Dumas Typhoon

[Wade]

I am looking at getting my first "Scale" boat. The Dumas Typhoon looks about up my alley. Anyone have experiance with the Dumas company and thoughts about this model?

Thanks!

[785boats]

This build by Pat Tritle should tell you all you need to know.
Dumas are a well established company for scale boat kits.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291645

[Fluid]

I have no idea about that particular model but the Dumas kits I built years ago were pretty crude with poor die cuts and heavy, marginal wood. Best ask a few who have actually built that model recently.


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[ron1950]

saw a typhoon exactly like the build thread above on ebay for around 550

[Hydrozz]

Not sure about the typhoon. But I have built a few Dumas kits over the years and have had good luck with them. I did have 1 broken piece in one kit. A long piece that needed to be in one piece and not just joined together and glued on.This would show. A quick call to them and they sent me 2 of these pieces and a few more other pieces at their cost. I found them to be helpful and customer friendly. Maybe things have changed. Or maybe just poor quality mahogany now.