Archive for the 'Boat' Category

Published by kyle on 24 Jan 2007

HMS Dauntless

Yesterday I took the afternoon off and went to watch the launch of the HMS Dauntless. Anne had gotten us some tickets, and my dad came along as well. The last time I saw a boat being launched I must’ve been about 7 years old. I barely remember it, other than it being inside the assembly hall. Dauntless was launched from the slipway, and there was a nice display from an EH101 beforehand too. Didn’t get too good a view of the ship after it went into the water, but I’ll go for a wander at the weekend and possibly get a picture or two.

The next Type 45

Boat, Events

Published by kyle on 25 Dec 2006

Next model

After many unsuccessful, or just plain disastrous, flights of my new R/C Helicopter, I have finally decided that building, owning, or using a model aircraft will never be for me. I had a glider once, and it crashed spectacularly and often, always after launch, usually resulting in the central wing ribs shattering in many different and hard to fix ways. The R/C car that I have is fun, but noisy and prone to damage upon impact with, say, kerbs. Hence why I’m building a boat. The speed freak in me is still present though, and to satiate it’s inner desire, I’m going to order up the plans for an Ekranoplan. The bestest, geekiest, greatest boat of them all :-)

Aeroplanes, Boat, Cool things, Modelling

Published by kyle on 18 Dec 2006

Boat ESC

It’s about time I made some progress on my model boat, and in the process of looking for some bits for it I stumbled across this homebrew electronic speed controller. It’s tempting to build it for the boat, but I get the feeling that I’d procrastinate even more and never do it. Time will tell and the results will be published here :-)

Boat, Modelling

Published by kyle on 13 Oct 2005

Boat

Got some more work on it done last night. I now have a completed rudder assembly. Now I need to finish the rear transom, fit the servo kit for the rudder, and put on some of the hull.

Boat, Modelling

Published by kyle on 21 May 2005

Boat

Well, progress on the boat is steadily coming on. The superstructure is built, with the stempiece and bulkheads all in place, and looking the right shape. The transom is also installed and elevated to roughly what the designs say. It’s now gotten to the stage where I can fit the rudder, prop and other drive equipment. I’d rather get those bought and installed before going on any further with the rear decking, so that’s the next task :-)

Boat, Modelling