Triang Radiomaster

[Shaun]

Just picked up one of these; I gave one away about 8 years ago and regretted it. New old stock and only cost £24.00 including postage..eBay bargain

Antenna and instructions missing. Antenna not a problem as I believe it was just aluminium tube but looking at it I believe a spare one from an ED set may well fit it... Had a google around but can't locate any instructions as of yet.

The Radiomaster system was for use in a ready to sail,Triang boat but there was also a receiver and actuator pack that could be bought separately. I would like one of these as well... hint , hint.....

Cheers,

Shaun

[Pchristy]

I remember seeing one of those in a shop in Plymouth "when I were a lad"! The shopkeeper was trying to demonstrate it to a potential customer, along with the cargo boat that it was intended to control.

I must have watched for about half-an-hour as the shopkeeper grew increasingly frustrated with each failed attempt to get it to work! They occasionally got the rudder on the boat to twitch sporadically, but that was about it!

Mind you, in those days no-one knew much about RC, and it all seemed like black magic! With the tools and experience available today, it shouldn't be too hard to get one working!

Best of luck!

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Pete

[RON]

Looks like a mig welder

I bet that’s easy to copy!

Ron

[GeeW]

C'mon lets have a peek inside......Is it transistors or glow-bottles??

[Shaun]

One huge glow bottle.

This is an early one ... number 75. Built in the 1950's
Shaun.

[Mike_K]

Shaun

If you want to see what an original Tx aerial looked liked, there was one sold at auction a while back, it is basically the same as an ED Tx aerial:

https://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/lot- ... smitt.html

You got yours at a fantastic price, I paid a fair bit more for mine and it isn't boxed. But I bet you'd like the cargo ship to go with it, I know I would.

I bet that’s easy to copy!

Ron

Ron, it probably would be easy to copy, but you'd need to find a fairly big red alloy box, it's too big for my 3D printer to do a plastic copy.

Mike

[tiptipflyer]

How about a replica in reduced size, about 50% or 66%?

Frank

[Igull]

I bet that’s easy to copy!
Ron

Ron, it probably would be easy to copy, but you'd need to find a fairly big red alloy box, it's too big for my 3D printer to do a plastic copy.

Mike

You could easily do a two-part plug on your printer then just vacform it in 1.5 or 2.0mm red styrene sheet (or sprayed if you like from white styrene which is easier to get). You could simply do that yourself or just get a local vacform guy to do it for peanuts.

The switches are just lamp pushbuttons and the handle looks ex-B&Q

Neil

[Wavemeter]

Extraordinary find and completely new with box!
Thinking of making similar oddly before I say this post - been researching tins to put it in - see eBay photo

[Shaun]

Great box but a pity it costs as much as I paid the the triang tx.

Shaun.