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Thousands flocked to Philadelphia’s Delaware Waterfront for free family fun at Pennsylvania Coast Day on Sept. 9, 2017. Please visit DelawareEstuary.org/pennsylvania-coast-day for details.
Credit: Renée Brecht of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Shown during construction at the Canberra model ship expo at Melba ACT.
Looking forward to seeing this one finished.
''DANIEL ADAMSON '' - SALOON -
My wife's family came to visit us from out of state. On Saturday we all visited the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport. The model ship was on display above the information counter.
NSW "A" Class State Titles - Kogarah Bay, NSW, Australia, 10-11/10/09. www.radiosailing.org.au Nikon D90, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Hoya Pro UV, hand held.
Not only birdwatchers at Brockholes Nature Reserve. This man was having fun with a radio controlled boat!
In the early 1960s launched a range of three clockwork boats moulded in plastic. in the words of the Meccano Magazine of the the time - 'Hornby Speed Boats
Famed for Reliabiliy and Realism
'Here are three excellent scale models of popular marine craft. Each is powered by a strorng nickel-plated clockwork motor, giving 120 to 140 feet on one winding. Propellors and adjustable rudders are of solid brass. You'll be proud to own a Hornby Speedboat. The use of high impact Polystyrene in these models enables toughness and strength to be combined with greater buoyancy and accurate detailing of the decks and superstructure.'
In practice while closer to 'models' compared with their Triang competitors, they were less robust and with too many small pieces to fall off, get lost or be broken. One innovation was a buoyancy aid for the keys.
In addition to the RAF launch shown here there was an open cock pit speed boat and a patrol boat. They turn up at toy auctions from time to time....
Using my other hull (this one goes to the Hercules kit), we determined placement and spacing for the cleats.