Let's see your boats

[flailing]

In an effort to keep this board alive here's some of my boats, most run and are electric. let's see your boats. Calypso LOA 13" for display built from a Revell kit.

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[Choppa Nutta]

Hey flailing Nice :)
any chance you could edit your posts to inlcude specs please ?
name/make of full size, scale, length of model, weight and motors. The first on in particular just because of the H300 parked on the back vnice :0) as I have a hornet with the canopy on it and I quite fancy making a boat to land on and that looks great.

[thekingofmice]

Well, I'm currently working on a Dumas American Queen towboat for a friend (sorry no current pictures.) It's about 40" It will be full lighted and have rotating radar. It will probably be powered by 2 540's. I'll be glad to get it finished so I can get my 25" steam powered tug finished! :D Anyway, heres a picture of one of my 'fleet.' It's not R/C but it is scale.........

[Andrew Gilchrist]

Flailing nice boats - you work in here I will work the fastelectrics

This is only truly independent electric board I am aware of

[Twmaster]

Does anybody know of any other good scale forums? While I like FE I also like scale boats too. Current and soon to be begun projects:

ABC Super Hawaii, 700 BB 8.4 Cool it is scale and FE :) (waiting on parts)
Dumas Coast Guard 41 boat (hull near completion will post a kit review later)
Danvo PT-65 (WWII Elco 77') Soon to be started.
Robbe Lehmar 1000-P15 (Canadian Coast Guard) To be started this fall.

[PanzyPoof]

She RC! Sails real Nice,

[PanzyPoof]

Mid ship

[PanzyPoof]

Aft and Helo Deck

[Greg McFadden]

Well, my pictures are here: www.warshicombat.com

[3nero]

i hope this works
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0QQCLHF4VApKqBPY*Ryy0xdkutw8DEzwPKNpLcdaDgl0R1xPIm Ha!0Gv8hybhfeHjMKwe39Esig33CUjsNPnEKztrITgAN!38Bnj sNZf934E/IMAG00014.JPG

my boat is the one in the lower part of the pic

[3nero]

trying again

[3nero]

here is a pic of my latest ship
she is a fully scratch built RoRo ferry at 1:72 and she is about 1.7 meters long
its nearly a year since the keel was layed and this pic is a few months old
i will get some more upto date pics later (if any one wants to see them)
the hull was constructed from 1mm cardboard cause at the time i had no cash flow and this was the cheapest material available (at €12.46 it is my cheapest hull yet)
it is coated in fiberglass resin inside at out and is very strong.
the superstructure is made from a plastic called foamex and is 3mm thick so all those windows where a pain to cut.

let me know what you guys think

[3nero]

heres are more upto date pic of the ferry

[flailing]

I find the hardest part is staying with it long enough to finish a project. The ferry looks good keep after it and post more pictures.

[3nero]

latest pics
taken today

[3nero]

WOHA!!
how did that happen the pic came up HUGE.
it's not even that big on my pc.

any way heres one more of the test sail with the Normandie in the back round

[Phil G]

Wow!

I came into this forum to ask a question (see "what to charge" thread) and I have to say I'm VERY impressed with the workmanship!

I'm not usually a scale builder, but I have a Sterling kit Century Sea Maid that I converted to a "somewhat" FE boat!

I call it my "Wolf in Sheeps clothing".

Pics and details on my website:

http://www.geocities.com/cphilg/boat.html

;)

[AsH]

Just came in for a little browse, as you do, and WOW,
theres some great works here !!!

I mainly just fly gliders atm, but i just may have to broaden
my R/C habit now ;)

Great work people, keep it up !! :)

[kap64]

Ok, let's see if this comes up. This is a work in progress, a 1:72 Ticonderoga class missile cruiser. It's just over 8 feet long and will weigh about 50 pounds when finished, if I can ever get to finishing it. Cutting all of those little ribs gets very boring.

[kap64]

Here's another work in progress, a Billing Boats kit. It'a actually a little farther along, but I cannot get my camera working correctly.

[flailing]

kap64 I have been wanting to build a 1:72 Ticonderoga for some time now, just can't seem to get started. Did you use a fiberglass hull or did you scratch build it ? can't wait to see it finished.

