Thursday morning seemed like a nice time for a sail. The weather forecast had predicted a new ice age but once the rain had cleared a bright, if parky, day emerged.
Earlier in the week my Dad had bought a RTR Thunder Tiger model boat. We'd plugged the receiver in and charged the battery so it was time for the maiden voyage. On the water the model behaved very well and was soon heading for the far side of the lake to test the radio reception range.
About 2/3rds of the way across it started making horrible grinding sound. A loud crunching that isn't what you want to hear from any model boat. We rushed to the far side with a rescue pole but half way there realised the problem. Despite the nice weather the water had a very thin sheet of ice on it. A what which the pole quickly broke it up. The noise we heard was the boat ploughing its way through this and making a nice neat channel.
Once reversed out the model returned to normal silent running. It;'s an excellent model with a reasonable but not to excessive turn of speed and fantastic maneuverability. It looks pretty good too and with a little detailing should come up a treat. Sadly the model is discontinued but is turning up in plenty of places for a stupidly cheap 99 quid. Well worth it.
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