Please help with identifying this vessel.

[Ian GardnerParticipant @iangardner62867]

When I first saw this I thought 'colonial river steamer' and Lulonga. Lulonga was a stern wheeler drawn, I think, by David Metcalfe and published in Model Boats back in the eighties or nineties. Without the lavendar hull Wibo would look more like a river steamer.

I don't think it matters at all that it doesn't represent a real ship (or boat)- it's fun!

Ian

[Terence PullenParticipant @terencepullen28279]

A few more pics of the vessel stripped down. Is the motor a good one as I was told?

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

I can't give an opinion on this, but if you put:

hectoperm motor 6 volt 0.8 amps

in Google search, you will find a few people that have given their views on them. Apparently, they cost about £19!

Bob

[Terence PullenParticipant @terencepullen28279]

Posted by Bob Wilson on 24/01/2016 19:43:01:

I can't give an opinion on this, but if you put:

hectoperm motor 6 volt 0.8 amps

in Google search, you will find a few people that have given their views on them. Apparently, they cost about £19!

Bob

So my dreams of a swift profit are for naught ! Ah well.

[Dave MilbournParticipant @davemilbourn48782]

Apparently, they cost about £19!

No, Bob, they don't.
If the stock exists then this is more typical of what you would be expected to pay for one (if you were daft enough)

**LINK**

Terry
Don't expect to get this sort of price from the tyre-kickers on E-Bay though. They were the best scale model boat motors once upon a time, but that was thirty or even forty years ago.

Dave M

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

As I said "apparently" but I only got that from the link I posted. Not being into R/C, I just don't know!

I would be into R/C if there was some suitable water nearby, but there isn't!

Bob

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

I found the complete Min & Bill movie on U-Tube. Unfortunately, it is dubbed in Russian. I skimmed through it, but there are no distance views of the SS Down the Hatch, just a few onboard.

Here it is, for what it's worth!

Bob

**LINK**

[The Long BuildParticipant @thelongbuild]

Similar ish if a full moon looking with one eye, Maybe..

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