[kap64]

It is a fiberglass hull. I fell in love with it the moment I saw a picture of a completed one. I actually bought it as a semi-kit from a r/c ship club in Australia called Task Force 72. They aren't in it to sell them like a store, but they will get together and sell to an individual. Several people are involed in getting the kit together, one will make the hull, another guy makes the propellers, etc. It comes with the complete hull, a little bit of superstructure, a little bit of decking, screws and shafts, some weapons, and a LOT of scratch building. If this post works right, I'll put in a pic of the contents I took the day I received it. It's hard to see all that's in the pic, but what's not there has to be scratch built. I've spent well over $2k so far.

[kap64]

Here's a pic of one of their finished Ticos that one of the guys in the TF72 club took.

[flailing]

I have seen their website, I thought long and hard about buying one but just couldn't part with the green but is sure is nice. I have a much smaller 1:350 version I am thinking of using to scratch a hull in 1:72.

[PanzyPoof]

1;72 Tyco that's really big:eek:
I'd say too big for easy transporting.
I also have a 1;32 Type 7 For her I made a transport Crate and tied it to the Roof rack 80 camaro. Also I had wheels on the crate so rolling to the water was easier. Mind ya there was no worries of stuff shaking loose on a sub from handeling.
How ya gonna handle it?
I also Have a 1;96 DDG
Video CAm live bridge view. 8 firing flash paper tubes. Anchor. Nav and Deck lights. But she's a Dust collector for now.
Flying is taken frount row. A Good buddy is
Dooing "Cowpens" in 1;96 and North Carolina
His USCG Bear is a perfect size for the Car and Pond. Hmmm he's also Flying.
My finished FFG-16 is a Good size and can handle some weather. First hull breach is at top deck seam.
Which is good cause I like to take her out on
less then Quiet sunny days.
Keep up the Posts :D

[PanzyPoof]

kap64
May I suggest a Buckling hull skin. In you're Size it's a Good detail Addon. Pain in the butt to do.

Did it to the DDG-53 and it's so eye grabbing! I love it.

[kap64]

Yes, it's very large. I'm pondering over a roof rack and box, or just waiting for a friend with a pick-up truck. Living in NC, there's water everywhere, but most of the good areas are on private land. I work on a military base which has a couple of pretty large lakes, but I have to find out if it's ok to operate r/c on base. I'm sad to say that mine will probably become a dust collector after finding out how much trouble it may be to transport. Even more sad, is I'd like to build a Burke class DDG and a Spruance class DDG. Do you have pics of your FFG? I had planned on USS Nicholson, but when they came to port for public tours, they wouldn't let anyone take pictures, even from the outside. This hit me as odd. This was before 9-11. I had no problem getting all of the pics I wanted on the Burke and Tico class ships.

[PanzyPoof]

No Pics Eh? Odd.
Have you checked into SeaPhoto.com? They have good colours photo packs for most Classes.
B9/11 I got aboard a few ships by showing them a pic of my model, and explaining what I wanted to do. Bang I got 3 private tours doing that pics all the way. Not anymore. Better safe then Sorry but give me a break!
My FFG is back on pg 1or 2 Hmmm.
Later on the DDG Pic

[kap64]

I had the same luck with the Tico and Burkes at Norfolk. I managed almost 400 pics of the Tico and over 250 on a couple of Burkes, including the brand new Oscar Austin the weekend of the commissioning. There was the standard tour, but when I pleaded my model building case, the sailor said I could go ahead in the off limits area, but "hurry up".

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Nice ferryboat 3Nero!

