Scale 47' Textron Coast Guard Boat (31.5")

[properchopper]

Been rainy & racing won't start for a while so I took my all-time favorite (and first) RC boat off the shelf for a little detailing. This was an original Midwest product which re-appeared in a few other marketplaces but this is the first version as far as I know.

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** OK - who can spot in 4 of these pictures the small non-authentic mod I did ? :spy: {it's not the auto-bailer}

[properchopper]

Before I realized that a scale boat should run at scale speed I foolishly re-powered with a Traxxas Villian ESC (with reverse) & set of Villian motors. It can go faster that it should for realism :doh:

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dual props & rudder (yes, that's an auto-bailer)

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Did early service as retrieve boat

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[Thunder29]

Nice looking boat.

[properchopper]

Nice looking boat.

Thanks. Blasting through some choppy water it really comes alive. I have a vid lost somewhere - still looking.

[Diegoboy]

Great boat Tony!!

[Doby]

I have one of those as well, built from the Midwest kit...one of the best kits ever made.

[properchopper]

FWIW Found the vid. Commentary by UbHauled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsbDH2ybX4