Scarab Weekend!

[stac1627]

My wife didn't bother me the entire weekend...she let me do my boat thing and kinda knew that I was at a point in the project that it was either going to sink or swim. I started laying up the hull Friday and Saturday. The moment of truth came Sunday morning and was blown away...not only did it pop out effortlessly but turned out perfect!!
A frigging 60", totally scale Scarab KV hull!
I'm ecstatic to say the least...hull weight is 5.1 pounds.
I'm gonna lay up the deck later this week.
I spent the rest of the day test fitting the motors and drives.
Check out some pics!
The flange around the hull will be trimmed to 3/16's and will be the epoxy surface that will connect the deck.165084
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[Diegoboy]

Very nice!

[srislash]

Cool, gotta love it when a plan comes together!

[Mike W]

Wow incredible job! Where did you find the exhaust flappers??

[stac1627]

3d printed in pla plastic...then cast in a mold

[emspjay]

That is SOOOO Awesome!!! Cant wait to see the finished boat!!!!

[Mike W]

Man I'm itching to bond that deck on!

[Alfa Spirit]

The SCARAB is a very nice hull


https://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/19/41/42/53/image191.jpg

[Mike W]

WOW does that look good Alfa. Who makes it? I'm dreading scratch-building my cockpit insert.

[emspjay]

WOW does that look good Alfa. Who makes it? I'm dreading scratch-building my cockpit insert.

I agree!! Who did that KV Alfa? The front deck hatches, interior, and race engine hatches, are spot on to a 1:1 Scarab 38KV.

[Alfa Spirit]

Wellcraft Scarab SC38 / 110cm / 1:10

https://www.marinetic-yachtmodell.de/produkte/modellbaukasten/wellcraft-sc38/

[srislash]

Wow after looking over that website, I found the drives. How coool: https://www.marinetic-yachtmodell.de/produkte/antrieb-lenkung/oberflächenantriebe/

Thank Alain

[Alfa Spirit]

Those Mini-Meca drives are cool too : https://www.mini-meca-rc.com/1974-thickbox_default/zdrive-colibri.jpg

[emspjay]

Alfa does that company sell to the U.S.? This might be my next boat.

[Alfa Spirit]

Alfa does that company sell to the U.S.? This might be my next boat.

https://www.marinetic-yachtmodell.de/kontakt/

[srislash]

Alfa does that company sell to the U.S.? This might be my next boat.

I have an email out to them now. I’ll let you know.

[emspjay]

I have an email out to them now. I’ll let you know.

Did you ever hear back from your email?

[srislash]

Did you ever hear back from your email?

No I never did hear back.

[Alfa Spirit]

Do you like yacht models ? Here is a cool link :thumbup1:

http://www.modellbau-yachten.de/unsere-yachten/

I like the Marinetic C40 ,

https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/s6b09f34920a0b16c/image/i3021445fd0d0db95/version/1417725256/image.jpg

[Alfa Spirit]

Bonus Pics


http://www.modellbau-yachten.de/wp-content/uploads/Frank_Scarab_9.jpg

http://www.modellbau-yachten.de/wp-content/uploads/Frank_Scarab_13.jpg

[fweasel]

That Scarab is beautiful

[Peter A]

That Scarab is beautiful

It is. Looking at the website it seems that it only comes as a hull bottom no top, which is a shame because the length is great at 104cm or 41".

[Mike W]

Sure is! I love Marinetic. Maybe someday the speed bug will pass and I'll own one. They are not unreasonably expensive at all.

[Alfa Spirit]

41" - 104cm is a great lenght, this Scarab boat is awesome.

Did you see this silver Princess? ...

http://www.modellbau-yachten.de/wp-content/uploads/V55_Detlef_3.jpg

[Mike W]

Oh yes!! That would definitely be the Marinetic I would choose!

[srislash]

Did you ever hear back from your email?

Ok guys I did hear back from them, quote:


Hi Shawn,
I am very sorry for the late answer. Because of renovating our home and
prepairing our wedding, there is not very much time left.
Yes, sure we ship to Canada. At the moment, I am not quite sure about
the conditions, but I think it will be 16€ via DHL international.