I'm typically a scale boat builder and I usually go for older boats. I wanted to build a FE boat from the offshore powerboat days of the 80's since I would watch the boats at the Benihanna Grand Prix off of Point Pleasant NJ. A friend recently gave me this Dumas 45" hull, so my goal is to build something that resembles Betty Cook's Kaama. I've been posting questions in the Q&A forum, figured I would start a build thread and see what other help I would get here. I'm a slow builder and procrastinator so bear with me on this.
I'll be keeping a continuous photo blog here unless I figure a better way for it: http://s11.photobucket.com/user/ken_...tml?sort=9&o=0
Here are some previous models I built. I'm no slouch when it comes to detail. The Miss Belmar is scratch built, 54" long and powered by 4 Dumas 12v motors with 4 props of course. The USS Marlin is a highly modified kit.
SS Miss Belmar: http://s11.photobucket.com/user/ken_...ideshow?sort=9
USS Marlin: http://s11.photobucket.com/user/ken_...0Marlin?sort=9
USS Marlin pool test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjELKbpJNfk
Complete USS Marlin build: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...ghlight=marlin
This is my goal.
wc-cook-0011sm.jpg
This is what I am working with.
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