Rich404

UGG..About a year or so ago my wife had to work in Dallas so I went down there to check it out. . Every day was over 100 degrees and it was brutal. I feel for you for having to deal with that heat. The AC is a must over there.

-Rich.

rblubaugh

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Makes you wonder how we ever got along without AC?

Bob

deep sky

how does this look for the bowlip

rblubaugh

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DS,

Looks good to me BUT "wheres the chocks"?  Go back to page 95 to get some inspiration fromRich and if you want 'scale'  also check out the picture on page 19 of the bowlip of the "original" Dauntless.

Bob

deep sky

i havent got that far yet just finished roughing it out. after glass and puting deck on ill cut for chocks

rblubaugh

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O.K. I jumped the gun.

12skipper

Hi Deepsky,
If you go back to page 8 about the 12th post down, you will see how I treated the raised bow and the chocks. I hope this helps.

Chuck

deep sky

that is just about what mine will look like when its done im not ready to cut out the caucks yet

Sound Sailor

In this shot you can see the profile of the bow lip on the real Dauntless and the one I added to mine long after it was built.

Bill

deep sky

hi caps can anyone tell me if a esc rated at 75 amps that has been runing a 7.2 motor will work for 1 of my 700s

Rich404

If you are running the boat on 7.2V's then yes it would work. If the boat will be running on 12V then you have to first look up the specs of the ESC to see if it will support it.

-Rich.

dauntlessfan

Made more accute throttles, was going to paint the knobs. Pulled out my box of Testors model paints and most of them have dried up [:@].

Other than that I think this piece is finally done.... for now.

deep sky

im not shure what the specks are a guy has a radio motor and esc on e bay with a buy it now of 20 dollars he states the motor is 7.2 and the esc is rated at 75 amps max im going 12v

Rich404

Send a message to the seller OR find out the make & model & look it up online.

-R.

Rich404

Great work Dauntlessfan!! A little bit of enamel thinner will bring the paint back to life. To get the accurate color of the purple throttles try mixing a drop of flat red & some black together. play with the combo & the color color will appear.

-R.

Sound Sailor

My son took a couple of shots today of my latest build. Hope you like them.

Bill

rblubaugh

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Bill,

Youur son took some nice pictures.  I like your lobster traps too.  What did you use to make them?

Bob

Sound Sailor

Thanks Bob. The traps are made from what is called hardware cloth (they're actually wire) from Home Cheapo. I made a paper template and cut wire for each as one piece. Then it was just a matter of folding to the shape and painting.

Bill

rblubaugh

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Nice job Bill.

Rich404

WOW that boat looks awesome!!! That is some first class craftsmanship Bill!!

-Rich.

Rich404

Hi captains,

Last night I did another very late night working on the radar mast...she is coming along as planned. Tomorrow is my son's christening so it will slow things up a bit but then I will resume as planned. The mast structure is built and I need to continueon. The mast foundation/intake is a little bigger than planned but now that I see how it looks in place I am going to sketch on it with a sharp pencil and lower it as needed.

More to come.

-Rich.

werdonmorris

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Rich

I have not worked on my boat for some time now, for my attention has been turned to my two boats in my yard.
Will take pictures today and post them on my site today. I had both rebuilt, top to bottom, and have not yet got them into water yet.
My Grandsons has been with my sister in-law, for my daughter just cannot get into the groove of cleaning her house. So, until my Grandsons,
Gabriel 3, and Stepfonte 7.5 months returns home, my projects can collect dust. Sorry, I have no one to be able to talk to, for most of my family is pasted on.

Butch

Rich404

Hi Butch,

I'm glad to see you back online!! you can join us anytime!!

-Rich.

werdonmorris

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Captains

I have posted the pictures on my site, BUTCH'S BUILD LOG FOR DUMAS DEEP V60

dauntlessfan

Hi Butch good to see you around again.

Wow Rich, great progress on that radar mast!

My radar just got attacked by my 15-month-old little boy so I need to glue it all back together... DOH!