Here's my HO scale Washington State Super Class Ferry Boat


Super Class Ferry Boat and R/c Combat (http://groups.msn.com/ModelsandMiniatures/wsferryboat.msnw)

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

And my Scale combat warship.
1/72nd Scale INS Scirocco WWII Italian Destroyer

R/C Combat Warship and WSF Kaleetan (http://groups.msn.com/ModelsandMiniatures/rcmodelships.msnw)

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[3nero]

Umi_Ryuzuki i love your ferry
yours is the only other model ferry i have seen since i started mine.
like you i choose 1/72 because the cars are easy to get but i noticed on your site that you said the cars where pricey. have you heard of a company called hongwell models they make 1/72 die cast cars that are realy highly detailed and cheap a pack of 10 cars costs €10.99. i have being buying a few packs of cars every week and now have way more than i need if you email me your address i will send you a couple so you can see how good they are.
but they still can't get their trucks right another company called wheelers makes good cheap 1/72 trucks €12 for a pack of 7.
my ferry is still a long way from being finished but it is already in the car moving bussiness :D

[vett]

Some really nice looking stuff here I hope mine is worthy

[vett]

lets try that again. colin archer billing boats kit. I built two the other has sails. big boat nice kit

[vett]

that worked lets try another

[kap64]

I think yours is very worthy!

[Rudderman98]

Well okay then!
Here is a small sampling of my boats. I've built everything from Estes rockets, all the way up to the big boy rockets, R/C cars, trains, of course planes, but I still have a love affair with scale ships. I used to race fast electric boats in the 6 cell mono class, crackerbox, and the 12 cell hydro class but that proved to be way too costly for me to keep competitive so off to scale I went.

The enclosed picture is of my USCG Textron MLB from Midwest Products. I sold the boat off two years ago and regret it since. She took second place in the Pacific Northwest Model Expo in working class boats. I went above and beyond with the detailing and used pictures and plans from Textron Marine ( don't ask where I got them) and replaced most of the factory parts from the kit.

Perry;)

[Rudderman98]

Details, details, details.

[Rudderman98]

Here is my Northwind 36 from ABC models which also took second place at the Pacific Northwest Model Expo 2001.

She was painted with three coats of Dupont Chroma Systems white and 3 coats of Chroma Clear. Looked awesome! Nice kit but the instructions were less than desireable.

I never sailed her. Sold her to a gent that absolutely had to have her. He paid well for her.
Perry

[Rudderman98]

Here are a couple of boats I painted for DPI Leisure Sports of Redmond Washington for the 1999 Chicago Model Show that year.
The boats look better than the attached picture.;)
Perry

[vett]

A couple of my other boats. billings Calypso this is the third I have built .

[vett]

Westeriff a Robbe kit

[Rudderman98]

Vett,
Good loookin boats!;)
I have my eye on a Model Slipways RNLI Lifeboat. Maybe next year.
Perry

[Tony Oliver]

Here's my WW2 R class destroyer - 35inches long, what I call cartoon scale. Looks the part but rusty paint job and faded colouring makes it appear more detailed than it really is. I used 18 figures (railway ones modified) on this model which add to the overall look.
Now sold, and I regret not keeping mine too!

Now building two working plastic kits of boats which I got for Christmas!

Tony

[Rudderman98]

Very nice Tony.
What was your power system?
Perry

[Tony Oliver]

I used an old motor of around 280 size geared to two contrarotating cheapo props of about 3/4 inch diameter (home made hit and miss construction). 7.2v NiCd gave around 1.5hrs duration.
The props were tinplate three bladers bent to give the best performance - no hi-tech on my boats!
Speed controller was a bit complicated as I only had an aircraft controller - 100amps rating. A bit over the top for this use, and only worked in forward drive of course. Reverse was a polarity switch by servo and microswitches which gave full power and isolated the controller at the same time. The single rudder was not as effective as two would have been, but I was short of space.
The model is very simple in design, and of all balsa construction - 1/8 for the sides and deck, 3/8 for the bottom. An aircraft construction really. All deck houses etc were 1/16 balsa and assorted bits for such as anchor chain - you know the sort of thing. Handrails were large numbers of pins pushed in and two rows of sewing thread held in place by the final paint job.

Simple and effective, and great fun to use.

Tony

[kapos45]

Vette "nice boats guy"
Tonyo thats a nice destroyer- Never saw the the boat side of ya!

This is my Sterling Century Sea Maid completed 1978.
Refit 1989 with electric. Real fast, jumps on step.

[kapos45]

I used acrylic paint in 1989 and these pics are 2 weeks old.
Seems to hold up well. quarter in plexiglass windshield.

