High Speed Raf Rescue Boat??? Is It??

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Hiya all, Can anyone plese help me identify this boat please?

I'm told it is an RAF Rescue boat from WW2 ?? Any Ideas folks

This model is 1200mm long, I hope to power it with a larger Brushless Electric motor and a couple of 7.2V ( 14.4V ) buggy type Battery packs.

I Have no idea however as to what size prop I'd need, I would like it to honk around quickly on the plane....

Thanks for reading, hope there's some help.

Cheers, Paul

Oops... pictures coming as soon as I learn to resize them!

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Nellie mac,

Can you add further details; is the boat hull made of wood?, what weight? beam measurement?

Without seeing the boat and never having used a brush-less motor i guess that you will have difficulty in getting any speed from a wooden hull, no doubt other members will advise with their own experience of these motors.

J.

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Sorry jankers.... I don't know how to add pictures??

Can someone help me to put pictures up please? I can find anything to enable me to do it other than using an Http... got me stumped!!

Paul

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go to Additional Options lower down press Manage Attachments press brouse , tag file and it will be placed there, OH and make shure the file is not to big

Peter

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Here we go ( thanks for the help with pictures )...

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Now hopefully someone may be able to indentify it, appreciate any help

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It's the Walton HSL 2642, a prototype RAF rescue launch which was deemed to fragile for active service and was used successfully in a training role. She was built by Walton Yacht, Walton-On-Thames. Her post-war fate is sketchy, some say she ended up as a shipping agent's service launch in Gibraltar.

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Using two geared buggy electric car engines, I managed to get a similar sized wooden model up to a quite respectable planning speed. Weight though is a critical factor as is the prop size and gear ratio.

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Awesome!!! Thank you very much for that. Would there be any more pictures of it around? I don't think mines colour scheme is quite right. Cheers, Paul

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Using two geared buggy electric car engines, I managed to get a similar sized wooden model up to a quite respectable planning speed. Weight though is a critical factor as is the prop size and gear ratio.

Thank you too Martin, mine just has a single prop in her though. What sort of gearing ratio and prop size did you use?? Thanks again

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Awesome!!! Thank you very much for that. Would there be any more pictures of it around? I don't think mines colour scheme is quite right. Cheers, Paul

Hi everybody from a newbie to this site.

I would imagine that the colour scheme should be more like this. There are photos of this model on

http://www.wicksteedparkmbc.co.uk/nick%20brown.html

I have never seen a photo of the full-size 2642, only ever the sketch shown above. There was a plan published in the 1950's in Model Maker. It is still listed on the X-List (MM103). This is the only scale documentation I know.

Does anyone know of other 3-views or photos ? The Walton Thames in the John Pritchard plans list is NOT this craft.

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i would like a photo please see if i can tell i do have a few ideas allready photos as you got it would be nice

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Paint Job...

Marvellous. many thanks for that... I get on to it in the next coming weeks and repaint her ( even if i say so my self... that bright orange is gastly! )

Then I shall post new pictures. Hopefully show off the brushless motor that will put a sting in her tail :-)

Cheers, Paul

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Hi there

My father-law would love to build this as he mentioned this today on his 63 RD B'day. Something about him seeing this RAF Boat launch when he was 13. What is the X-List (MM103)? If you could forward the links to the plans (or copies - if that is the done thing) to d_sabin@hotmail.com

Many thanks in advance

Dean

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Dean

You will find the plan listed here : X List Model Plans

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Hi everybody from a newbie to this site.I would imagine that the colour scheme should be more like this. There are photos of this model on

http://www.wicksteedparkmbc.co.uk/nick%20brown.html

I have never seen a photo of the full-size 2642, only ever the sketch shown above. There was a plan published in the 1950's in Model Maker. It is still listed on the X-List (MM103). This is the only scale documentation I know.

Does anyone know of other 3-views or photos ? The Walton Thames in the John Pritchard plans list is NOT this craft.

Hi

new to this site I started building hull using Mm103 plan about 1958 got hull complete and it got lost in attic until now and am going to finish it now i am retired! have still got original plan colour quoted is black above water line red below & grey sides rest natural the gun turrets were to be made from wireless valves or ground down wine glasses there was a 9"mast with multi strand wire aerial from mast to bow & stern. the motor is shown diagramatic as a diesel engine with no other info but i think 3.5cc was recomended