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Old 10-28-2008 | 11:39 AM
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Greetings
I am looking for a boat kit or plans the sole purpose of which is to diaplay and electric
outboard engine I have had since I was a kid some 50 plus years ago. the boat I
orginally had was a cabin cursier about 12 to 15 inches long. it is long since gone.

here is a picture of the engine:



Thanks for the help
Gary
Old 10-28-2008 | 11:47 AM
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Default RE: Looking for Kit or plans

There are about a dozen or so outboard plans here,...
http://www.svensons.com/boat/

Just scale the plans to your motor, and you should get
a great little model for your display.

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Old 10-28-2008 | 12:11 PM
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Thanks Umi
Not only are there lots of plans but they are of the time period of the
motor-1950's.
Gary
Old 10-28-2008 | 07:53 PM
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Glad to hear you say period correct. There are three kits on eBay right now that are collector's kits perfect size and can usually be copied and built quite easily. I would say these are more of a "carved" model than built-ups.

You would have a nice kit to always keep with it, and also a copy of your own to hang the outboard on next to it. If you resold it, you might even re-coup your loss on the balsa of your keeper. Prices can go towards a $100 I would think. These are starting out about $30.

An electric outboard was my first powered toy boat, however being five or six years old I never built a boat for it other than a cut half-gallon cardboard milk container to hang it on and hit the biggest puddle with it that I could find after a rain.

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Old 11-03-2008 | 08:30 PM
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Hey Jetpack, I just went through the bay looking for boats and/or plans ,nothing but electric speeders , the odd pirate ship and a battleship or 2 and 4 plans for tugboats...Rog
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Heres a pic of a boat from one of Svensens plans I am further along but I have no recent pics
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Old 11-08-2008 | 12:38 PM
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Thanks for the photos and inspiration

I have been looking at the Caballero from the Svensons plans.

Where do you purchase your wood etc. Sorry but I am not a boat builder but model
airplanes of the RC type. Any and all links appreciated

Gary

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