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The model boating lake at Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast, UK. Boats, children, parents and grandparents watching and relaxing. Ice-cream. Dogs. Swallows chattering and swooping overhead. Nearby, the ever-present presence of the sea breaking on shingle. The shingle that stretches into the distance. Countless pebbles that seem to go on forever. Nikon D200 - also going on forever.
Steveston/Richmond, BC Canada
With over 3075 T37 Racing Sloops sailing across the world, T37 fleets have emerged around the US to bring like-minded sailors and racers together for competitive and fun racing! Whether match-racing with just two boats or sailing with 20 others, T37 sailing is fun for sailors of all ages and experiences.
Some of the biggest T37 fleets are located in the Pacific Northwest; one of the fastest growing of these fleets is the Port Townsend, Washington fleet. Since its formation only a few years ago, the fleet has grown from zero boats to 43 boats.
Because the T37 Racing Sloop is a one-design class, sailors do not have to buy expensive boats or fancy sails to 'get an edge'; instead, T37 racing is about strategy and model boat racing skills.
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Radio controlled model boat enthusiast beside the lake at Papplewick Pumping Station, Nottinghamshire.
Note diver as well as Action Man !
Yes, the Gipping Valley Model Boat Club is back, this time with a slightly different set of vessels!
I liked the way this one was really cutting a dash (and a wave) though the ripples!
This model was recently donated to the Scottish Maritime museum, and the lads from the Irvine Model Boat club got it back into running order in time for the Museum's model weekend. Here's hoping the Museum have lots of fun with it.
A beautiful collection of radio-controlled models of some of Sydney's Manly ferry fleet from over the years.
PS Brighton was almost as big as the much later South Steyne.
Built in Scotland and launched in 1882, it sailed to Sydney via the Cape of Good Hope, in a dramatic 89 day voyage, surviving many storms, and arriving in Sydney with much damage. She served the Sydney to Manly route for 32 years, and her hulk can today be found in Port Stephens NSW.
. When your First Minister says do NOT leave your house for three months then a man has to do something! The aircraft are from kits and the larger one actually flies. The boats are freelance scratch built and sail with radio control. Now looking for another interesting project.
This model shows Britannic as a hospital ship. Following the sinking of the Titanic, the Board of Trade insisted that her sister ship Britannic should be fitted with additional lifeboats (and the correspondingly large davits). This wooden model is over 40 inches from stem to stern (= 1/250). Apart from the additional lifeboats around the fourth funnel Britannic differed slightly from Titanic - notice the additional raised after decks - one above the right-hand red cross and the other over the stern - with even more lifeboats.
The Britannic is a 'rescue ship' in more ways than one - it was started as RMS Titanic by an old gentleman who sadly died after only completing the hull. I was asked to finish it by his relatives in his memory. As I had already built Titanic it was agreed that I should build the superstructure as Britannic. It became a major project as there were many subtle (and some not so subtle) differences.
It has been pointed out that the stripe and crosses should be green - unfortunately I am colour blind and had no idea of my error.
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Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a Second World War operation by British engineers, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France in support of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
A cardboard model of the well known Titanic, completed this morning. It come in the form of a book of cardboard pages, with each component shape cutout, folded or bent, and then glued. Unfortunately lost the ventilator cutouts during the build, but I'm happy with the result. It was quite a challenge.
New club member Jim joined us at the Irvine Beachpark yesterday and treated us to our first views of some very nice models. Welcome aboard Jim.
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a Second World War operation by British engineers, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France in support of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
The bottom of the display has a slight tilt to suggest a ship moving atop waves.
Bergdorf Goodman Christmas window display in the Wish You Were Here series. Inspirations included Voyage dans la Lune, Jules Verne, Victorian aviation, vintage futurism, and more.
A 1:32 scale model of 'Fishershill', a steam tug built in 1946 and which, after sale and renaming from 'Empire Hilda', worked until 1968 in the Barrow docks system for James Fisher & Sons. She was scratch built by Furness Model Boat Club treasurer and founder member David Jacques, who spent about a year on the project. 'Fishershill', 42 inches long, is seen on Barrow Park lake during the fourth of five 2017 regattas staged by the club, which was founded in October 1996 and celebrates its 21st anniversary this year.
New club member Jim joined us at the Irvine Beachpark yesterday and treated us to our first views of some very nice models. Welcome aboard Jim.
With my model Carola, posing alongside the real Carola at the Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine. (See my set "Gooders Models" for more on the water shots of the model) .
The steam yacht CAROLA was built in 1898 by Scott & Sons Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Bowling, on the Clyde, for personal use of the Scott family, who owned her until 1959, when ownership passed to the company. She carried the family on holiday cruises, including annual visits to the family's summer home at Colintrave on the Kyles of Bute. She also took groups of senior yard staff on Clyde cruises, whilst in the winter months she served as a tender and tug.
During the Second World War, she was fitted with fire-fighting apparatus and a steam-driven fire pump to serve as a fire tender at the yard. In the 1950s, she broke away from her mooring on the River Leven and was blown ashore. Subsequently, she fell into a semi-derelict state and was sold in 1964 to a private owner, who kept her at Garelochhead and on the River Leven. He maintained her until 1970, when she was sold and for a time berthed at Bucklers Hard on the Lymington River.
In 1981, she was sold to a marine company called Plysolene, of Southwater, Sussex, and refitted for use as a promotional and corporate hospitality vessel. In 1990, ownership passed to Z-Guard Zinc Anodes Ltd, also of Southwater, Sussex. In 1992, the access flap to the boiler failed, filling the engine-room with steam and tragically killing two crewmen. Later in the 1990s, CAROLA was acquired by the Scottish Maritime Museum for display at Irvine. The funnel and hull are now painted in the original colours of cream and black respectively. Source: Paul Brown, Historic Ships The Survivors (Amberley, 2010), updated Feb 2011.
