New build F1 28" From start to finish

[F1 madness]

Sponson side now cut and glued on,sanded all the overlapping edges and is looking good.
sponson side cut and ready to be glued.

sponson sides now glued.

[NativePaul]

That looks like a nice cat, I have to get around to making an F1 boat some day. Have you molded your canopy and outboard or do you carve them from balsa/foam?

[F1 madness]

That looks like a nice cat, I have to get around to making an F1 boat some day. Have you molded your canopy and outboard or do you carve them from balsa/foam?

Normally make a framework and carve it from balsa,like this 1 (34"F1)
this is another iv built,but awaiting outboard leg before i can finish it:

[ozzie-crawl]

you scratch build guys never cease to amaze me with your skills
thats some very nice work,hope this ones fairs better for you

[F1 madness]

you scratch build guys never cease to amaze me with your skills
thats some very nice work,hope this ones fairs better for you

Cheers ozzie i hope so to want to start having some fun with them now

[NativePaul]

Admirable, canopies are my least favorite part of building boats which is all that puts me off building an F1 cat as the canopy is so big, I tend to stick to offshore looking jobbies but I really should do F1s for both the self-righting ability and the scale looks, my cats are similarly proportioned to an F1 cat for good turning in oval racing but have bugger-all room inside them and look a little strange with there little bubble canopies.

What part of sunny England do you live in? I've been trying to figure out ST for a while with no luck, I'm in Horsham, West Sussex.

[F1 madness]

im a yamyam,cannock,staffordshire lol

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here you go some more pics of the build,top decks now skinned and sanded.rear of the sponsons completed and transom been laminated with birch ply.

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And some more,test fitting the out-board,to see where iv gotta add pass through brass tubes,for wiring and steering + watercooling for ESC.

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Well got materials now to start the canopy and nose,will post some pics asap

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here you go boys
4" x 3" balsa that i use to make nose and top half of canopy:

Bottom half of canopy built and glued,and test fitted.

nose on and started to shape it

[cybercrxt]

Your workmanship is great. But the ride pad runs flat way way to far forward. It will run fine going straight. Just don't turn!

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Heres the cowl and nose sanded to roughly the shape,just needs final sand down to get that last bit of finess:

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1 of the rear closure panel,with brass tubes inserted,the three at the top are for the motor wires 4mm id so can plug them straight in,and use plugs on the ESC on the oposite side/inside of hull.
The 2 outer 1s are for the steering cables and the 2 centre 1s are for cooling pipes in/out for the ESC.

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Some new pics after a final sanding down: