Showing posts with label model boats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label model boats. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2026

Open day haul

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  You won't be surprised that I managed to swap a fiver on the Bring'n'Buy stall for some stuff I probably don't need, altho...
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Sunday, June 21, 2026

KMBC Open Day 2026

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Time for a break from all things toy trains, with a day spent lakeside, enjoying the Knightcote Model Boat Club open day.  The weather was k...
Sunday, June 07, 2026

Dad's celebration day

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  What a wonderful day! My Dad didn't want a funeral, but we felt that there ought to be some sort of celebration of his life - a chance...
Tuesday, June 02, 2026

Battery management

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  Preparing Dad's boats for use has made me face up to the state of the batteries we own. It's very frustrating to try charging one ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Putting Puffin on the water

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Time to launch the second of my Dad's boats, for his celebration day on the 31st . I've already sailed his Victorian launch , but th...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Lifeboat day 2026

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Lifeboat day dawned grey and cloudy, but when I arrived at the lakeside, everything was set up, and looking good. I'd even got there ear...
Friday, May 15, 2026

Testing Dad's boats part 1

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  If I'm going to see some of my Dad's boats on the water during his celebration day , I better see if any of them are working.  Fir...
Monday, November 17, 2025

My weird classic car show haul

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Yes, I bought stuff at the classic car show.  First, something you are supposed to buy at this sort of event - a sales brochure for a Crylse...
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Thursday, July 31, 2025

The mystery Lehmann boat is back!

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  If you wait long enough, I believe that most things you want will turn up at some point. So it is with this Lehmann (LGB) ship. I acquired...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

KMBC Open Day 2025

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It's a long while since I've put a boat on the water. And my last visit to the KMBC pond on an organised day, well I can't remem...
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Friday, May 09, 2025

The Web Model Fitting Co.

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  I love an old modelmaking catalogue, and picked up this gem at York. Can you imagine such a bombastic cover appearing nowadays?  Inside th...
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Monday, July 22, 2024

Sailing into Model Boats magazine

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  I've not done this for a while - appeared in Model Boats magazine ! The subject of my review is the Heng Long ready-to-sail tugboat t...
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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Back on the water - Pigeon Pie

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  2007 was a good year for my boat modelling, not only did I build Little Miss Minty , as seen yesterday, but it also saw me finish the prid...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Back on the water - Little Miss Minty

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  For the open day, I decided that I wasn't going to just sail the "Thursday Boats" that live at home for the rare occasions w...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

More junk

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  At the weekend, we had the model boat club open day, and since I'm short of material, we'll start by looking at the junk I bought ...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Danger: Boat club auction

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The annual model boat club auction can be dangerous. Since the members never want to spend any money, I've picked up rather more "s...