[Tony Oliver]

kapos45, I keep my 'vices' - like boats - under wraps - it doesn't do to admit you are not one of the 'specialists', as those who limit themselves to only one narrow interest seem a bit threatened when you build a variety of things. Some of my pals seem to want to keep up, but by then I'm back onto something else. 'Be a leader, not a follower, or just get out of my way' is my motto!

Meanwhile here's a photo of it before the detail stuff was added.

Tony

[kapos45]

Nice building skills here Gents. Skills to pay the bills.
Very impressive and Im not easily impressed.

Tony, my only vices are good beer and Hungarian women.
Specialist in both, want to race boats on Balaton lets go.
Good Motto, BTW, I find E zone can narrow your interest
so laid of for awhile. Nice to talk to ya though. Thanks for responding.

Motor in this Sea Maid I have no Idea, probably 280. Its water cooled as you can see. I used non electronic controller and 2 1700 sce packs. We were flying on water. Its a nice handling ship, gets right on step and takes waves and wakes with joy. great design. tre bilder (3 picture)

Please post your Boats guys.

[George Pfeifer]

First is a Harbor Tow Boat as seen on the Mississppi river.
Scratch built, 7 Channel radio.
The Captian (Port - Stern) has been known to pee on any boats coming within 2 feet.

[George Pfeifer]

Here is my 1/96th USS Missouri (Just under 10 feet)
Scratch built, 4 motors, (port and starboard motors are controlled in pairs).

[George Pfeifer]

Another view

[George Pfeifer]

The first all steel ore carrier on the Great Lakes, built in the early 1900's. Called "Whalebacks", and "Pig Boats"
This is a scratch built model of the John Erickson, plans were from A J Fisher (now defunct) Boat is 7 feet long.

[George Pfeifer]

Unique to this area, 6 were built by the Minneapolis Street Car Company in 1906. All were scrapped or sunk in the mid 1920's.
One was salvaged in 1980 from the lake bottom and rebuilt by the Minnesota Transportation Museum.
Model is scratch built, done in "G" scale and 42 inches long.

[George Pfeifer]

Here is a Dumas Triple Cockpit Barrell Back, converted to a "Gentleman's" racer.

[George Pfeifer]

Here it is running

[kapos45]

Hor Hay
(spanish for george)
my fellow boat builder.
awsome boats. I like.
standing beside myself.

[Phil G]

Kapos. Did you follow the link to MY Sea Maid in my earlier post (about three pages back)?

So far yours is the only one I've seen built besides my own...

I'm especially proud of my steering stern-drive...

;)

[Tachikaze]

The Combat Warship INS Alfredo Oriani in 1/72nd scale. This after an unfortunate encounter with the heavy cruiser USS Louisville.
Repair work to patch the hull and dry out the guns took an hour and the boat returned to combat.:D

[kapos45]

Kapos. Did you follow the link to MY Sea Maid in my earlier post (about three pages back)?
Phil G,
Yes sir. Saw your SeaMaid. And yours is only one Ive seen.
Maybe sterling only sold 2 :D.
Alot of MACK marine hardware in mine. Just saw their site
recently and they are still very reasonably priced. Compared
to Dumas, HL and others. I stuck to the box cover as much
as I could on that boat. Glad I did now.
kapos

[Phil G]

I had to leave the Mahogany natural. Mine has three (in some places four) coats of Spar Varnish.

Lots of sanding on that one.

Wonderful little boat. Had I known better I'd have tried something else for a first-wood-boat though!

:)

[willy goh]

Hi Vett,

I am a new comer for scale boat modelling and I have bought the colin archer.

Do you mind send me information on how you do up the sail control using the winch ?

this is the challenging part I believe that prevent me from moving forward.

thanks

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

While other projects sit waiting for attention, I have started yet another new project.

Japanese T103 LST

Here are the Plans so far.

[Tachikaze]

I have taken the innards out of a cheap remote control mouse ( a bad Bit Char knock off) and will be placing it into the Captain's Launch for the heavy French cruiser submarine FNS Surcouf that I am constructing in 1/72nd scale. Just one of those crazy ideas that you get when you see something an you go Hmmm!

