Scale graphics

[monojeff]

I have all the graphics for this boat.
This is local 1/10 scale 8255 Brian buass hull and cowl.
Shoot me a PM if you want to talk more details

[cybercrxt]

Jeff that looks nice. Terry maybe Jeff can get you a cowl from Brian since you are having trouble getting ahold of him. Mitch Dillard does indeed make a lot of 1/10th scale cowls too!

[RayR]

When I checked about 6 months ago, Mitch did not have an 8255 cowl.

[don ferrette]

When I checked about 6 months ago, Mitch did not have an 8255 cowl.

Ray like that Winston Select in your avatar. I've always liked that version and came close to building one a couple times.

[don ferrette]

No wing. PIA to get it just right. Still haven't heard back from my canopy source. Might have to make one. At least it's an easy one.

Hey T, wings aren't that bad the key is to set the rear horizontal to zero. Once you've set the hull up on the set up board use an airplane wing incidence meter to set zero angle of attack. If your not familiar with what that is I'll send or post a pic. I've built many winged scales and set right they work great.

[olwarbirds]

That looks good Jeff...

[monojeff]

When I talked to Mitch I thought he did have a plug for the 8255 cowling his are vaccum formed.
Brian's are epoxy fiberglass cowls. I have one on my dominos also.


I'll see if I can contact Brian for you.

[JimClark]

Fortunately that one would be probably the easiest one to have to make

[T.S.Davis]

Ice done 4 boats with wings. Just another "thing" to make.

I made a Notre dame from scratch. This wouldn't be super hard to make if I had to. Glass over foam.

[Coug90]

If you're still looking for a cowling for the 8255 hull in 1:10 scale, I have them. If you or anyone else is looking for 1:10 scale parts, visit my site at hydroscalecreations.com The selection is growing all the time. Just shoot me an email with what you're looking for. It sometimes helps to send a photo of the real boat just to be certain you are looking for the right parts but have the year wrong. Boats changed so much from year to year and some even within the same year. I want to make sure you get what you really want and love to see photos of the finished projects. Let me know if I can help.

[T.S.Davis]

Mitch, I'll shoot you an email in a bit. I didn't see the 138 on your list.

[T.S.Davis]

As long as I'm all scaly here......what about exhaust, drivers, maybe a steering wheel? Are those things that most fabricate themselves? I have skills but if someone has done the work already........

[ezhitz]

I found Mitch was great to deal with when I needed my cowl he even made a cowl for my son for his Miss Supertest that he didn't have and made it up for him. Terry try classic hydro for the motor
http://www.classichydros.com/ as for driver look for 1/10 action figure you just cut their legs off. I think one of the best sites for 1/10 is http://www.classicthunder.us/

Scale driver.jpg

[Coug90]

Hey, how did that Supertest III project turn out anyway? I never got any photos. Hope it went well. Supertest is one of my favorites. We have a guy in our club who has a really nice model of the Supertest III. His wife is from Canada and she is very partial to it. He says she doesn't want him to race it because she's afraid he'll wreck it. I have been using one of those vintage Evel Knievel stunt cycle figures for my open cockpit driver. You can find them often for sale on eBay sometimes with their original driving suits and helmets. I replace the helmets with my own, but they have a good look and adjustable arms and hands that can actually grip the steering wheel. I just cut them off at the hip. It's easy enough to fashion a life jacket out of some felt or they used to have these novelty golf balls that came with orange life jackets that fit just perfectly. Haven't seen those around for a while though.

[T.S.Davis]

No offense to all you scale heads but.............scale is expensive. Holy crap. Adds up fast.