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First of all, thank you all for the valuable input that has greatly accelerated my brief learning curve with boats, I hope some of the seasoned vets will help me along with my first attempt at building from a bare hull. It has been 4 mos, and I have 6 boats now, what have I gotten myself into...........
Before anybody says it, I DO use the search feature, in fact I've spent hours using it to get where I am already. That being said, I still have many questions and not enough time weed through and answer them all, and if I'm asking here, then I'm already searching as well.
I am lucky enough to be local to OSE, and since I've been going in there, there has been a DF Sniper 45" hull on the top rack, collecting dust(literally). It has some very minor cosmetic damage, so Steven said he'd let it go cheap($100) I thought it was a shame to let it just sit there, so today it finally came home with me
Also have a Castle 2028 and Hydra Ice 200HV on the way from a member, and I have a spare 1/4 scale steering servo from my Losi 5ive-T.
I am starting this thread, hoping some of you will help me along on the build, and it will be more questions/advice for me than a build thread. If mods want to move it to Q and A forum that's fine.
First up, I intend to lay in some carbon Kevlar from Kintec, I think I've got enough info from searching to do that. The hull did not have stringers installed, though, and that is where I'm a bit undecided.
***If I go with wood stringers, does it need to be a certain type, or just standard Home Depot stuff? Should I do the complete carbon lay-in before stringers or anything else? How shall I go about installing them, it appears I would rough cut the shape, assemble with a motor mount, then fit to the hull befor finally epoxying/glassing, sound right?
Also thinking of carbon fiber stringers, but the sheets from Kintec only come in 300mm lengths I believe. Any advice on doing my stringers is welcome, ordering the carbon weave now..... SAM_0144.jpgSAM_0143.jpg
Before anybody says it, I DO use the search feature, in fact I've spent hours using it to get where I am already. That being said, I still have many questions and not enough time weed through and answer them all, and if I'm asking here, then I'm already searching as well.
I am lucky enough to be local to OSE, and since I've been going in there, there has been a DF Sniper 45" hull on the top rack, collecting dust(literally). It has some very minor cosmetic damage, so Steven said he'd let it go cheap($100) I thought it was a shame to let it just sit there, so today it finally came home with me
Also have a Castle 2028 and Hydra Ice 200HV on the way from a member, and I have a spare 1/4 scale steering servo from my Losi 5ive-T.I am starting this thread, hoping some of you will help me along on the build, and it will be more questions/advice for me than a build thread. If mods want to move it to Q and A forum that's fine.
First up, I intend to lay in some carbon Kevlar from Kintec, I think I've got enough info from searching to do that. The hull did not have stringers installed, though, and that is where I'm a bit undecided.
***If I go with wood stringers, does it need to be a certain type, or just standard Home Depot stuff? Should I do the complete carbon lay-in before stringers or anything else? How shall I go about installing them, it appears I would rough cut the shape, assemble with a motor mount, then fit to the hull befor finally epoxying/glassing, sound right?
Also thinking of carbon fiber stringers, but the sheets from Kintec only come in 300mm lengths I believe. Any advice on doing my stringers is welcome, ordering the carbon weave now..... SAM_0144.jpgSAM_0143.jpg
? ONLY IF THEY WORK 
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