If the 1/8 is anything like the 1/12 they aint worth a crap!!The proboats hull arent very well made.they all have the same proublems wing tail fins cracks the radio box are to thin,servios moves/flex the box,side rails were the motor and cowl are thin/cracks.plus the back ends where the rudders are at cracks too!!these hulls are not made of good quality materials.Right now I'm doing bodywork on the hull on my 1/12 Miss Budwiser and I'd found alot of voids in the gelcoat!!
I know what your saying about the hulls being pricy! But the old saying is you get what you payed for too!! Just shop around.Go to Google.com and type rc hydros hulls and you'll find some and do the same thing to ask.com too.I hoping to build a 1/6 scale Of the MIss Bud shortly.At least building one out of wood would last longer then fiberglass and takes a better beating and streese then the fiberglass ones.[>:]