Lauriem
Basis
Petty Officer 1st Class · 241 pt
Perth. WA, Australia
Lid sinds dec 2008
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5 boots(Pleasure Craft) Clare (a Basil Harley 'Mabel')
Made in the 1980's from a simple, balsa hulled design in 'Model Boats' magazine. Powered by a purchased 'US…
(Naval Ship) K D Perkasa
Build was covered in build blog on this website (Motor: Turnigy 4084 - 620KV) (ESC: Turnigy) (10/10)
(Fire Boat) Scimitar
I built this originally in 1974 with a Veco 61 glow plug engine in it. it ran on lakes in Western Australia…
(Naval Ship) PT109
Recently completed, this DUMAS kit is a bit of a disappointment in that its stability - or lack of it - loo…
(Working Vessel) Le Marignan
Built from a 'New Maquettes' kit in 1984 and it was quite a difficult kit being plank on frame. Some repair…
Lauriem’s bouwlogs
3 blogsI'm starting to build a Veron kit of the Vosper Rescue-target towing launch, which I bought on Ebay. This boat seems quite rare - well to…
Finally completed after 35 years, must be a record! Boiler clad in balsa insulation and then mahogany strips. Four channel radio, throttl…
Nothing completes a model like adding some crew to drive It, so at last I have added five scale figures from the Battle Crafts range and …
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+2♥ 1 like1 comment1,698 viewsPerkasaThis is a 49" Perkasa built from a ply Precedent kit - the build blog is on this site. Videoed from a 46" Fireboat on a lake in Western Australia. Neither boat is running at top speed, which is spectacular but…♥ 6 likes873 viewsNaval pinnace or Picket boat completedThanks for the compliments - a long time coming but eventually worth it. And now for something different......♥ 1 like1,463 viewsNaval Pinnace (or Royal Navy steam picket boat)Finally completed after 35 years, must be a record! Boiler clad in balsa insulation and then mahogany strips. Four channel radio, throttle, steering, reverser and gas isolation valve - in case the prop gets st…
♥ 2 likes3 comments3,531 viewsClareHI Roger, hadn't thought of a tube, and it's a lot simpler than my yacht keel idea! Laurie1,047 viewsClareHi Roger, I have put a couple of bits of flat lead sheet in it but not very much. With a flat bottom hull it really isn't very stable, with little of the hull in the water and no real 'self centering' influenc…1,046 viewsClareThanks Roger♥ 1 like1,046 viewsPT109HI blucher, I'm a bit late in replying but even if I had started straight away and Concorde was still flying I doubt I could have got there in time. I live about 14000km away in Perth, Western Australia.......…♥ 2 likes1,049 viewsPT109Hi, I bought my Perkasa fittings from http://www.battlecrafts.co.uk/ They are not cheap!♥ 1 like1,048 viewsPT109HI blucher, The PT109 was built from a Dumas Boats plywood kit which is reasonably heavy, very strong and quite rigid. it has a quite shallow prop shaft angle which allows the motor to sit very low in the boat…♥ 1 like1,048 views