Hello Shipmates! I am veturing into the field of R/C boats for the first time. I have some experience with R/C tanks (German Tiger 1). I have built countless static models over the years, but when I bought my tank, it was the first R/C model I have ever owned and now I want to branch out into ships.

A few years ago, I was given the Lindbergh 1/125 Blue Devil as a birthday gift. It sat under my bed ever since. I believe that now is the time to get cracking on it. It will be a father/daughter bonding activity which will be either a lot of fun or a PITA. So I'll be around here a bit gleaning info from all of you. My goal is to one day build a Smit Rotterdam Tug, but I must cut my teeth with a few less demanding models first.

I will be doing a full R/C conversion complete with lights, and maybe even rotating gun turrets if I can figure out how to do it. I think that I'll be scratch building all below deck components, not using the kit supplied stuff. Hull stiffeners and a deck support/fastening lip will be first to be built. I'm thinking a twin motor/ dual ESC configuration will be installed as well, so I can go forward on one engine and reverse the other for tight maneuvers.

I love to tinker with gadgets and machinery, so I'm quite looking forward to this build.Any advice on building this model, would be well received.