1/8th Scale U-95 Hydro.

[785boats]

Thanks Scott.
Yep, it came out pretty good.
It is 'White Night' rust guard epoxy enamel. In a rattle can. You don't even need a primer for it. Although I already had sealed & primed it. Just a light dust coat & then a full wet coat about 5 minutes later. No sanding takes 6 hours to touch dry though & 16 hours for re coat.
But the finish on this first coat is good enough to leave.
Just got to make sure that the trim colours don't attack it. The ones I've got are acrylic so I can't use them. I'll have to get some enamels.
Cheers.
Paul.

[Richie the shipwright]

Beautiful work paul! What power systems can we use in 1/8 scale here in oz...?
Btw... I dusted off my 94 Exide hull... looks heaps faster without cobwebs!. :-)

[785boats]

Thanks Richie.
Yep. I've got a few boats covered in cobwebs & they do look awfully slow in that state.
I think most guys are running 10s Some run 12s I think. Not sure on the rules. But I'm running 8s in this one. Mainly because it's a bit smaller, & hopefully lighter, than most at only 42". Also, I've got lots of 4s packs but no 5s.
Cheers.
Paul.

[Richie the shipwright]

Mines a bit porky... i was originally building it for nitro. Its a 45" all vinylester carbon/glass build. 4.5kg bare hull. Ill do a build thread when i finish my current project. (soa)

1/8 scale is not really raced anymore here in sa, hopefully one day soon things will change... its so great that you guys have a few on the build, be awsome to see em all let loose at once...

[785boats]

It certainly will be good to see them on the water together.
I'll have to weigh mine again now that the bits & pieces have been added & the paint is mostly done. It's still drying after todays' little effort.
A build thread on the Exide would be great.

Well over the last few days I've been adding some detail in the form of numbers, Air Force decals, dashboard & paint to the hull. The fins & the cowling around the exhausts were given a coat of grey.I think I picked a grey that was too dark in hindsight, but it's going to stay as it is.
Then the exhaust ports were given a coat of Aluminium.
Next, it was the job of masking up the whole boat for the red & orange stripes. The whole stripe was painted red & allowed to dry. The rear wing was done at the same time.
Not being a painter, the only way I could think of getting the red/orange blend line was to make a cardboard template & fix it down the middle of the stripe held up off the hull about 1/4". This was so the orange half would have a soft blend line like the original.
Well it seemed to work but the first one I did I ended up with the orange too wide. So I repainted it red & did it again. Much better.
The other stripe came out alright the first time, much to my relief. Neither of them are perfect, but like I said I'm no painter.
I still have the blue stripe over the cowl & down the sides to do yet & then it's the clearcoat.
Here's a few pics.
Cheers.
Paul.

[785boats]

Woohoo!!!I managed to get hold of a mobile auto pin striping guy & he came around & gave me a few meters of 12mm blue stripe for just a few bucks.
Man that saved a lot of masking & painting.
Just finished it & here's the results. Sets it off nicely.
A few more decals to get yet & then the clear coat.
Won't be ready for Sunday as I'd hoped though.

[JimClark]

Looks great can't wait to see it on the water

[785boats]

Thanks Jim.
Neither can I. It gets a bit closer each day.

[Scott T]

Looking great!! Can't wait to see it hit the water sometime soon.

[785boats]

It's been a long time coming but she finally got wet.
Over the last couple of weekends we've been testing her in less than ideal conditions. Windy & Choppy. Haven't been able to open her up in the straights yet.
Might need to drop the strut a tad because she 'feels' a bit light in the front into the wind.

Here's a video.
The pic is of Damien retrieving it for me after its first run.

[785boats]

Here's a video of the ol' girl at Sippy Downs last weekend.
Many thanks to Dave at Joker R/C Productions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421v9hx7_lM

[cybercrxt]

Sweet Camara work, and great looking hull Paul! I am definitely gonna have to get that video on the website! Mike

[ron1950]

your right mike id sware that is the real boat there if it had jet noise lol

[cybercrxt]

haha, very true!

[785boats]

Thanks chaps.
Yep Dave does some great videos. If you are into Off road R/c check out some of his Videos down the side bar of the link above. Anything with "Joker RC" in the title is his.

Here's a bit of a taste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LdjSoH7sAI&list=UUqSyxHvF32NWzjXhV7SQsYA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5JWt0thtw

Bear in mind, he drives the cars while he films them.

Cheers.