Torsten Spitzner Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 A few pics put together from my latest build. Built from an old plan found on Aero Fred. Boat Build_x264.mp4 Boat Build_x264.mp4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 If you fancy refurbing a large wood huntsman, pm me... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 4 minutes ago, Rich Griff said: If you fancy refurbing a large wood huntsman, pm me... With a Taplin twin in it ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 Unfortunately not.....but I do have a merco 61 marine glow that would suite the model quite well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 I built one, too, a few years ago. Mine would have been wind powered but, having completed the hull, I got stalled on the masts and rig as well as the scale detail. I was some what daunted by having to make 5 sails, 2 masts and a sprit for my Thames barge 🙂 Here's the hull part completed. It is just about complete now, decked and with sail winches and rudder servo installed but no rig. I couldn't cast the (non-scale but necessary) lead bulb keel until the rest was finished and I knew its weight to work out how much more was needed to get it to float on its waterline. Unlike aeroplanes, boats have to have weight 🙂 The hull is sheathed in 3mm balsa and glass coated except for the planked bow ans stern. Perhaps, now I'm in my dotage I should get it out again. and here's the one piece lightply deck being added. It took ages to score the planking. I went back to aeroplanes, though I'm not doing much of that these days - raining again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 That's the beauty of boats, your always gunna get wet. The question is, how wet, as in "a swim or not !? ".. .I take an old fishing rod to hopefully cast over the stationery model, to retrieve..... Not had a titanic yet, all unused hull "air" is foam filled..... Sail powered boats ( yachts ) are best, a bit like sloper soarers... 🤓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 I have a nice marine Tapplin twin that I could be persueded to part with if interested. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanter Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 Hello Geoff Your Veronica is at about the same level of mine. It is from the same plan (with all the mistakes) but Ray Wood drew in the corrections. Mine is called Kimberley after a real TSB I was once involved with. I have come to a grinding halt but recently I have a new ambition to finish it. I am not proposing a race but it would be nice to have some company, perhaps on this Forum to gently finish the boat off. Levanter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 Well, I got a full refund for the plan, the CNC cut parts, and DVD (about £100 IIRC - it was a year or three back) and I managed to 'bodge' the CNC cutting errors effectively so I can't complain. My old sailing club in Sutton-in-Ashfield has been closed down (the council wouldn't renew the lease) but there's still a model club active at King's Mill res so there will be somewhere to sail it. I've got 4 models as yet unflown, mostly because of poor weather, - perhaps I'll drag it out. I don't have much time left. I was going to call mine Acinorev, as it was all backwards 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 It's good to have feet in both camps, as it were. Particularly with the weather we get these days ! As well as my aeroplane plan collection I have quite a large collection of boat plans, if anybody is looking for something to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 4, 2024 Share Posted June 4, 2024 I believe Noah is thinking of another build. 🐂🐂 🦢🦢 ⛈️☔ 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted June 12, 2024 Share Posted June 12, 2024 I have 4 models I've built but not yet flown. The weather this year so far has been both wet and windy as well as quite chilly so much that it makes spending a day standing still just not enjoyable. Perhaps it's my age. I've braved the weather all my life but, at 84, it just doesn't appeal any longer. I was contemplating building the BE2 kit I bought at the Buckminster swapmeet but it would be yet another model aeroplane. I had been intending to go flying tomorrow but the forecast is now for light rain and wind gusting to over 20mph, so that 's off. I think I've flown 3 times this year and the 35/40 minute drive each way doesn't help. So I've decided to continue the build of my Thames Barge I started nearly 10 years ago. I've made a mast step and made a top mast and studied the very complicated rigging system (it's very sophisticated - mainly because these large vessels were designed to be sailed by a man and a boy with a dog to protect them when left). It's a model. It's radio controlled. Does it meet the criteria here if I start a thread with occasional updates/photos etc? The Model Boat forum has cobwebs and echos 🙂 The hull so far. I'm quite pleased with it and it would be a shame to abandon it after all the work so far, even if it was nearly 10 years ago. Inside, showing the sail winch and (to the left) the attachment for the 'cheat' keel. That's necessary despite that the full size had a flat bottom because wind and water don't scale down to 1/24th. The rudder has an extension for the same reason. The is a photo of a barge in the top picture part hidden by my charger power supply. So, should I start a thread or is there no interest? