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Old 07-28-2012, 05:33 AM
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Default 3.5 K&B Outboard cowl cover

I needed some cowl covers for my cat hull which will run twin brushless 3.5 K&B outboard legs. I am after a scale look to this project so I picked the K&B because they look close to scale compared to the OS leg. The hull was made by Evolution Rc, so I asked them if they could design a cowl cover for the K&B leg, they said no worries. Here are some pics of the progress of the design and build of the cowl covers.
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Old 07-28-2012, 07:24 PM
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Here is an update pic from Evolution Rc of how they are going with the design of my outboard cowl covers. Starting to take shape with the air vents being finalized and the exit points of the steering arms. Once we are happy with the final layout of the air vents and position, the mould will be made and a test cowl will be produced.

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Just an update pic of the cowl , nearly ready for the making of the moulds.
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Here are some pics of the painted hull the color is cyan blue metalic, just need to cut and polish the clear coat when it cures.
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Default RE: 3.5 K&B Outboard cowl cover

Here are some pics of the first test cowl out of the mould,



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Here are some pics of a complete outboard with cowl for testing and seeing how it looks on the hull, the outboards will have decals made up for them. The outboard cowls will be available soon fromhttp://evorc.com.au/



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Default RE: 3.5 K&B Outboard cowl cover

Very nice work! Thanks for sharing!
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Cheers mate, it's getting there.
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Here is a pic of the decal set applied to the test cowl,
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that is fantastic!
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Here are some update pics of the decals applied to the outboard cowls,
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Wow, amazing work!

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