Originally, this was going to be an R/C project, but that quickly became a project I wouldn't be able to deal with successfully..... I just couldn't figure out a practical way to make it R/C on land and in the water as well. Space was a limiting factor. However, the Ford GPA amphibious Jeep interested me, and I decided to build it as a push me - pull me toy.

Then I started scrounging around in my parts boxes for suitable things to use to build it. I found a boat prop. Wowie! That made me check my electric motor stuff, and by golly, I found a small motor that ran on a single AA cell. Wowie again!

I ended up with this mechanically crude motorized floater, but it floats properly (without leaking or sinking) and runs in kind of a straight line in water. On land it will be a GPA on the side of the road with a wet ignition that is waiting for a Rogers M9 recovery trailer. This is the most realistic and exciting background I could come up with for my water test. It was this or the bathtub. I had to add 13 ounces of ballast to get it to float at the correct displacement.

I'm thinking about painting it up as a GPA that was used by the Russians. I know they used a lot of them. But, I have no idea where/if I can get a Russian driver figure.

Rex