Hi all,

Newbie here, great forum, this is my model that i inherited from my father who passed it to me, it laid in the loft with only the cabin part finished and some of the mechanical innards there, i completed the rest of the boat and it all worked, rough and noisy though, when it was put in the water it went along fine but not enough for me, i found that the props were working agains't themselves, i believe the pitches were all wrong and have found it difficult to get replacements, i haven't touched the boat for about 6 yrs due to family commitments which is a shame as i wanted to put a new motor in it and up grade some of the parts inside, anybody else familiar with this boat, internal photos would be useful, thanks.

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Hi,

this was a \Graupner kit from the 60s early 70s of the well known german lifeboat Theodor Heuss.  I almost bought the kit after going out on her sister when we took RAF Pinnace 1386 to the International Lifeboat Conference at Leith in 1963 (I think). If I remember the hull was polystyrene.

          Hi Two-Stroke.

  Nice boat, bit small as I prefer 1/16 scale myself, but as for motors try Model Motors Direct, phone 01747-812440, and the Prop Shop for Prop`s Phone 01259-270461.

          Regards and Welcome Ted Childs Drum1.

Here you go;

http://www.deister-web.de/vereine/barsingh/eac/bermbau.htm - http://www.deister-web.de/vereine/barsingh/eac/bermbau.htm

Hi guys,

Thankyou Donald you are indeed correct in what you say and i found that only certain glues work with the poly hull, that must of been a great experience going out on the sister ship! i think its a beautiful looking vessel and i now seem to be finding myself much more  interested in everything thats older, everything has more character!!!

Thankyou E.S, i was given the boat and so far its been my only build and at 39 inches long and with quite complicated inner workings, being a novice i found it plenty big enough for me, and costly enough having had to buy all new remote control equipment for both vessels,I will in time try the numbers you have given me to get the parts i need.

Thanks Christian for the photos, they to will help me with my refit, any chance of a translation!!!!!! only kidding,

thanks all,

Phill 

Translated;

http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.deister-web.de/vereine/barsingh/eac/bermbau.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DIch%2Bhabe%2Bmit%2Bder%2BVegesack%2Bangefangen%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG - http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=de&u=http: //www.deister-web.de/vereine/barsingh/eac/bermbau.htm&pr ev=/search%3Fq%3DIch%2Bhabe%2Bmit%2Bder%2BVegesack%2Bangefan gen%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

If the translation doesn't work, simply copy a sentence in German and paste it into Google, the result will have "Translate this page" next to it. It is worth mentioning that my link takes you to a build of a slightly different (longer) class of vessel. Click on the "zuruck" button to find full-size photos and plenty of interesting links to other websites. 

Many thanks Christian that is a great site and very helpful, i have googled and searched for this kind of info on this boat and came up with nothing.

Phill 

thanks mickrik,

all three of my engines worked together, the only problem was that the pitch on one of the props wasn't right,good in reverse but useless in forward, it didn't matter how you swapped them they just didn't want to work, so i put a plastic speed prop on to see how it affected performance,ugly looking but worked well, thats on the main motor with no props on the small ones, i still haven't found theinspiration to sort it out yet, but many thanks for your input.

phill