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Been making r/c model power boats since the 1960's - and riding off road bicycles even longer!
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21 bateausAerokits Sea Nymph.
I noticed this kit had been for sale on eBay for some time, and when it popped up in my previous browsing h…
Sprite Plus
Ce Sprite Plus est une version allongée du LesRo Sprite qui mesure maintenant 30” de long afin d'en faire u…
Un autre Rapier ?
J'ai acquis un autre LesRo Rapier, mais je ne suis pas sûr d'avoir assez de temps pour le restaurer complèt…
Original LesRo Sprite
More Like a Swamp Buggy? I bought this model in fairly rough condition on eBay as it was the first LesRo Sp…
Rapier 2.
This is another Rapier (my second) that I am restoring after buying it unseen. Being the second original Le…
Aerokits Sea Scout
I have had this old original Aerokits Sea Scout model for quite some time and I am not too sure what to do …
Aerokits Patrol Launch
When we got married and moved to live in Exmouth in 1971, our first “winter letting” was just a few yards a…
My Workshop (shed).
My Workshop (shed). Can you see me? This characterisation of myself in my workshop that chugalone100 has pr…
zooma’s journaux de construction
15 blogsClassic 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 …
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…
Can you see me? This characterisation of myself in my workshop that chugalone100 has produced is worryingly accurate. It depicts my fondn…
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…
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…
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” …