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I noticed this kit had been for sale on eBay for some time, and when it popped up in my previous browsing history yesterday, I was surprised to see it was still available.
An acceptable offer was made to fill this small gap in my Classic Model Power Boat collection, and it has been accepted.
I have always liked the look of the Aerokits Sea Nymph ever since I saw a nicely built and painted one in the 1960’s.
It is a good looking model boat…….if only it was a little bigger….
Bob.
An acceptable offer was made to fill this small gap in my Classic Model Power Boat collection, and it has been accepted.
I have always liked the look of the Aerokits Sea Nymph ever since I saw a nicely built and painted one in the 1960’s.
It is a good looking model boat…….if only it was a little bigger….
Bob.
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Finding suitable outboards is a real problem especially if you want some performance. Not a problem with Faun as it's only a slow river/lake cruiser. You asked about a smaller TFL outboard on another thread, compared to what I've got for my Sprite Plus build. They do one but I passed on one because it's not a traditional looking outboard as it has a curved "shaft" for the flexi-drive. Could be fitted to a Sprite but doesn't really suit the old classics. There are more 3D printed options becoming available though if you can get one at the right size.
How about a Sea Urchin?
Swap the troublesome outboard mounted rudder for one of your smaller outboard motors.
I have a new Sea Urchin kit hidden away somewhere and mounting the outboard rudder assembly and finding a suitable rudder linkage has been a bit of an off-put, but replacing the rudder with a small outboard motor should be a really simple fix/upgrade.......and I think it would suite the boat beautifully.
Once I can find a small outboard motor I think I will have a go at that - wish I had thought of it years ago!
It could be a marriage made in heaven.
Bob.
But I wouldn't want to modify a nice kit like that and in any case to add to your previous post I think that would be one for Will as keeper of the kits!
I know what you mean about laser ply but as long as it's well painted it's not a problem. Better than Liteply which I refuse to touch. So a new kit could be an option and my first! There are other old models to consider as well.
When I first saw this new rudder assembly, I thought that the tiller arm was missing, but these early rudders were intended to have the same piece of metal bar (that is the rudder pivot shaft) being bent-over to fit onto the ratchet!
Crude and basic, but it would have been typical for the age of this kit when most model boats were powers by small diesel engines and run as "straight runners" across the width of the local pond or boating lake.
Bob
I paid too much for the kit (I could have had a new reproduction laser-cut copy kit for the same money) - but I like the original old saw-cut kits and enjoy building them "as they were intended" to be all those years ago.
The new reproduction kits will probably fit together better too, but being laser-cut the plywood used will be water bonded..........and I prefer the resin bonded birch plywood used in these original kits, and I think it will be more durable in the longer term.
Not all Classic Model Power Boats get to see the water too often, and nice clean classic original kits like this one tend to get snapped-up by the collectors and are never built, but I like to drive my model power boats as often as I can and so maybe I should not build this particular kit?
One option that I have is to copy all the parts by cutting new replacements and building them instead. This would preserve a really nice original kit, so if anyone would like to have it, please let me know and I will build a copy from new wood.
Bob.
The unopened brown envelope of Aerokits tacks would probably reveal the "coppered" or "brassed" finish that was used on the steel tacks that are inside.
I would not build this kit with these original tacks as they always rust - something I have noticed on all the Keil Kraft supplied model boat kits that I have restored over the years. I would use new brass tacks instead.
Good wood quality is not always associated with some of the original Aerokits kits, but this one looks to be quite good - very much unlike my Aerokits Fast Patrol Launch (bought new in 1971) that had very dry and hairy wood in the box. Maybe this kit is a little older when more care was taken with the wood selection?
The price on the box was 25 shillings and 8 pence, so this price could also suggest that it is an early kit as the price was higher in later years.
Bob.
This kit has finally been safely delivered after the Royal Mail parcel delivery service went rogue.
When checking the tracking number provided, Royal Mail claimed to have tried to deliver but could not access the address. This seemed a little strange as we have lived at our current address for over 40 years and get deliveries of mail most days of the week.........mostly from Royal Mail.
Further checking discovered that Royal Mail had been trying to deliver to a postal code that was not ours. This caused the seller and myself to check the eBay delivery label, and that delivery label was found to be absolutely correct and with the correct postal code - not the one that the tracking showed.
I went to our local post office and they confirmed that the delivery address that Royal Mail could not deliver to actually belonged to the large building next door to them, and that building was the local Royal Mail Sorting Office !
The tracking showed that Royal Mail could not gain access to their own sorting office - despite trying to deliver it to themselves TWICE!
Our RING camera showed a Royal Mail van arrive on our drive unusually early this morning and the driver took a parcel directly to our agreed "safe place" that is always used to receive parcels if we are away or not in when the positive calls.
When I came down stairs this morning I found a red Royal Mail delivery card in the letter box with a hand drawn "smiley face" on it with a short message to let me know that my parcel had been delivered!
Fortunately the parcel was very well padded and wrapped and the box inside was undamaged - in fact it is the most pristine example of a genuine original Aerokits kit that I have ever seen - it is absolutely perfect!
The price written on the back of the box was 25 shillings and 8 pence.
Bob.
Hi Will,
As far as I know, the Sea Nymph is 18” long.
I would be happy to copy all the kit parts and then pass the original unbuilt kit on afterwards,
Using my own strip wood would mean that I only have to draw around the keel, cabin sides and bulkheads etc before returning them to the box.
All the strip wood would remain as originally packed as I would use my own.
Of course, finding a collector that does not already have a Sea Nymph in his collection may not be that easy…….😂
Sorry I cannot help with parts for the Sea Scout - mine is already built.
Bob.
It's about 18" isn't it? So slightly longer than the Sea Urchin.
Will