Twin cat p.eells style (cat scratch feaver)

[ace028]

Looking good, whats up with the extra white pics?

[peells]

They got washed out from the flash

[ace028]

Anything going on here? Progress? Finish up the top, I know you got my HOK paint and PPG clear, and a nice big aircompressor, paint guns, airbrush sand paper, get this bad boy in the water! I'm thinking about starting to work on mine some, more work = less parts for me to loose when I move.

[peells]

Well it is funny you ask,
I am going to do a video on balancing the props tonight I realized that on my blog I state that "I am here to tell you all about the art of model boat building fron scratch" so I thought that I needed some actual information someone could actually use. by the way I moved it off the jig today does that count for something?

[ace028]

So anything going on here yet?

[johnf]

Yeah let's see some updates on this bad cat!

[peells]

Yea I have been out of town but some time this week I will be mounting my prop holders and get this bd lil kitty closed up and ready for paint

[peells]

Well I needed to post something here just to wet your appetietes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg6-Tq8_Nxo

Now the Twin Felix (Cat Scratch Feaver Will Be even faster wtih water cooling!!)

[ace028]

Any dust flying instead of settling?

[peells]

Well I guess just dust setteling for now, but I did get some pretty cool struts in the mail a couple of weeks ago but I want to take pictures of them with the cables and such then the mounting process with the blind nuts and brass tubing!! that may take place in a coup;e of weeks.

[peells]

I know I know I have been rather non performing for building the Lynx Version II (Cat Scratch Feaver/ Double Felix but the good news is that I have dusted it off and started working on it again (It helps to have lots of goodies from our sponsors here at Offshore Electrics and else where I started by getting this nice little prop strut holder and then two prop shaft kits a right hand and a left hand both are 1/8" which should be great for this little Cat so here are a couple of pics to complete the day.

[peells]

Hey I did something tonight!! I cut my tubes (stuffing type) and made a couple of supports out of carbon fiber to keep them in place I usually use chunks of balsa but the stuff to make this little kitty was a bit more expensive so I elected to use the carbon fiber so here are a couple of pics so you can see the progress.





You hve to be careful when you make these as the position is dictated by the length of your couplers so you need some for mocking up or else you may just have a mistake on your hands.

[HYDROJERRY]

Nice peels,,,im trying to build a mini mystic cat and thought allwas good until i sprayed the clearcoat, it messed up the paint in areas so now i have to try to wet sand it back out and try again,,,i build backwards paint frist build last cuz i have found when i build something it will go great and then the paint job goes to crap,,so on yours will you be running two esc's or is it postable to run one to two motors????

[wparsons]

Where'd you get the plans for this? Looks perfect for a winter build project for a younger relative!

[peells]

Well I did some more work on the Lynx Version 2 today I cut the sponson Decking for the front and glued it down now it has clamps I got tired of wasiting for the glue to harden.
And to answwer the question of where I got the plans I made em!! and sell them for $11.00 USD in pdf format and Here are some pictures of my progress. pm me if intrested.
And yes I use two ESC's

[peells]

Well I carved out some time to work on the model, Today I added the side boards to the hatch opening (I like em Big) so I can get on with figuring out what to do about the water cooling to the motors without having some gaudy bump on the hatch. In my mind right now I am planning on making a couple of fake air scoops to hide the lines under, but first I was going to go to OSH Hardware to see about some alternate fittings that turn 90 deg.
As you can see from the photos I need to do a bit of trimming to the top around the back and front of the sponsons.

[peells]

Well I got the parts for the standoff box made and the trimming all done.

[peells]

Hi all I started on the hatch tonight, and is it going to be interesting I had to glue sections of balsa together with the grain going across the beam so it would flex to the conture of the boat then I cut out the center and made two strips and beveled them and glued them on at an angle (I hope it is better than having to warp it to shape) and more of the creativity comes in making a couple of foux jet intake scoops to route the cooling tubes under for the motor cooling, I will take pictures later.

[rawsonreyes]

wish i had the time to do stuff like that i envy you man but with my job and 4kids it's impossible good stuff.

[peells]

WELL JUST LOOK HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET THIS FAR!! i HAVE TWO KIDS (TWINS) WORK, USHER AT CHURCH AND AM INVOLVED IN CHILDREN MINISTRIES, EVERY ONCE AND AWHILE i GOTT GO IN MY ROOM AND CLOSE THE DOOR OR WORK ON IT LATE AT NIGHT OR REAL EARLY IN THE MORNING. SO I GUESS WHAT I AM SAYING IS YOU HAVE TO REALLY WANT TO MAKE A WEE BIT OF TIME FOR YOURSELF. GOOD LUCK

[ace028]

Updates? I lost most all motivation to work on mine, need some motivation. Not much motivation for any projects now lol. I need to take some vacation out there and drive boats, its been a year and a half since I drove mine last.

[peells]

Hi all,
I have been working on the hatch and have got it closing real well, I made it in three pieces the center section and two outboard sections, the grain of the wood runs across the boat so that it will bend easily.
I did have to glue some pieces together to make the part long enough as the balsa came in 4" wide pieces.

[peells]

Well I am puttn on the ugly here on the hatch today since everyone thought the last mini I built looked ugly until I painted it, Here we go again maybe someone will get some creative Ideas using styrofoam, I like using it as it is easy to sand and very cheep!!! I got mine for free and it doesn't get any better than that. I made the styrofoam cutter with odds and ends lying around the house it works pretty well but I am going to up grade my transformer with a better one for the job these little train transformers have an internal circuit breaker and it keeps popping (I hate it) so radio shack here I come.
Well here are some ugly pictures but in the hands of a body and fender dude it will start shaping up pretty fast.

I glued styrofoam blocks on top after doing some real rough shaping




I am sure you get the idea of air scoops (these will be fake to make room for the cooling tubes.)













And the Styrofoam Cutter

[peells]

Well Today I did a little sanding on the styrofoam I glued to the hatch and took five shots of the work so you all could see the progression of the project.

[peells]

here is a link to my photo bucket album for this build

http://s943.photobucket.com/albums/a...20VERSION%202/

[peells]

Well today I started making the rudder Package I have all the parts roughed out for the rudder assyembley so it looks a bit blocky but that is soon to change with a bit of filing here and there.
Well on this rudder I decided to use a bushing in the hole for the shaft wow what a difference play is almost non existant and it turns real smooth as well.

[peells]

Good morning all,
I was working on my hardware last night and took the following pictures.

[peells]

Hey is anybody watching? I am getting lonesome here all by myself

[HYDROJERRY]

Ive been watching,,,but have no coments cuz im working on my first mini cat!!!! but i can say you making those parts is alsume!!!! lucky you!!!!

[peells]

well Jerry link me to your build so I may post to it, and thanks for your comment