Edinburgh Model Boat club Regatta Pt.3

adzam · 18-09-2005

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noobee captain · 21-09-2005

Chris,

who built the Grampian Orcades? She is a lovely bot. Is it kit or scratch built???

James

adzam · 21-09-2005

lo james, i think ajg141 could give more info on that model.
i`ll try and find out for you.

ajg141 · 25-09-2005

James

Spoke to the owner/builder this afternoon. The Grampian Orcades was built by EMBC member Eric Carrington. The fibreglass hull was produced by W Woods of Aberdeen to a scale of 1/50th. Superstructure (and everything apart from the hull) is scratch built from plasticard, wood and brass. It is powerd by a 12v motor and has a single Kort nozzle. The original prototype (built in Denmark in 1991/2) apparently had something called a tunnel thruster but this was abandoned. The model took 2 1/2 years to complete.

Andrew

magpie · 20-03-2006

Very nice boats Adz

Jason

artic-corsair · 21-03-2006

very jealous.

artic-corsair · 21-03-2006

i wish i had the patience to build models to that standard, i always start off thinking "i'm going to take my time and build it to look good " and the next thing you know a show pops up and you think " i know i'll get it done for then " , and i end up rushing it to get it ready, why does that happen?.