[LEROY]

Just wanted to add a few pics of some of my "holes in the water". I've got interests on R/C land sea and air, and I love them all. Here's a Midwest Coast Guard Motor Launch a la Rudderman 98 (though I didn't approach his attention to detail):

[LEROY]

And another...

[LEROY]

I also built a Victor Models 1M-class yact "Stars & Stripes", but I painted it in the scheme of the yacht "Geronimo" from the movie, Wind. It sails Great:)

[Tony Oliver]

Very nice, crisp models Leroy.

Although I do the opposite to these (I like them to look rusty and well used/beat-up), I appreciate models so well presented.

I too enjoy building and using surface and airborne models.

Our local pond is surrounded by trees so the next 'boat' will be a grounded - or rather , watered - electric seaplane. Probably a Catalina.

Meanwhile I'll post some pics in the next few days of the Christmas models I promised earlier in this thread.

Tony

[Tony Oliver]

As promised, the first pics of my Lindbergh Fletcher Class destroyer. I tried it out originally with a standard 8.4v flight battery of sub-C NiCds I use in aircraft. The model ended too low in the water with only about1/2 inch at the stern above water.

I put in my 8.4v NiMh pack of AA cells and it seems right now.

The model has a good turn of speed, and heels over, leaning out of the turn when flat out. Still not much scope for coping with waves.

Tony

[Tony Oliver]

Sorry about that - posted a larger version by mistake.

Here's another.

[Tony Oliver]

And the last.

It's not finished yet - some crew at 1/125th scale needed to make it look 'busy'.

Tony

[Tachikaze]

Good looking boat Tony!
Now it is time to progress to the real thing and build your self a combat warship.

[Tony Oliver]

I'd not heard of combat warships until I saw your earlier 'mishap'. Can you give a rundown on what's involved?

Tony

[Tachikaze]

Tony,
I am not sure if there is an active club in the UK. I do know that a senior member in our club has a buddy in Scotland that has an M-Class and is working on the HMS Prince of Wales in our scale of 1/72nd.
Below is a link to our Club Site: Queens Own Combat Warship Club.
If you need any further information then let me know.
Remember: Build Boat, Fight Boat.
http://www.nwlink.com/~pfleming/

[Tony Oliver]

I've seen nothing like this before. Brilliant stuff.

There's a large model engineering and model boat exhibition at Harrogate in two weeks time. I'll be going and will ask around if there's any such movement in the UK.

It's the sort of thing that will attract the 'ban it' brigade, so it's got to be fun and worthwhile!

Thanks for the info - great site.

Tony

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Nicely done Blue Devil Destroyer Tonyo.
I love the weathering!!
It was one of the ships I first started out with.
I had the same weight problems too. I eventually put lights on it and started running it in the evenings.

Great job!:cool:



Also, We have just been offered a forum specifically for military ships, and scale combat 1/144, and 1/72nd.

If you have any questions stop on by

http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/index.php?act=SF&f=26

We will try to help out on any project for scale ships.:D

[Tony Oliver]

Umi, thanks for the compliments!

It's now almost finished - downgraded the streaky finish a little, and put on some more light corrosion, having got a photo of the original in its rust finish - you like rust? - see below.

Of course, when I say 'finished', I don't mean like your activities suggest - full of holes and sinking. I had a look at the link you gave and the whole thing is superb and very entertaining.

My local pond isn't suitable for that sort of thing being open to the public. It also has a resident population of around 80 ducks of various types - and I wouldn't get away with reducing that lot without some grief from the folks who feed them each day.

The info you and Tachikaze have supplied is a real eye-opener. Thanks both!

Tony

[David Smith]

Here is a pic of one of mine. It is a Dean's Marine 1/24th Motor Gun Boat I built about 10 years ago and ran at many meetings around the south of England. I sold the boat when I left the country; it may well still be sailing.

[Tony Oliver]

Nice boat. I do like ones which push the water about a bit - gives them an air of authority.

Tony

[David Smith]

Thanks, it wasn't going flat out when that picture was taken! I was once sailing it on our local pond (Black Park at Slough) and met someone who had served on the MGBs in the war. He reckoned mine was just right at full bore. I'd like another, but the post from the UK is too much. Here's another pic.

[The Commodore]

Well, to join in the fun, here's my combat warship, doing what combat warships do best.

