This is the first post Iv put on any site so ......here goes.
I have 18 boats ..................Yes 18 , and Im still married lol !
Love this boat , just going through a re fit , power wise etc,
just was not powerful enough. and too clean .
so decided to try my hand at weathering .
a bit daunting building something "pristine '' ish
then trying to make it better by roughing it up .

wheelhouse plus some deck planking in place deck planking complete plus gunnel cappings complete boat completely scratch built on a fibre glass hull working winch scratch built boat powered by a 545 motot driving a 60 mm 3 blade prop Robert waterson angus

rc boat..........................................................................................................

Toms twin brother who I hope will also join us on the Model Boats Forum

my mate Toms Drifter his 1st build I hope to get him to join Model Boats soon so he can share in the vast amount of knowledge on here

Aerokit Sea Queen I built this about 10yrs ago sold it by chance it made its way back to me this year in a sorry state so it has been given a full overhaul and runs like a dream

built from a kit powered by twin brushless motors two 4c lipo batteries two 90a watercooled esc,s & twin brass props it runs a dream

Belle Margot was a birthday present from my wife I was not happy with the sails this model came with so I made a new set and put lead shot for ballast & put combing around the deck hatch she sails well with no ingress of water

the wood mast / boom were replaced with aluminium tube yokes made from aluminium new planked oak deck combing around the deck hatch the sails come off for transporting to the lake

Started Sir William Hoy in 2013 and is 45 inches in length and I am still working on the fittings and finishing. The original coal fired tug was built 1929 in the N.E. of England.
Both model tugs have twin motors geared down 6 to 1 and have differential steering.

Both these models are scratch built Durban tugs in 1:48 scale.

Built J.R. More between 2011 and 2012 and is 41 inches in length. The original oil fired tug was built 1961 on the Clyde and was one of the last steam tugs to be built on the Clyde. This tug still exists at the Durban Museum and is undergoing restoration.

Started Sir William Hoy in 2013 and is 45 inches in length and I am still working on the fittings and finishing. The original coal fired tug was built 1929 in the N.E. of England.
Both model tugs have twin motors geared down 6 to 1 and have differential steering.

Started 1 Oct 2014. Designed by Bennett to take an action man figure. I decided to use a drawing manikin. First try was without manikin and a great success. Still working on it to get Manakin rowing properly. 8Th feb tested and a sucsess but does not like strong wind.