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 Please start a thread...... it'll he a nice change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 That would be an excellent idea! Please do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levanter Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 Hi Geoff You are right about the Model Boat Forum. It didn't take well to the change. One big problem is that you can't see how many views you have had and without actual responses, it is impossible to know if anyone has the foggiest interest in what you are posting. Shame! Following with interest because your is more advanced than mine. I have not done anything with it for over a year but you deciding to post on Veronica has prodded me to get going again. It makes a lovely model and there are great similarities between sailing and flying, especially gliding. Levanter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 Yes, that critical 15 degrees or so.... If there are suitable slopes near you there is soaring, but wet is wet no matter which form. Enjoy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrunner Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 Keep on going Geoff it's going to be a great model. My flying just about stops in the winter but I sail my boats all the year round. My DF65 yacht will sail in the strongest of winds and come back for more. I can wear gloves for sailing but not flying so I can stay reasonably warm. No problems with flooded fields either 😂 I agree about the Model boat forum it's now just about dead in the water. The Model Boat Mayhem forum is quite lively though Hopefully you will get your barge finished soon, it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 Thanks, everyone. I'll start a new thread once I've added a bit more. It'll be slow but I'll post a few earlier pictures showing the bare bones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 (edited) No reason for not putting boat threads up. After all the magazine is called Radio Control Models and Electronics. At least in this country 🤣 I'm sure that covers models other than aeroplanes. Edited June 13, 2024 by kevin b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 13, 2024 Share Posted June 13, 2024 RCM&E mag always had a mix of planes and boats when it started years ago . A bit more diversity in the modelling world is good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted June 23, 2024 Share Posted June 23, 2024 (edited) A very long time ago about 1959 (I was 13) after my Dad built a round 10ft diameter pond in the garden I built this electric RTP "jet" boat. Small and very light 1/16 balsa it used a 6V can motor with the prop in a duct. The wires to the centre pole carried the current In 1962 I built my first RC boat using the motor. speed controller, servos and the 7.2 V NiCd battery from a Tamiya Dune Buggy. All 1/16 balsa skin over 1/8 by 1/4 frames. Worked well but being so light and relatively bulky is was seriously effected by any wind. The next was was based on a Cigarette racing hull. Again of all balsa construction It went some what faster than the Cabin Cruiser. Used a few times on the local boating pond I was always concerned that with the weight of the all the electrics in it if I hit anything it would shatter & sink in quick order. Edited June 23, 2024 by Simon Chaddock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colman Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 On 13/06/2024 at 00:10, Geoff S said: So, should I start a thread or is there no interest? I'll definitely be tagging along too Geoff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 Yes do . Anything to do with building is interesting to many of us . Ive sold my last boat now but who knows , IC power is my interest in any model . I have a couple of old Laser 75's and was going to convert one to marine some time back . Not difficult but the cost of the Piece of brass for a flywheel put me off 😶. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 (edited) I made a number of model boats from Keil Kraft kits when I was a kid and had great success with them - more than I can say for Mr. Keil's aeroplane kits that I laboured over until I got much older. Loved the models at the Victoria Park (E.London) model boat club as a kid and was fascinated by all the different power plants, types and disciplines. Not a very friendly crowd unfortunately at that time, and the old geezers in nautical head dress weren't interested in a young chaps eager questions and interests. So that was that. As an old geezer myself now I always make a point of chatting to young folks who might be over our field as visitors - you never know you might be setting them off on a life long hobby. Still have a soft spot for R/C boats but the places where they can be operated from seem to be even more difficult to find as with aircraft. I suppose the nearest to me is the salt water lake in Maldon (Essex) where I've chatted to the boaters there a few times and one chap gave me a go on his lovely sail yacht - very interesting experience and needed a great deal of attention to the wind and positioning - a bit like thermal and slope gliding, well sort of. The big snag with the Maldon lake is car parking - it's run by the council and is expensive (as they all are now) and can be crowded at times. There is a club that uses the lake at Brightlingsea, but that's quite a distance from me and doesn't seem to get much use from what I've seen anyway. Edited June 24, 2024 by Cuban8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Cracknell Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 (edited) Regular boat club a couple of days a week on the small lake at Dovercourt, Essex. Close free parking by the roadside. Couple of nice cafes and a chippy nearby as well! Edited June 24, 2024 by Robert Cracknell Addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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