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LILY ELLEN IS THE LATEST ADDITION TO MY FLEET. SHE IS NAMED AFTER MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
THE MODEL IS BASED ON THE HULL OF THE NANGEE BY MOBILE MARINE MODELS.
APART FROM THE HULL THE WHOLE MODEL IS SCRATCH BUILT TO MY OWN DESIGN.
SHE HAS WORKING LIGHTS AND FIRE MONITORS, A FOGHORN AND TWIN OVERSIZED STEERABLE KORTS.
SHE IS VERY POWERFUL, A BOLLARD PULL OF 3 POUNDS.
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I BOUGHT THE HULL AT AN AUCTION FOR 15 POUNDS, IT NEEDED SOME WORK BUT WAS NOT IN TOO BAD A SHAPE ALTHOUGH IT HAD A FEW LEAKS WHICH WERE REPAIRED WITH RESIN.
THE ENTIRE MODEL APART FROM THE HULL IS SCRATCH BUILT.
I HAVE USED TWIN MOTORS CONTROLLED BY 4 MICRO SWITCHES WHICH ALLOW IT IT TO TURN INSIDE ITS' OWN LENGTH IF REQUIRED
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THIS IS A MODIFIIED HDML, ALTHOUGH NOT A TRUE DEPICTION OF THE BOAT, I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD WITH THE TORPEDOES AND A DIFFERENT COLOUR.
AGAIN THE MOTORS ARE CONTROLLED BY 4 MICRO SWITCHES.
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LILY MAY NAMED AFTER MY LATE MOTHER IN LAW WAS A FREE PLAN FROM MODEL BOATS MAGAZINE SOME YEARS AGO. A STYRENE HULL WAS AVAILABLE AND THAT IS WHAT I USED.
I MODIFIED THE SUPERSTRUCTURE SO THAT IT ALL LIFTS OUT AS WELL AS THE REAR DECK HATCH. LOTS OF LITTLE DETAILS AND CLUTTER ON THE DECK MAKES IT AN INTERESTING MODEL.
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