(hint - mine's the one doing the shooting. :D)

To see more, have a look at http://www.mwci.org/members/cpearce

Enjoy!
Chris

(oops, trying again - picture was too big...)

(big oops!)

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Leroy, I just noticed your Coast Guard Life Boat.
Very nice. That's a 45' isn't it?

Commodore,
Nice action shot. Post it over in the Micro RC Forum. We can't seem to get anyone to post there.
http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/index.php?act=SF&f=26

Chris, Why do you guys shoot your bilge pumps straight up into the air? I prefer not to advertise that my ship is taking on water.

[Tachikaze]

Umi,
If you notice the ship pumping is an allied battleship. Allied skippers are not like Axis skippers, they have more difficulty in determining if their boats are working or not.
The Bilge pump fires up into the air so that the allied skipper knows that their boat is taking on water. Usually the allied skipper is not aware that they are sinking until the mast light disappears below the waves.:p

[LEROY]

The Coast Guard Lifeboat is a Midwest kit of the USCG's newest 47' lifeboat manufactured by Textron. It's about 36" long, powered by two 05 motors.

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Well done job on the Midwest Cutter Leroy.

I just got the LST to first paint today and thought I would post a "latest" pic. I did forget to sand and paint the stack though.

[Tachikaze]

Tonyo,
I hope that some day, standing from the deck oy your USS Blue Devil you have the opportunity to see this.:D

[Tachikaze]

The INS Alfredo Oriani, like much of the Axis Fleet took a lot of damage during the last combat over Memorial Day Weekend. But we dished out a lot more than we recieved. Here you see the Oriani limping back into port after a twilight battle. Listing heavily to starboard with the aft gun blown off and the foreward gun reduced to only the firing barrel. A lot of damage, but usual for this type of combat.:rolleyes:

[Beez]

I just found these message boards today and read through all theposts in the scale boat section. There is some great talent and advice here, I'm glad I found it. I will try to post a couple of photos of my boat, if notheing shows up. maybe someone can email me and tell me how to post photos.

This is my first RC boat and it is the Pono semi kit from Harbor Models. It is 1:24 scale, 40 inches long, and it has 3 12volt batteries powering 2 Pittman 3700 motors. They are reduced by a 2.5 to 1 belt drive to 3.5 inch 4 blade props. The motors are independent and I used Electronize FR30HX speed controllers. I'm very happy with the quality, price and service from Electronize. There are still many details left to be added to my tug but it is operational so I can play with it at the pond.
http://rcgallery.net/showphoto.php?photo=2328&papass=&sort=1&thecat=524
http://rcgallery.net/showphoto.php?photo=2329&papass=&sort=1&thecat=524

[Tony Oliver]

Tachikaze - what on earth is that? I think if I did see it, I'd try and chop it in half by ramming it. It looks like something you don't argue with.

The only thing it resembles is some type of fast torpedo boat?

Tony

[Tachikaze]

Tonyo,
That is the light Italian destroyer INS Alfredo Oriani. This is how she looked after a days worth of combat at the end of a twilight battle.
You will note that the forward section of the bridge deck house has been pierced and that several sections of the weather deck are now gone. The forward gun has been reduced to just the operational barrel and the aft scale gun is completely missing.
This ship is armed with two 3/16" CO2 powered cannon, one fore and one aft. She also carries mines and counter measures.
This is an example of what a day in the life of a R/C Combat Warship looks like.:D

[Tony Oliver]

........utters strangled cry; shakes head, and wanders off in a dazed and confused state............

No, sorry, I didn't make myself clear - it was the previous pic I meant - the DKM S-38 one.

Tony

[Tachikaze]

Tonyo,
The DKM S-38 is a Schnelleboote. German fast attack torpedo boat, called an E-Boat by the allied navies.
It runs on two automatic camera rewind motors with a 6.2V battery pack. It fires two metal rods, 2 1/4" long and 1/4" in diameter. It is 17 1/2" long. It has navigational lights for night combat and can lay down a smoke screen.

Phil

[Tony Oliver]

Thanks - didn't recognise it from that angle. I actually built one about 35 years ago - the brain's going, I think!

tony