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It seems as though every time I have a great idea, someone else has already thought of it first.
Early in 2007, I decided that I would build a boat in the Mach5 theme. That would be Speed racer, for those too young to remember. Growing up, the Mach5 was my favorite car, but the car eerily looked like the bow of a catamaran. I decided to use a cat hull. Slowly, I went from having no cat's to almost all cats today. I wasted a lot of time choosing a hull. I chose several hulls, then decided on the Scat Cat 21. I went through 3 of them.
The 1st was the yellow one I tried to remove the yellow paint from. I gave up, and gave it to SJFE for free. You guys should remember it as the "rescue cat- gen 1" that got stomped.
Next I got another Scat cat 21. This one came from SJFE, it was the "rescue cat- gen 2" I had so much difficulty joining the hull, I gave it away to Avanti27offshore.
I then bought another scat cat 21 directly from BBY. I bought it already joined. It was going to be perfect! I took advantage of River Rat's kind offer, and she's machining the struts for the boat. (Yes it'll be twins) (yes... on that small a boat) I had RMZdaddy make me up some decals for her. I was well on my way.
I then got the H&M M1 Supercat S from SJFE. It was such a nice hull, I considered it for the build, but it's design didn't lend itself to my theme.
I recently noticed that a live motion movie was due to come out in Spring/Summer about Speed Racer. I picked up the pace, because I wanted the boat complete before the movie trailers started to air. I started to do some heavy research on the movie and found this... I should have been happy to have something to use as a guide, but I was
because my idea had already been thought of. I guess, since I'm not the first one to think of this, it makes ME the thief huh?
Now, with that boat as my guide, I thought that a Mean Machine hull was the way to go. SJFE said that the BJ hull would be better. (Yes, Tom was in on this project early on) I was glad to know that I didn't have to buy another hull as I have the Black Jack. One problem is that the BJ has a double canopy. I need a single canopy (exactly like the one on RC Prince's BJ).
Oh well. At least the rush to beat the movie's debut is no longer an issue.
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Early in 2007, I decided that I would build a boat in the Mach5 theme. That would be Speed racer, for those too young to remember. Growing up, the Mach5 was my favorite car, but the car eerily looked like the bow of a catamaran. I decided to use a cat hull. Slowly, I went from having no cat's to almost all cats today. I wasted a lot of time choosing a hull. I chose several hulls, then decided on the Scat Cat 21. I went through 3 of them.
The 1st was the yellow one I tried to remove the yellow paint from. I gave up, and gave it to SJFE for free. You guys should remember it as the "rescue cat- gen 1" that got stomped.
Next I got another Scat cat 21. This one came from SJFE, it was the "rescue cat- gen 2" I had so much difficulty joining the hull, I gave it away to Avanti27offshore.
I then bought another scat cat 21 directly from BBY. I bought it already joined. It was going to be perfect! I took advantage of River Rat's kind offer, and she's machining the struts for the boat. (Yes it'll be twins) (yes... on that small a boat) I had RMZdaddy make me up some decals for her. I was well on my way.
I then got the H&M M1 Supercat S from SJFE. It was such a nice hull, I considered it for the build, but it's design didn't lend itself to my theme.
I recently noticed that a live motion movie was due to come out in Spring/Summer about Speed Racer. I picked up the pace, because I wanted the boat complete before the movie trailers started to air. I started to do some heavy research on the movie and found this... I should have been happy to have something to use as a guide, but I was
because my idea had already been thought of. I guess, since I'm not the first one to think of this, it makes ME the thief huh?Now, with that boat as my guide, I thought that a Mean Machine hull was the way to go. SJFE said that the BJ hull would be better. (Yes, Tom was in on this project early on) I was glad to know that I didn't have to buy another hull as I have the Black Jack. One problem is that the BJ has a double canopy. I need a single canopy (exactly like the one on RC Prince's BJ).
Oh well. At least the rush to beat the movie's debut is no longer an issue.
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