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sigfortunata
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Scratchbuilt Swim Front Thames Lighter/Barge
I guess this is a working vessel?? I wanted something for my TID to tow and after a bit of searching I found a plan for an old Ezi Bild Kit on line and got it enlarged and this is the result.

It takes about 15-20kg of ballast but it tows well.

Here are a couple of pictures one on its maiden "tow"
Piaciuto da figtree7nts
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  • shavingsChief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    I remember when they used to race them! They had two men stood at the sharp end with huge sweeps to row them along near Tower Bridge. River men used to be a different breed.
    Roger
  • sigfortunataPetty Officer 1st Class
    As a lad I used to see this type of barge in use all the time which I why I wanted to make one.

    There are a few still in use but no "Lightermen" to row them about anymore since the passing of the East End Docks
robtroi
Master Seaman
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Voyager
Its maiden voyage took place at the Knap at Barry South Glamorgan. with the VGMBC.
It's a Robbe kit "San Diego" built by a chap on this website "sharpy1071"
Leopard 4074-1400Kv water-cooled motors 100A Mystery ESC's.

After a few teething problems with transmitter setup, everything went fine.
Piaciuto da Brightwork and Colin H
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  • don6398Leading Seaman
    😊 Great looking boat. I love it when a boat gets up on plain .
    Piaciuto da Inkoust
  • sharpy1071Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
    Good to see my old boat on water, glad your happy with it. Our pond is beginning to weed up again so it would not have had much use down here!!
    Piaciuto da Rod and figtree7nts
Kipper
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Dutch River
deleted, tried to modify, it didn't want to know, so took the lot off.
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  • KipperPetty Officer 2nd Class
    She is lit, full set of Nav lights, plus a set of 3 towing lamps either side of the mast, 2 spots lighting the rear deck, bridge lights & partial lighting in the lower cabins.

    There are other lights to add yet, i.e. search lights on the bridge roof, foredeck spotlamp And 3 lamps around the superstructure above doors.

    Last month she won our clubs 'Torchlight Regatta' trophy, was well chuffed. 😀
  • manyboatsPetty Officer 1st Class
    Nice.... Model slipway do make a nice kit. Built their Tsekoa last year and was very happy with it.
Phrogphlyer
Leading Seaman
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Task Force-50, Your, PA. USA FUN FLOAT
Our July, 2016 Fun Float was a great success! The weather was perfect and we had a great number of spectators, met a few new Captains who just came to sail with us and see what we are about! We had up to 6 scale sail boats on the water and several powered boats. We were also experimenting with "on board video" which we are setting to music and commentary. Even the wives enjoyed the day of great weather, a snack bar, walking trails and each others company. There was even talk about relocating our regatta to the "Muddy Run" location.
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skegness
Petty Officer 1st Class
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monster at skegness
Now that I done skegness lifeboat day I can get on to finish what needs to be done & hopefully before Xmas I can have her on the water,the crew at skegness loved the model as a whole and even the mayor of skegness liked it,but now time to get down to the nitty gritty and get her ready for the water.
Piaciuto da jfstoker and doghouse and
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  • figtree7ntsAmmiraglio
    Where do you keep her, that's a huge model!
  • skegnessPetty Officer 1st Class
    In my shed (3 Alarms) I would keep it indoors but the wife says NO
topperles
Master Seaman
Sea Queen
This is Maxine, a 1960' aerokit Sea Queen 😊 She has been stripped down, hull repaired along with top sides. New brushless motor/lipos etc. Goes quite well and pretty stable as you can see.She is sailed on Wibsey Park lake in Sunny Bradford.
Piaciuto da John2
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  • terry290654Mozzo di bordo
    Nice boat

    What are you using for a motor esc and battery ?


    Terry
topperles
Master Seaman
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Sea Queen
Bought as a wreck off ebay . stripped down,repaired hull and top sides. re positioned the propshaft. Re painted. New Brushless motor/ Lipos etc. Goes quite well for an old girl, Believed originally built in the 60's. Ill try to upload a video of her strutting her stuff on Wibsey Park lake in Bradford.
Edit: I've managed to upload a video of her in action on u tube ,see link below
Piaciuto da BOATSHED and jacko and
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  • RNinMunichAmmiraglio di flotta
    Hi Ned, Welcome aboard 👍
    On my Sea Scout (little brother of the Sea Queen) I used silicon sealant (a la bathroom!) and a small brass screw in each corner. it had to be good cos I had the RX, RX battery and rudder servo tucked in there!
    My boat was also started by Dad in the sixties. He had it free running with a Taycol Target and wet (very!) 6V lead acid cells. I upgraded to RC and Decaperm motor about 25 years ago and am currently restoring and converting to brushless 😲
    Happy boating, Cheers Doug 😎
    Piaciuto da Brucef102
  • BOATSHEDCapitano
    Wow great bit of video, she performs very well on the water and turns seem to be very stable. Nice one. I have a Sea Queen I have got to renovate. What motor are you running in her please.

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