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Post by wizer on Jun 10, 2008 6:51:36 GMT
Hi Guys It's always been an ambition of mine to build a timber speed boat. Tho this will be a project for a long way in the future as I just don't have the time or health to be messing around in boats. However I have been looking for a long term project to keep me ticking over in the workshop and I'm considering making a scaled motorised model boat. I have some experience with RC Cars in my youth. This is the sort of design I'd want, both for the model and the future full scale.  Thing is, I wouldn't know where to start! Would there be plans for this sort of thing? I'd want to do it from scratch, not a kit. |
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Post by jfc on Jun 10, 2008 7:20:50 GMT
Selway Fisher sell the full plans of all the boats they have designed and built . They cost around £100 and you get plans and a cutting list .
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Post by wizer on Jun 10, 2008 7:46:03 GMT
oh yeh looks like there is just the one on there, Thanks Jason.
I wonder how detailed the plans are.
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Post by jfc on Jun 10, 2008 7:50:50 GMT
Very ! I have a set ;D
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Post by sainty on Jun 10, 2008 7:51:34 GMT
I have to say that every time someone links to these plans I loose about 1/2 hour of my day instantly. I love looking at the plans and dream of making something that floats one day. Given that I am in Southampton and there is not shortage of water to play only makes it worse. Still, it's nice to dream....maybe one day when the kids are a bit oder......  |
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Post by engineerone on Jun 10, 2008 10:19:05 GMT
you mean the kids don't smell enough right now  ;D you can also try the american magazine wooden boat, on their web site they often have a number of plans for all kinds of boats paul  |
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Post by tusses on Jun 10, 2008 12:03:10 GMT
I regularly get lost for hours in here www.vintageprojects.com/they have boat plans , and I think RC plans too, so you might be able to combine them and make an RC boat |
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Post by Lord Nibbo on Jun 11, 2008 13:40:34 GMT
here's another place for plans www.bateau.com/THey also have a good link on the home page for material suppliers. |
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Post by wizer on Jun 11, 2008 18:48:42 GMT
thanks Nibbs. I have been doing some reading today and I think I am going to go for a kit model. With no boat building experience, I'm unlikely to 'get it right' first time. It will at least give me some exposure to boat building terms and mechanisms.
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Post by jfc on Jun 11, 2008 21:39:32 GMT
Not sure what the cost of those plans are but selway urge you to make a scale model before you start building the big boat . They are the plans that the boat builders use so it may be money saving to buy the full plans and scale them down to really understand boat building . On the other hand i can tell you that the plans did my head in and took weeks to work them out .
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Post by wizer on Jun 12, 2008 8:47:01 GMT
lol I'm a bit thick Jason. Probably best I work on a kit first and then work my way up to scaling down plans.  |
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Post by wizer on Jun 12, 2008 8:48:13 GMT
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