From birth to Battle... Wed, 20 May 2026 10:28:37 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2026 10:28:37 +0000 R/C Warship Combat https://rcwarshipcombat.com/forums/warship-builds.566/ Tue, 05 May 2026 15:09:39 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/sms-mackensen-ircwcc-sjs.447602/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/sms-mackensen-ircwcc-sjs.447602/ invalid@example.com (bsgkid117) bsgkid117
Really glad IRCWCC has voted to start allowing some of these "mostly finished" kind of hulls. Should be a fun boat, if not amazingly competitive. She is long. But this does give you a bunch of room for components.

This is mainly a picture dump/placeholder for now. I'll come back in a day or two and add context and...

SMS Mackensen (IRCWCC/SJS)]]> 7 Tue, 05 May 2026 14:51:45 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/3d-malaya.447384/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/3d-malaya.447384/ invalid@example.com (Lou) Lou 3D kit from @bsgkid117

more pictures, less typing:
Beauty shot:
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Step 1. Print and cleanup hull
Once hull sections are printed, each one needs the supports removed.
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I use a range of pliers, chisels, and razors to do this. Ensure you remove all supports prior to joining the hull pieces, as access is more difficult once the...

USS Indianapolis 3D Print Build Guide (IRCWCC)]]> 13 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:54:56 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/uss-arizona-1-96.447675/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/uss-arizona-1-96.447675/ invalid@example.com (tgalx3) tgalx3 2 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:45:32 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/uss-indianapolis-ircwcc.446650/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/uss-indianapolis-ircwcc.446650/ invalid@example.com (Kevin P.) Kevin P.
USS Indianapolis (IRCWCC)]]> 35 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:17:03 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/ijn-nagato-mutsu.446705/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/ijn-nagato-mutsu.446705/ invalid@example.com (wfirebaugh) wfirebaugh
IJN Nagato & Mutsu]]> 33 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:14:05 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/big-gun-hms-tiger.447447/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/big-gun-hms-tiger.447447/ invalid@example.com (JustinScott) JustinScott


View attachment 31236]]> 38 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 01:18:01 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/uss-texas-big-gun-build-3d.447660/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/uss-texas-big-gun-build-3d.447660/ invalid@example.com (cwatts) cwatts Fully 3d printed, cannons included.]]> 14 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:52:44 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/ljs-uss-texas-bb-35-sjs-3d-print-complete-kit-build.447594/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/ljs-uss-texas-bb-35-sjs-3d-print-complete-kit-build.447594/ invalid@example.com (LjWolf303) LjWolf303 130 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:04:11 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-erin-ircwcc-sjs.447580/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-erin-ircwcc-sjs.447580/ invalid@example.com (Kevin P.) Kevin P.
Ever since Mike Mangus brought one to IRC Nats 2011 and won most feared it has been a boat I wanted to build.

I planning to make a how-to video for the build as well.

Anyways I glued the forward pieces together with epoxy, took about 45 min mainly because one set of fasteners were not facing the best way (which has been corrected)
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HMS Erin (IRCWCC/SJS)]]> 17 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 01:21:35 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/making-hms-dreadnought-i-need-2-barrel-guns.447644/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/making-hms-dreadnought-i-need-2-barrel-guns.447644/ invalid@example.com (Jackwholikesrcships) Jackwholikesrcships 7 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:28:49 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-vanguard-ircwcc.447543/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-vanguard-ircwcc.447543/ invalid@example.com (Kevin P.) Kevin P.
I tried the water in the hull method for measuring freeboard vs displacement. Marks in the hull in 5 locations.
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the first pour and movement was a fail when I created a vanguard wave pool and got water all over the floor.
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Having supports below the balance height under both ends helped, once o had a known...

HMS Vanguard (IRCWCC)]]> 60 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:23:33 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-puncher-bogue-class-cvt.444355/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-puncher-bogue-class-cvt.444355/ invalid@example.com (canx2k) canx2k
Just a Navy type here in Ottawa Ontario Canada, thought I'd share my build - my very first one at that, with you all. Hoping to get some input as I go along. I'm using rcengr's bogue plans. I finished the Tamiya 1:700, and this was the next size up. Though I don't plan on having it shot at, I'd like to have it mechanized. Photos 'thus far' to be posted shortly.]]> 355 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:49:08 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/lst-325.447636/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/lst-325.447636/ invalid@example.com (Auston) Auston 1 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 01:51:30 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/building-an-rc-warship-videos.446640/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/building-an-rc-warship-videos.446640/ invalid@example.com (Kevin P.) Kevin P.
Intro / overview videos

Tyler's video on ship classification

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Building an RC Warship Videos]]> 21 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:14:06 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/3dp-uss-pennsylvania.447460/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/3dp-uss-pennsylvania.447460/ invalid@example.com (Beaver) Beaver @bsgkid117 at South Jersey Shipyards this dream has become a dreadnought! View attachment 31313

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This will be my first 3d printed battleship so I'm excited to see what it's like. Already I'm way ahead of a conventional build. The middle two sections of the hull finished printing yesterday at Will's build session and within an hour all four pieces were glued and bolted together and the hull was...

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SJS Von Der Tann kit build]]> 15 Sat, 15 Feb 2025 02:05:05 +0000 https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/sms-moltke-build.447015/ https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/sms-moltke-build.447015/ invalid@example.com (Litch42f) Litch42f
When Strike put on their final sale I figured I pick something up even if I wasn't going to build it right away. I grabbed a Moltke with a deck and plans. I've finally got the itch to start building and I've blown the dust off of her.

Thanks to those who put...

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