fun-run at City Lake, Rocky Mount, N.C.

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    • Aug 2008
    • 13405
    #1

    fun-run at City Lake, Rocky Mount, N.C.

    Ellie, Kevin, and I were at the City Lake on Black Friday. We thank Joe Wallace and the other locals there who rolled out the welcome matt. This club has fostered a great relationship with the city, securing what has to be one of the best model ship running bodies of water on the planet: City Lake.

    There's a big 1/96 only fleet run there in October -- Ellie, me and other members of the Elite Fleet plan to be there. What a great site!

    We'll be back!

    Here's some video https://youtu.be/DytnZMMn-qQ

    ... and the pretty pictures









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    • greenman407
      Admiral
      • Feb 2009
      • 7530
      #2
      Very nice place. How clear was the water? I see you brought four boats with you. The Japanese camera ship, 1/96 Skipjack(your favorite), Thor Alpha, and 1/60th phase 3 Albacore. Did you get them all in the water? Looks like a nice outting.
      IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
          Moderator

          • Aug 2008
          • 13405
          #3
          Hey, Mark.

          Water had about a four-foot clarity -- not bad for city run-off. Got all the boats in the water. The ALFA and SKIPJACK were flawless on and below the surface -- got some local kids to drive them some. The KAIRYU ran fine but I broke off the port horizontal stabilizer by hitting one of the quay-wall vertical supports -- CA to the rescue and it finished the day well. Damned ALBACORE was porpoising all over the place. Should have done it there, but I need to take out the stern plane-bow plane mixing (what was I thinking when I did that! It never works).

          Well worth the time and expense (we stayed the night there) -- even for a one-day fun-run. The next event we'll attend there will be the October 1/96 fleet run -- hope to have at least ten submarines to that scale ready in time (five of them will be SWM boats).

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            • trout
              Admiral

              • Jul 2011
              • 3658
              #4
              Nobody took photos of the subs in the water? It never happened then.
              If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                  Moderator

                  • Aug 2008
                  • 13405
                  #5
                  Originally posted by trout
                  Nobody took photos of the subs in the water? It never happened then.

                  (tough audience!)
                  Who is John Galt?

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                    • greenman407
                      Admiral
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 7530
                      #6
                      He must be from the "Show me" state. Dave doesnt go to any body of water without a sub in tow.
                      IT TAKES GREAT INTELLIGENCE TO FAKE SUCH STUPIDITY!

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