9/2006: The Robbe schooner kit

12/05: Rebuilt a Hobbico "Bristol Bay to suit my tastes

Pat's Texaco Tanker Page

All about the real Texaco North Dakota, and the Wen-Mac toy too.

Pat's PT Boat Ads

I found over 200 ads published during the war years, with some connection to PT's.

Pat's PT Boat: PT 41

12/2003: UPDATED!
Made a lot of progress recently, cabin's almost done, ran it in the water where it got up nicely on plane...

Pat's PT Boat Cradle

Elco shipped PT's around the world on these unique A-frame cradles. I'm working on drawings based on historical info, would be great as a stand for your model.

Where I r/c the Trumpeter 1:35 landing craft

Pat's DUKW

"She's not very fast but she's better in water than any truck, and she'll beat any boat on a highway!" Watch as I figure out how to build one.

Here we customize an M5 Stuart tank from 21st Century

Pat's Tiger II

I bought a "static" 1/16 model cheap, been trying to build a working drive train ever since... Advice: go with Tamiya's hardware!

Pat's Tugboat Sanguine

It's just about complete after over ten years!

Pat's M1 Abrams Discussion Group at Yahoo

A place to talk about the Abrams, and models of same.

Pat's Lindberg Fletcher Discussion Group

Where I discuss building the venerable model (toy?) Blue Devil Destroyer.

Pat's Sea Shadow Place

Info on the Navy's stealth demonstrator, and my 1:72 R/C model thereof.

Pat's Musashi

A Tamiya 1:350 Musashi converted to R/C. Much easier than the Fletcher!

Pat's Toy USS Nimitz

Where I really go slumming, with an r/c conversion of a toy aircraft carrier.

MSMBC

The boat club I belong to, Michigan Scale Model Boat Club

Speed Controls

I review some low cost reversing ESC's

Where we hack the control sticks to our liking.

Hacking Servos to make little motors with speed controls, and switches too!

A good place to get good prices on batteries for your r/c project.