Please contact Ron Spahr  with: questions, suggestions or comments, about this site.
"Ron" <r.g.spahr@comcast.net>
Royal Highlands R/C Model Yacht Club      5350 Monarch Blvd.,   Leesburg,  Fl.  34748  Email us at: < Royalhighlandsmyc@gmail.com >
Evening  -  Royal Lake
  Ron Spahr's current project is a " Coastal Freighter "   
The model is of an Italian cargo motor-ship "Rinuccia M.
She was built in 1950, and used to transport goods in bulk.
She was approx 138 ft in length with a beam of 26 ft.   The
drawings were changed to  1/32 scale or 3/8th inch to equal
1 foot.   The building has been slowed some what as all
measurements and notations are in "Italian"!

Do check back and follow along.  Contact Ron with any comments, questions and/or building suggestions.
  Click on any image below to view an enlarged photo:
Stringers and beginning planking. May 19, 2009Hull planking almost completed. May 31, 2009Stern roughly shaped. "Bread & Butter" type construction. 06-08-09In the hull looking toward the stern. Stuffing box with oiler tube. 06-08-09Bow section layed up "Bread & Butter" style. 06-12-09Bow roughly shaped. 06-17-09Aft stair well.Main deck compartments. Add more resin and Sand, sand, sand !Trying our main cabin of superstructure for fit.Testing patterns for fit and looks.Drawing out pattern for rudder.Rudder "pined" to 3/16 inch bass rod.Prop and rudder installed with bottom plate screwed to hull. Removing upper part of frames used to support the hull sides during construction.Adding "sub" decking to the main deck.Cutting decking from 1/32 3ply birch plywood. Deck piece is 6 inches by 16 ft . @ 1/32 scale they are aprox 3/16 inch by 6 inches. Painting her bottom to the load line. Sept.09She Floats ! Really high, Even with her battery and a lot of other suff pilled into her. Looking close, one can see where the port holes are to go. 9-02-09She is to have lights , The lighting plan. 09-01-09Drilling the portholes. 09-11-09Adding Neoprene washers as ports. 09-11-09Testing a string of LED's to be used for the lighting.One of the cowling vents placed to see how it fits.Main deck cabin sides made of styrine. Port holes are nylon washers filled with epoxy. Cabin doors of 1/16 inch ply.Placement of the main deck cabin to see how it might look.Close up of he main deck cabin rudder servo installed.Parts of the stack glued and clamped.Partially completed stack.10-20-09 Adding support stanchions for side panels. Putting to gether the wheel house.Dry fiting side panels and wheel house.wiring of led's fitted in the wheel house. Helm { top left } led lights added. Helm in place with lights on.Dry set of the wheel house .Nav lights on.11-13-09Cabin lights added on. 11-13-09R/C switching and wireing {which is rather a mess } 11-13-0919-20 foot life boat to be added to the bridge deck. Bread & Butter construction.19-20 foot life boat to be added to the bridge deck.19-20 foot life boat to be added to the bridge deck. Cover partially finished. To add tie downs and life lines.Working cowling vent (s) made from pvc plumbing fixure and vaious brass and pvc tubing.Construction of main cargo hatches. Construction of main cargo hatches. Hatch with string framing for tarpe.Cargo hatches with "tarpe" material.Cargo hatches winh unfinished tarp. Hatches, cowling vents and some decking added.Hatches, cowling vents and some decking added. Bridge deck ( far form complete )One boom winch about completted with the parts for the second awaiting assembly.Another view of the first boom winch. 01-03-2010Second boom winch dry fit. 01-03-2010.Boom wenches in place..02-08-10Decking the Bridge deck. 02-04-10Building / adding davits 02-08-10wk-2-14-10 Built and added bracket for mast support lines and added to funnel.wk-2-14-10, added cap to strb hull sides and support statys wk-2-14-10, added tp tjre forecastle an anchor winch, bollards, with roller chocks on the starboard side and a flag staff at the fore-peak. wk-2-14-10, another view of the forecastle.
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   Norm Dillons'  current project has been to refurbish his  Soling 1M.   It was stripped and repaited.  She is to have  new fittings, radio board, sails,  etc.
Deck hardware being removed. Receiver, servos and board removed. A new radio board is made of lexan. It is about the same weight as plywood but much stronger, waterproof and you can see the bottom of your boat. Hull being sanded and prepped for painting.Hull being sanded and prepped for painting.Hull being sanded and prepped for painting.It is often difficult to tell which way that your boat is going. So Norm is experimenting with some graphic ideas and color variations that would make it easier to tell one from the other. A color scheme has not yet been determined but hs iw working on it. The boat has been sanded and prepped, apply primer coat. Sand lightly in betweenAfter applying white base coat, mask with blue tape the desired design. In this case, the bow is white and the stern is yellow. After applying white base coat, mask with blue tape the desired design. In this case, the bow is white and the stern is yellow. Spray your second color (yellow).Remove tape - nice clean marking. Decals come next. Remove tape - nice clean marking. Decals come next. The new radio board is make of lexan. It is about the same weight as plywood but much stronger, water proof and you can see the bottom of your boat!Well, here she is ! A few minor details perhaps to be done, but about the way she will be. The hope is that she will be seen better on the Lake.Ready for the Lake. . . 11-25-2009