bentley marshall

hi guys its been a while since ive done any thing with boats some of you might rember me
any way i have bought a set of 1/4 f1 dpi tunnel hull moulds
the moulds are quite old but are in very good condition
it even has the moulds for motor cover

i will be making some boats out of them soon ...one for my self [8D]


ive been looking round for outboard legs and can only realy find the new arrow shark one for sale are there any other legs been made at the moment ???

any way heres soem pics of the moulds

Hesco Racing

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8959867/tm.htm

Has all the info you need. There is about 9 different legs out there besides Arrowshark. i know of 3 in South Africa 1 Australia 3 Europe and 2 USA. There is a beautiful scale leg being done by a chap in USA but have only seen his prototype and have not seen one on a boat.


Cobus

mickieb49

Nice Bentley, hope you have got your boat building skills ready, this will be a nice hull can't wait till i see the pictures.
Cheers Mick

F1TUNNEL

Good pick up!!! Great to see someone making some more of these and a bit closer to home too!! All the best,
Dion.

bentley marshall

cheers got a few things to finish off then i will get on to makeing some

trickeyF1

Let us now when you start building! I have one of the original GRH ones (think the moulds you have are the same ones) Mine is running a gmorty leg, and I am
keen to build a inboard now.
Cheers shane.

bentley marshall

your hull might be out of the same moulds can you post some photos of your boat ??

im going to build some hulls send me a pm i can build you one if you like

im unsure if i will do a inboard or outboard for my self yet

trickeyF1

Here you go

bentley marshall

that looks sweet has the bottom of you hull got ride pads or is it flat ??

trickeyF1

No no ride pads. Actually the running surfaces from those molds are not very straight. (something that you may need to look at) If the are the same molds.

bentley marshall

your one must be out of differnt moulds the running surfaces are straight on these moulds

trickeyF1

Ihave had this one for about 7 years so could well be from different moulds. I am still keen when you start building.

bentley marshall

will send you a pm when i start building some

might layup the first one next week and see how it comes out

martno1fan

Hey Bentley are you doing this yourself or have you got someone to show you what to do ,look forward to seeing how the first one turns out m8.Whats the plans for the layup ,mat cloth or both ?.
Mart

rcguy1411

are the engine cowls for the old K&B .67 outboard or are they for a zenoah if there for the 67 i would be interested in a set thanks

bentley marshall

hey the engine covers quite big ..should fit your engine... its 170mm high 150 long and 100 wide ...the guy i got the moulds off reckens it would just fit over a zen with carb and exhaust out each side

bentley marshall

yes im doing it myself have done lots of fiberglassing in the past.... not boats but automotive panels for rally cars ,carbonfiber dash panels, spoilers wings etc so yes i do know what im doing

martno1fan

I think you will find a boat especially a tunnel more of a challeng than a panel but im sure you will be fine m8,gime a shout if you need any help .
Mart

bentley marshall

will do cheers mate

F1roddo

Great stuff Bentley, its always good to see more of the f1 tunnels come out of the wood work. Hope all goes well with them and keep us all updated.
I love the F1 tunnels.....Yippy!!

I also have a DPI (copy i think) that I squeezed an inboard into. Just a couple of pictures of mine.

bentley marshall

hey that looks great the cover you have over the carb looks like its ment to be there is there one on the other side for exhaust ??? might have to liik at somthing like that for mine

F1roddo

Yep! the exhaust side is the same as the carby side. I made this new cowl so that everything would fit underneath and be hidden to try and look like the real deal as much as possible. I havent got a picture of the other side, but this this one is from the back so you can get an idea of size and you can just see the top part of the other side.

Cheers
Chris

bentley marshall

nice job on that looks great