The model is at 1/24th scale, plank on frame, scratch built of 1mm ply on 3mm ply frames, most fittings hand made with some commercial items. She is electric powered and radio controlled, and can be seen sailing on the beachpark pond at Irvine on Sunday afternoons.
This is my 1:24 scale scratch-built model of the boat seen on the old Flipper TV series. The boat was a 22 ft. Thunderbird Iroqouis
Rotterdam anaglyph red/cyan
The Mataró model dates from the early 15th century and is by far the oldest ship model of Western Europe. The world famous object is one of the highlights of the collection of the Maritime Museum.
Oneof Steve's high speed beasts. Good time to keep my scale models off the water while these beasts are prfoming!
As part of 2017 Australia Day festivities at North Narrabeen, a display of radio controlled model boats was presented by the Maritime Model Boat Club of NSW.
To me the highlight, and the very reason I travelled several hundred kilometres that day, was the working model of the former Manly ferry, South Steyne. The owner had only had it's boiler re-certified that morning, and so was able to run it on Narrabeen Lake.
Fibreglass hull and funnels, with wooden superstructure that is illuminated, it is an outstanding model of some ten years vintage.
It truly was a delight to see this 2 metre model under it's own steam. What a shame we cannot get to see the prototype South Steyne, a true icon of Sydney Harbour, return to Darling Harbour, or better still (now dreaming) to steam again..
The real thing sits on the slipway at the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, and although supposedly being refurbished looks to be in a sorry state. At least the model is fully operational!.
(Scratch built, plank on frame, 1/24th scale, powered by 6v electric motor, 2 function R/C.)
My wife's family came to visit us from out of state. On Saturday we all visited the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport. Part of the model ships on display at the maritime museum.
Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston
located at 5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond, BC Canada
Richmond’s historical connection with the sea was celebrated at the 13th Annual Richmond Maritime Festival, a free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages enjoyed activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, wood carvers, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
Spent a couple of hours at the Irvine beachpark Pond with the TGB model on Wed evening, very Quiet, NO other boaters and very few dog walkers!
Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston
located at 5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond, BC Canada
Richmond’s historical connection with the sea was celebrated at the 13th Annual Richmond Maritime Festival, a free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages enjoyed activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, wood carvers, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
This is a work in progress: a 1:24 scale diorama of the ranger station and dock from the old Flipper TV series.
The real PARAT harbour tug was built in 1983 by the Detlef Hegemann Roland dockyard, and delivered in the same year to the Hamburg-based Luetgens & Reimers shipping company.
The ship is equipped with 2 VOITH-SCHNEIDER propellers, powered by 2 x 6-cylinder e 4T K.H. Deutz diesel engines each rated at 2460 BHP, giving the vessel a tensile power of 32.2 tonnes. The tug also features a comprehensive fire-fighting system for use in the lower Elbe region.
This Graupner model of the PARAT, has been developed with the help and support of the D. Hegemann Roland dockyard, who kindly supplied actual design office drawings. As with the full-size vessel the model is powered by 2 VOITH-SCHNEIDER propellers, although it is possible to replace the VOITH-SCHNEIDER units with two Schottel I drive units at the builder´s discretion.
The pair of VOITH-SCHNEIDER drive systems makes the tug extremely agile, as it is capable of manoeuvring in any direction. Installing an optional "tug" sound module allows the realistic reproduction of characteristic operating sounds such as diesel engines, foghorn, horn and winch noise. Additional working systems can also be installed, including rotating fire monitors, and extending the upper fire monitor to a height of 30 cm. Parts which are difficult to make, such as the hull, deck, bulwark, superstructure and bridge, are supplied highly pre-fabricated.
This model is on the model boat lake in Eastrop Park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Eastrop Park is an popular place for people to spend the day. A boating lake, tree trail, trim trail, children’s play area and a paddling pool are also available. Due to its high standards, Eastrop Park has been awarded the Green Flag Award for 2013-2014 and a management plan has been produced which sets out the future management of the park.
This model boating is also part of the River Loddon which runs through the park, feeds into a balancing pond in the wildlife area, where a dipping platform allows you to observe wildlife on, below and beside the water. Many birds inhabit this area including a resident kingfisher which can be seen hunting along the river.
The River Loddon is a river in the English counties of Berkshire and Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Thames, rising within the urban area of Basingstoke, 1.75 miles (2.8km) in the other direction and flowing to meet the Thames near the village of Wargrave. The river has a total length of 28 miles (45 km) and, together with its tributaries, drains an area of 400 square miles (1,036 km2).
Historically, the river has been important for milling, and the channel has been modified by the creation of mill ponds, weirs and sluices. Most of the mills used water wheels to generate their power, although two used water turbines. One was a silk mill for a short period, and one was a paper mill, with the rest milling corn or producing flour. Several have been converted to become homes or hotels, but one is still operated on an occasional basis. The river has been used for navigation in the past, although its exact nature is unclear.
The river is an important resource for wild life. Former gravel workings have become Loddon Nature Reserve and Dinton Pastures Country Park. A section of it is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest due to rare populations of bulbs and pondweed. It supports several species of fish, and recent improvements have included the provision of a fish bypass, to enable migrating fish to move around the mill site at Arborfield. The scheme has been implemented to comply with the Water Framework Directive and is expected to be a benchmark for similar schemes on other rivers.
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