"Soaring Stuff" 1/6 P-Limited Crackerbox Build.
We have built a couple of prototype Hulls and Taylor from soaring stuff has made a few needed changes and the "Soaring Stuff" 1/6 Racing Crackerbox Hull kit is just about ready to go. With that I am going to do a build of the new kit. Here is a link for some information on the Racing Crackerbox kit and about "Soaring Stuff". http://www.soaringstuff.com/crackerbox.html . I am going to do a detailed thread of the build of one of the kits. Here are a few photos of a finished, unpainted prototype hull. This is just about the hull that the kit will build. I have kind of freelanced the scoop, but this can be done at the builders choice. During the build I may do an exposed V-8 engine type hatch. This is a geat looking hull when finished.
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Originally Posted by blizard05
It was about that long ago when I built my 1st SK Daddle, How does the SK 2 run with the SV-27 power?
I had a couple of projects that needed to get some progress done, One has been finished and the second is at the slow drying phase. So I am going to begin on the "Soaring Stuff" Cracker box. Taylor has done a very nice job getting everything correct on the parts. The first thing I did was to check the parts inventory supplied and read all the directions. We have everything needed to build a P-limited crackerbox hull. The first thing is to get the building board ready to build the hull. Taylor has supplied the anchor blocks in the kit that will need to be placed on a very straight, flat building board. The instuctions recomend a shelf type board that you can get at most home improvement centers, you can also use any straight flat 1X that is the correct width as well. You will also need your building supplies. Here is a list of what I prefer to use.
Once every thing was clamped and fit together I decided to do a few things that I think will be a plus once finished. I removed a little of the wood from the bulkhead centers. This is not at all needed to complete the crackerbox. I did this to shave a little weight and to make COG adjustments and electronic placement easier. I reclamped the parts to the jig and began building the forward keel spine support. I aligned one of the doublers to the center section of the support marked it then glued and clamped it together. Once dry, I added the second doubler to the opposite side of the center section allowing it to dry. When dry, I sanded the assembly to the correct shape and also so sanded the bottom edges to the same angle as the bulkhead bottoms. Checking fit and shape with the bulkhead placement. I sanded the nose area of the spine to a point shape.
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