and July, my wife usually joins me on my camper van tours . . . But exceptions pr…”

23 messaggi 96 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Mike Stoney

Re: 1/16th Model Slipway Trent deck splitting

Blog

“When glueing plastics - and I believe the Trent has such a deck - you have at least 2 ways of approaching the issue - after ascertaining the chemistry of the…”

2 messaggi 2 mi piace

8 mesi fa di IGinBasel

Re: Victorian Steam Launch

Porto

“Wonderful workmanship!”

6 messaggi 30 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Ronald

Re: Suncoast Scale Model Boat Club - March 1, 2026 meet

Media

“Yes Dave, is was the Helen kit. I bought it (2016?) partially built (up to the deck) but had to rip it apart to get the big dead battery out. Worst part was …”

6 messaggi 47 mi piace

8 mesi fa di LewZ

Sunday at the pond

Forum

“Very nice facility! Congratulations on acquiring & maintaining such a nice spot. Our club is lucky to have a very solid relationship with the City of Edina, …”

9 messaggi 34 mi piace

8 mesi fa di DWBrinkman

Faulty Spektrum TX

Forum

“I've just read from the beginning. I've had dxi6 for many years, well into double figs, I'm using dx8, gen 1 and gen 2, and nx8, with planes, so I know the t…”

15 messaggi 47 mi piace

8 mesi fa di pmdevlin

Re: Dole Aztec complete... Well almost!

Blog

“Chris!!!!!!!!!!!!”

11 messaggi 90 mi piace

8 mesi fa di jumpugly

Beamsville interior

Forum

“Ronald, Really good work, congratulations! Michel-C.”

7 messaggi 34 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Mike Stoney

How to secure acccess deck covers /hatches

Forum

“Hi Ronald, I like the push pin idea shown here on the Garry Web video that you provided the link for - there are some applications where this could be very u…”

12 messaggi 40 mi piace

8 mesi fa di zooma

KD Perkasa Class Drawings.

Forum

“Hi DenisA, I really enjoyed driving the big Perkassa when I was offered the opportunity - it was a real pleasure. It would be good to see some photos of your…”

5 messaggi 23 mi piace

8 mesi fa di zooma

HiTech Winch Drum

Forum

“If you want to get silly, this is how I did my stays'il winch”

12 messaggi 28 mi piace

8 mesi fa di RossM

Loganville in now lit up

Forum

“Beamsville and Loganville”

5 messaggi 20 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Ronald

Need help, I can't identify this beauty.

Forum

“Probably not Robbe or Graupner, most of their kits use ABS for the hulls, if you look closely you can see the fiberglass weave of the hull. I think she’s a o…”

10 messaggi 44 mi piace

8 mesi fa di Cashrc

Decent quality BRASS FITTINGS.

Forum

“Thanks Gary. Yes, I've done quite a lot of Internet searching on and off and is often the case can't find exactly what I want or if something close it's out …”

12 messaggi 54 mi piace

8 mesi fa di ChrisF