MrChilly

HJ thank you for that nice compliment. Dude, those are some serious size boats you have there! Man-size, even! Looking really good to, I´m thinking of building myself a large offshore cat next time.
Anyway, the tanks I have, are fuel/waterbottles or what ever you´d like to call them. They are supposed to hold either fuel or water, payed about a buck each for them. Extruded aluminium, screw-caps, and no internal painting. Highclass product, at low cost. Hmm...the name of the product here was Nicks Worlds sportsbottle... I have NO clue as what the product would be in US...got a pic of it tho...hang on!

TERBObob

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WOW ... those are gonna make some NICE fuel cells . ( same you lived over-seas .... would ask you to get me a BUNCH )
How much ( quantity ) can they hold ?

MrChilly

They hold 0.6 liters, translates into about 0,13 gallon.

stevblutu15

Wow i love the design of the boat. Do you have plans, can u share em, (is this allowed) haha well nice job this thing is going to be awsome. any ideas on the paint scheme? is that ply wood? All i have to say is it looks alot nicer than my c-box did during construction. Ill have pics up on that soon also. Congrats and have fun with the build. Keep us informed.

TERBObob

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( without putting you on the spot .... )
If you DO decide to share .... put me on the list ......

But , more than likely .... it'll be a sole venture


and for that , I can't blame you one bit .

MrChilly

No problems guy´s, just PM me with where to send the files, and you´ll have them as soon as I get the PM...=) The more the merrier!
But, you will have to make the modifications to the deck your self, since that is not in the plans. And, the plans are cad-files, just so you know.
Yep, that´s plywood, and I actually do have a plan for a paintscheme. All metallic colours, black and red metallics... May even be some chameleon paint, but that´s just a different story. I´ll propably go with red and black metallics.

OLD_SLOW and in the WAY

that chamelion paint in my opinion is the ugliest color going....looks like the painter dumped all his daily left overs in the bucket

MrChilly

Well, I believe that depends on who layed the paint, really... But in general, if someone who does not know what he´s doing has laid the paint, it pretty much sucks. If someone with skills do it, now that´s a different story! And I happen to have a pal who´s a painter by trade....

Captain Ramius

Sigg fuel bottle or MSR fuel bottle,Sigg was the first to make them.You can get them from most back packing suppliers.Available in several sizes.Sigg has them in Red and plain.MSR has thier logo on it.Being aluminum you could have it anodized any color you want or paint or powder coat.

BTW chameleon paint is about $4800 usd a gal.

MrChilly

Yep, I know...but as I said, I have a friend working with this stuff, so I can get it for cheaps!

MrChilly

Somehow, my subscription to the forums do not work no more? Strange...

MrChilly

Ah, ok, here´s some new pics for yo! Added some strakes yesterday, and these pics show how they are placed. THey are not quite finished yet though...=) The green stuff is fiberglass putty, a thin layer, since my fine easysanding putty was all used up by someone..
Anywho, here´s some pics for ya...














There you go, please comment on shape, placing, and length!

TERBObob

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Shape , good
Length , good


BUT .....


I think you put them on backwards ???[&o]

( meaning .... the should be all the way in the FRONT and fall short as it goes towards the transom .... )

MrChilly

See, now...this is why I ask all those silly questions...Just forgot to ask about this..=) Ok, no harm done yet, how mych should I shorten them from the transom? And how should the cut look?

TERBObob

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Depends ... but the ones closest to the middle of the kiel ( center of bottom of vee , sould be shorter and the outer ones run the entire length of the hull . )
Seel these are what add lift to the bow and allow or make the boat get on plane and stay there .

MrChilly

I only have one on each side of the boat. Should I leave it as it is then? If not, please show me a pic of how the ends should be shaped, someone... I´m going fairly crazy over this right now, since I cannot go forth with the build before I decide if and how to cut those strakes...

jocolo

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this a rtr boat but should give you an idea , i guess

MrChilly

Yep, the really clarifies things, actually. I´m on my way out to perform some surgery right now, and its 23:03 now! Thanks a lot! (my girl´s gonna kill me soon...she´s involved in this boat too, by the way, helped me with building the framing and stuff!)

LVEURBOATS

Here is another shot of those fuel bottles, BTW boat looks great keep up the good work.
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TERBObob

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Hope this catches you before you do TOO much "surgery" to her .
Since she looks like the SEADUCER a LOT , might I suggest you try and imitate the bottom of the SEADUCER as well ? ( chines , I mean )

MrChilly

Ok, I have now cut the chines, so they end about 10 inches in front of the transom. Since I only have one at each side of the keel, this was a fairly simple task. I´ll get some pics up as soon as I can. Next is fiberglassing the hull!

MrChilly

Captain Ramius and ash4889, where can I find those bottles? They are EXACTLY what I´ve been looking for, and I will buy myself two of those if I can get a hold of them, just to spare myself of the hazzle of building my own.

LVEURBOATS

Hey Buddy
Get in contact with Red Nascar he is a member of the Dutch Forum, He was the first one to tell me about those tanks which are available in any local sporting goods store in Europe.........[link=http://xtremercboats.com/phpBB/index.php?sid=a1aab962f1340653dd43ab6ad40a0c71]XtremeRC Boats[/link]

MrChilly

Thank´s a lot, ash! I´ll do that as soon as I get home and can sit down for a while..=) Thanks a bunch!

MrChilly

Ah, what the heck..I just went ahead and made myself a couple of gastanks..=) I´ve been trying out different things with these for a couple of day´s hence the low activity in this thread. Anyways, here´s a pic of the completed tanks, with the fill-system in place. Only thing missing in the picture is a soda-bottle with a short fuel-line and a fitting on it, for the filling of the system. The fitting on the larger "T" is a quickrelease fitting, that is supertight and closed when there is not a male fitting inserted into it. Makes for a clean and easy refueling. The tank´s are gonna sit in the boat as shown before, one on each side of the enginebay.
On to the pic....