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Old 04-16-2002, 03:24 AM
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there is a few of them!
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Thats all I could find for pics, I did trim it and add some stickers to the pic below which broke it up a little, It was alot of work, but was alot of fun driving it too!!
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Hey John, did you make the molds for the hull? Rick
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Nope, that was the part I got at a swap meet, just the glass part.
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Nice boat! So now would someone get plans for something like that,it looks great. I`m new to boats but not r/c.
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I just kinda guestimated how I thought it should look and went for it! Got lucky hehe
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Was into R/C boating before flying, was fun until to cops came and told me i could no longer run the boat in the lake behind the boat.
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Was into R/C boating before flying, was fun until to cops came and told me i could no longer run the boat in the lake behind the boat.
Help guys,,my next door neighbor wants me to help him build a gas powered boat 54" long powered by TWO weed-eater engines..Have you built one like this or know of where plans can be had he wants a scarrabe type cigar boat..I havent a clue where to look..Please advise by e-mail as i check it often at [email protected]
,,hes new to the hobby and i dont want to mislead or tell him we can do this unless i know it can..

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IT SEEMS THE GURU ON BOATS ON THIS FORUM,WHICH IS A GOOD THING,I GUY ON OTHER PAGE RECOMMENED A MONO HULL WITH 15 FOR A STARTER BOAT.WHAT DO YOU THINK
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That would work fine, this cat would have been a perfect first boat for someone too, it was SOO stable! almost too predictable..
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WHERE TO GO TO GET THE SETUP.I`M ON EASTCOAST
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get a boat magazine, lots of places in there, or go to tower hobbies, they also have alot of links to go to other places
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Check out Jims RC boat dock

http://home.austin.rr.com/jnissen/rcboat.html

John, NICE BOAT. Glad to see someone besides me builds these things. Here's my Apache, 60", water cooled homelite, walbro carb, wet tuned pipe. Does about 38 mph. Real blast!
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Wide open here. Throws a 5' roostertail.........
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