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[johnv]

Hi it's John V Got a model boat by robbe the Orkney express does anyone know when it was produced it's 52 in long looks like a fire boat cheers John V

[TailUK]

Orkney Express was marketed as an Oil Company's fast workboat.  It's seems to be a "composite" of various similar work boats.  I don't know when it was first released.

[Stan]

I've been a club member for 30 years and it that time I have seen only one of these. Not sure when Robbe  released the model but it was sailing on our water in the early to mid nineties.




Stan

[johnv]

Hi it's John V the Orkney express had oil pipe's on rear deck .But someone has fitted a helicopter on rear deck and you can make the rotator blades turn it's 52in long and 1 foot wide with twin propes trying to find out when it was made cheers John V

[RST]

A part kit was advertised some months ago on EBay -it was described as a "Dusseldorf Fireboat" and at a  ridiculously low asking price -like moraly wrong I felt I had to contact them not to be robbed blind.  It had none of the extras, but if I recall it was something like £50.  It was too big for me to take -but the seller wouldn't accept it was worth at least 3x the price or more for what they wanted if they would only adjust the title of their ad

[Neil]

A part kit was advertised some months ago on EBay -it was described as a "Dusseldorf Fireboat" and at a  ridiculously low asking price -like moraly wrong I felt I had to contact them not to be robbed blind.  It had none of the extras, but if I recall it was something like £50.  It was too big for me to take -but the seller wouldn't accept it was worth at least 3x the price or more for what they wanted if they would only adjust the title of their ad

he also had what he described as a workboat with a "well deck slip" on the rear for 17 quid...……...I told him it was a rare "Theodor Huss, German lifeboat by Graupner and worth more than he was asking.........he did nothing about it and it sold for 20 quid or there abouts...........

[johnv]

Hi Neil do you want to buy one

[Neil]

Hi Neil do you want to buy one

hi mate...………..not really...…...I'm just about to put my restored Atlantic 21model on the market as never have time to sail boats, got two Shannon's to build and then a new scratch build 61' Barnett class lifeboat to build...…


even selling my two Watsons when the gent sells his caravan, lol.

[Martin (Admin)]

[johnv]

Hi Martin it's John V that's the one do you know when they were made by robbe cheers John V

[morley bill 1]

Hi I remember a member at Kirklees having one about 1982  Bill...

[johnv]

Hi cheers for that thanks John V

[Martin (Admin)]

One on Ebay now! - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/rc-boat/153364797277?hash=item23b541175d:g:898AAOSwpl5cWHBg:rk:13:pf:0

[johnv]

Hi Martin it's John V if you want you can buy my Orkney express for £150 thay are as rare as hens teeth

[Martin (Admin)]

Thanks but not for me.


.... it's only cute to it's mother!       

[Dave_S.]

I remember the Orkney Express being reviewed in MMI in the early 90s (or thereabouts). There was a great picture of it sitting on perfectly still water, might even have been the cover shot. I no longer have the magazine (sob) but can still 'see' that picture!