adzam

ok doke, a boat taht i`ve only had in the water once since obtaining her at ellesmere port exhibition.

i was informed it was brave borderer of teh brave class type torpedoe boats, however i have been unable to match this against the registration number as of yet.
the model is scratch built on a metcalfe fibreglass hull with some metal and resin cast fittings. powered by a single screw ( the real boats had triple screws) . she is aprox 34 inches long and handles very well. the bow lifts nicely on the plane with a 8.4v nicad and even a 7.2 v nocad pack. but she was built for 12v power !!!
powered by a robbe 700 bb turbo motor (direct drive) to an aggressive propellor she really does fly as the pics show.........




just to prove that the pic was not just a `lucky shot ` on a small wave, here`s another ......




in the water at full tilt there is only about 4 inches of hull in the water.

just like how one of these should go !!!

cheers

Adz..


p.s thanx to No.6 for the pics

Uncivil Serpent

Hi Adzam,

Perkasa was built by Vospers for Malaysian Navy, and not sure of pennant number, but Brave Borderer was P1011, and Brave Swordsman P1012. Only two in class.

Of similar appearance were the Scimitar class fast patrol boats, but numbers on hull do not correspond with your model either viz. Cutlass P274; Sabre P275; Scimitar P271. However these appear not to have been fitted with forward guns as on model.

Sorry can't be more help on that score.

Chris

dynamite25

Hi adzam nice boat mines is just a bit bigger at 49 inches i've had mine for 6 or 7 yrs now still needs alot of work to be done to it i've got a post on mine on here somewhere

Bluewavestudios

Nice model Adzam and those pics are excellent, you certainly get the impression of speed from them.

Looks to be a fun model to sail.

Regards........Mark.

ajg141

It looked great on the pond this afternoon Adzam - and was almost as fast as Bill's freighter!

noobee captain

Nice pictures Adzam, I know you like speedy boats and this one looks about right for you.

Noobee

adzam

well i was going to ask for drag race but my brother advised me against it, in all fairness bills freighter is a lovely looking model


and noobee captain, nice to see you here again, thought we had lost you, hows the kit build doing ?



Adz..

parker

hi looking for a 1:35 scale model of brave boaderer. in kit or built any one help

adzam

hi parker

kingstin mouldings do a brake borderer/perkasa hull at 1/32
contacting them should shed some light on plans for the hull also


http://www.kingstonmouldings.com/home.htm#