Placement of RC Equipment  I'm at the point of installing the RC components in my Hellen Trawler. I have a 2.4Ghz system. Any placement pit falls to watch out for regarding location ...

Lindberg PT 109 Missing Part  For anyone who built the Lindberg PT 109 kit 1/32 scale - can you please measure the gear diameter and # of teeth for gear 8?

Our kit has a gear (part ...

RC boat electronics  I have built a model boat which is 1.2 meters in length and I am up to the fitting of the electronics. Problem is, I have no idea about electronics. I ...

Painting Waterline  I am building my first RC tug, the Bugsier 3. I have marked the waterline and sprayed the red below the waterline, that is fine and I have hand-painted ...

Lafitte Skiff Propulsion  First I'll tell you that a Lafitte Skiff is a local (south Louisiana) shrimp boat. I am building a 1/12 scale model for my grandson. I am using the traditional ...

Pond Sailboat Rigging  I just acquired a pond sail boat that is in a very sad state of disrepair. I have completed the restoration of the hull and getting ready to put the ...

RC Boat Propulsion System  I recently completed a 1:30 scratch built scale model of a Cape class coast guard cutter, inspired by the Lindberg plastic model kit.

It turned out ...

Fiberglass over balsa planking  What is the best technique for applying fiberglass over a balsa planked hull on a model tug two feet long?



The best way to fiberglass a model ...

Motor size & ESC   I've built RC sailing boats but the Helen RC Trawler is my first powered model. It's taken me 6 months to find one. The model arrived yesterday but ...

Planking HMS Bounty's Jolly Boat 
Building the HMS Jolly Boat. Very first build. I am trying hard to plank the hull. Impossible to get the planks to bend and stay in place. Nails ...

Model Boat Building for Beginners  I'm retired and am looking to start a boat building hobby, so I have some questions.

1. Any suggestions on inexpensive "light tables" for transferring ...

Selecting Propeller  I have just fitted out a 965mm (38") shallow V mono hull, transom is 360 (14") x 100 (4"). I fitted a 2550kv/rpm brushless motor, with a 180A programmable ...

Model Row Boat  Many years ago in a boat magazine I saw an illustration of a rowing mechanism for a model boat. The drive came from one source but the rowing could be ...

Converting a Lindberg North Sea Fishing Trawler to RC  I'm converting a Lindberg North Sea Fishing Trawler to RC and need a motor, stuffing box, prop, rudder kit and ESC for it.

The weigh is about 1 3/4 ...

Canvas hatch and boat cover  The hatch cover of the steam drifter model I am building has a canvas cover. What material should I select and how would I paint it or treat it to withstand ...

Fort Sumter Class Pilot Boat  I am a retired Senior Chief Quartermaster US Navy 21 years and a licensed Master in the Merchant Marine 14 years. I have spent my entire adult life on ...

Powering a Pilot boat model  I am building my first ever wood deep vee static build model of a Fort Sumter Class Pilot Boat, using actual ships drawings. The construction is mostly ...

Bending Basswood Planking  I bought myself my first wooden model boat, a Midwest Products Maine Peapod.
I've been gluing up the planking and have come to the point where I need ...

RC Boat Rudder   Hi,
Want to start with a big thanks for your site!
My question is this:
What parts and where do get them, to RC a rudder for my simple 80cm long sailing ...

Connecting Batteries  I have scratch built a few working models and I wanted to know about hooking up batteries in series so as not to multiply the voltage. Is this possible?...

Attaching Sole Plate on a Sailing Barge Kit  I am building my first model boat and have gone for Billing Boats' "Will Everard" Sailing Barge Kit. I have set out the keel and frames on the first ...

Connecting Two Brushless ESCs and Motors  Would you know how to control two brushless motors from a single Spektrum receiver. I want to do this in my 1/24 scale PT boat.

The easiest is to ...

Pond Boat Rigging  Where can I find rigging directions and diagrams for a 1 meter pond boat made in about 1945?

Here are a few option off the top of my head:
Search ...

Gas Engine Gearbox  I am in the process of building a model of our local ferry boat. It will be powered by a 26cc petrol/gas engine, but I can't find any gearboxes for that ...

Location of Water Pickup  I am building a step hydro hull, and would like some help in locating the position for the water pickup, to cool the electronics.



It makes ...

Balsa Wood Thickness  Yesterday I downloaded your boat plan, PT 109 model boat.

It will be my first adventure in the world of model boats. I'm writing to ask a technical ...

Sinking Waterline Model Ships 
How can i use a waterline model ship look like it's sinking?

It all depends what you're trying to do. Many ships through history have been sunk ...

Remote Controlled Model Boats  I have always been interested in remote controlled model boats. I'm not really handy in building things. But I think with the right basic course I could ...

RC Controls for Model Boats  I am looking for an RC control for a "Midwest Boothbay Lobster Boat" I'm currently building. I would like to get more than two channels and I am really ...

Drilling Mast holes for a Privateer  Please help me with drilling holes for the masts on a solid-hull model "Rattlesnake" privateer. Do i drill them straight or at an angle? If at an angle,...

Drawing waterline on a tug boat model   I am working on the Revell plastic model HARBOUR TUG BOAT of 23,1 cm (1:108 scale). My problem is how to draw most possible precise LWL (level water line)...

Building RC Model Boats  My brother is thinking of making a model boat for his son, but wants to know what wire goes where and so on. He knows they have a sensor unit and every ...

Mainsheet Sheaves for a Model Sailboat  I am building a Dumas 1:12 Lightning sailboat model for display only and want to replicate the actual mainsheet rigging. I need to make or buy several ...

Weathering Model Boats  How do I start the weathering process for a model tug?

First, let’s talk about weathering – what it is and what we’re trying to achieve.

There ...