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Scratch building 7 Faireys at a scale of 1:12 and also have 2 built by Dave Milbourn

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My RTR/ARTR Plastic Power Boats

I bought the Club 500 first, ready assembled, off a fellow club member so that I could get used to operatin…

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Non-Classic Fairey Builds

These come from the era of classic boats, including the 1960s and 70s and were timber hulled. The Fisherman…

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Other Classic Fairey Builds

In addition to the Huntress I'm building all the other classic Faireys at the same scale of 1:12. None of t…

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Fairey Huntresses

I mainly scratch build my own models but when Dave Milbourn offered me one of the prototypes he'd built for…

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My ARTR Plastic Yachts

I bought the HydroPro Affinity not long after I started the hobby to learn to sail and do some club racing.…

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Fairey Huntsman 31

This build is around the same percentage complete as my Swordsman - the hull is further forward with the bottom and sides being painted b…

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vor 24 Stunden

Fairey Swordsman 33

The hull sides have been painted white and will now be left for a week or more for the paint to harden. Reason I leave it that long is I …

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vor 1 Tag

Solent Spear

A discussion has started on another thread (Bobs,* A Super Rapier*) and this is going to continue so thought it best to start one of its …

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vor 4 Tagen

Fairey Fisherman 27

Made the bilge keels from two laminations of mahogany sheet to get the correct thickness and then glued them in place. Once this was done…

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vor 8 Tagen

Fairey Huntsman 28

In my quest to get all my Faireys to something like completion I have dusted off this model. The Huntsman 28, whilst well known in full-s…

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vor 27 Tagen

Swordsman Marine Swordsman 37

Having virtually finished the drawings for a future build, the Bruce Campbell Christina 25, and enjoying a bit of drawing associated with…

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vor 2 Monaten

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Harbour commentvor 57 MinutenRe: Aerokits Sea Nymph.@zooma I still want to do something with the small, limited power outboards that I bought for the Faun before I decided to go inboard and that could be a contender. But I wouldn't want to modify a nice kit lik…Harbour commentvor 4 StundenRe: Sprite Plus@zooma Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the ball jointed connectors and have used them myself! I have thought about using a servo on it's side before but the swing of the arm meant that I didn't really gain anythin…Harbour commentvor 4 StundenRe: Aerokits Sea Nymph.@zooma That timber does look good!Harbour commentvor 7 StundenRe: Sprite Plus@zooma Something I've always thought about with mounting a servo on its side is the arc that the arm makes. How do you deal with that at the rudder arm to allow for the vertical movement?Build blog commentvor 18 StundenRe: build blog@chugalone100 Thanks Julian. No, you haven't missed anything as I didn't log my builds from the start on here. I'll put some info. together for posting. Chris Forum replyvor 18 StundenRe: Calling Electrical/Electronic ExpertsHi David, thanks for the thoughts and observations. Mentioning the cooling, or lack thereof, limiting the performance made me think that the max.capacity of 4S also means that the ESC is operating near it's up…♥ 4 likes Build blog commentvor 21 StundenRe: build blog@chugalone100 Nice detailing there Julian, good to put your own stamp on the build. So different to what I build. Chris♥ 1 like Forumvor 22 StundenCalling Electrical/Electronic ExpertsI've just started the RC installation in my Fairey Swordsman 33 and am seeking some advice/thoughts. This model is using my biggest brushless motor as follows: Overlander Tornado Thumper V3 4250/06 800KV - Bru…♥ 4 likes5 replies Harbour commentvor 24 StundenRe: Aerokits Sea Scout@zooma I don't think it's so important with small models and I didn't do the Faun Bob. And especially if they aren't scale models which are lacking detail anyway like window frames. Dave Milbourn didn't plank …

♥ 3 likes Build blog updatevor 24 StundenFairey Huntsman 31As with the Swordsman I've returned to this one to finish painting the superstructure, that is the roofs. I've routinely mentioned my love/hate relationship with painting and this did nothing to improve it! Th…

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