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15 blogsClassic Model Power Boats. 1950's onwards.
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Classic Model Power Boats is a title that I have used for many years to describe the group of model boats that most interest me and that …
Rapier X.
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The recent (and on-going) interest in the LesRo Rapier has now reached a peak where more people would like to own one than there are avai…
A Spy In My Workshop?
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Can you see me? This characterisation of myself in my workshop that chugalone100 has produced is worryingly accurate. It depicts my fondn…
Aerokits Sea Commander. Strange Handling ?
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I have been very pleased with my copy of a Sea Commander, but it does exhibit a strange desire to “dive” if it should turn RIGHT into cho…
Adding Strakes to Older Finished Models.
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Add Strakes. Some of the older boats that I have salvaged and rebuilt, or restored have had new strakes added to the hulls, even though t…
Making Some New Strakes.
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Hardwood Strakes. I like to see strakes on the underside of my model power boats (where appropriate) and some hulls such as the deep “V” …
Vic Smeed Remora from 1964 Model Maker Free Plan
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When I was at school and in my young to mid teens, I liked to read the Model Maker magazine that was current at that time. Although it wa…
1:12 Swordsman from Aerokits Kit Plan and Bulkhead Drawings from Chris.
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My first ever classic r/c power boat model was built in the 1960’s from an Aerokits Swordsman kit that was paid for from my meagre appren…
Original LesRo Sportsman Restoration.
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The original shape LesRo Sportsman is a model that had eluded me for many years, but I always liked the look of it, so when one came up o…
LesRo Sportsman (?) Restoration
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I have managed to acquire this model boat from a friend. The pictures that I will include as I work my way through it suggest to me (wish…
LesRo Rapier.
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Rapier1. When the first lock-down came along I dug out a couple of old wrecks that had been thrown away and had been saved from a skip so…
Classic Water-Cooled Model Power Boat Engines.
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Back in the 1960's when I made my first Classic Model Power Boat kit (an Aerokits Swordsman) almost everyone that ran model power boats c…
Fitzroy Storm Glass
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I was given this Storm Glass for my 76th birthday last month, and to be honest , I am not too sure what to make of it? This storm glass c…
Southport Lake
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This picture was taken by a friend on Sunday morning after everyone else had gone home to lunch - but it does show the club lake quite well.
How many model boats are symmetrical.
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Having built, restored, and bought quite a few old model boat kits over the years, I have always been surprised to find how non-symmetric…