BMAD01

YIKES!![X(] Better get that thing offin the livingroom floor before you get busted!LOL Looking good! Brian

martno1fan

haha left it there overnight to dry ,its a bit cold in the shed this time of year when the heatings off.heres a cpl more pics got the sides on and test fitted the engine its just sat in there at the moment ,fits ok good job the rails werent any narrower or it wouldnt fit lol it just clears both rails but the mounting bolts have a cpl inches clearance so alls well.have just enough room to put the rubber mounts on the engine mount,when i make it that is!!.by the way thats my spare engine not the one im putting in the boat but its the same engine.the one thats going in has a walb carb fitted ,i just had that one handy so i test fitted it.

bentley marshall

hey mart you may have to cut the nose off the front of the engine my engine sits about 2" back from where yours is sitting now but you will find that out when you get to doing your CG

martno1fan

thanks for the tip lol but that nose is my clutch housing and ill be using that nose to attach the mount to at the rear.i cant see balance been a problem to be honest but we will see .

da mad maori

wooo hooo GO Martin!!!!!

see if ya cant beat the Marshall Bro's to the water

martno1fan

Haha im not sure ill beat them to the water but lets just say it wont take me almost a year to get this thing wet lol .They have quite a head start on me especially Bentley who needs to pull his finger out ,only kidding matey .

bentley marshall

i got the last bits for mine now so if i can leave the car aloan for a bit should get it done

martno1fan

Hi mate im glad to hear you got all yer bits now get em put in the boat and get it wet!!.I havent got too much to report on my build apart from i glassed all the rails and frames in,i also glassed the seams for the sides too so it should be a strong boat.i trimmed the edges of the hull and sanded it ready to epoxy coat all i need now is to make my chines as the way i did the hull the bottom over laps the sides no biggie though.by the way weighed the boat as it is now and its under 4 1/2 pounds so should be a lite boat too.

w3bby

Martin, radio box pictures as requested, [link=http://www.putfile.com/w3bby/images/22401]here[/link] Hope they help with ideas.

martno1fan

Thanks Ian it looks like you made a few changes to the transome on the boat did you put the rudder and strut further back ? does it make her run better? if so how far back is the prop now from the transome.i have nearly all i need to get her finnished now apart from the rudder, im going to try and make one from ali. i have some billet and some angle anyone got any ideas or pics of any i could get some ideas from.

w3bby

Front face prop/rudder 100mm from transom. Built this way from the start so can't say if it runs better or not.
Can't do much worse than look at the aeromarine rudder for simplicity and strength. Don't forget a kickup function in case you hit something hard [:@]

martno1fan

thanks for the heads up on the kick up ill make sure i do that ,heres a cpl more pics i cut the deck today i just tacked and taped it on for now .shes looking good so far dont you think?.before i can fasten the deck on i need some pipe insulators for my bouyancy only 42 pence from B&Q .ill also mount the engine first and ill get all my stuffing tube in and hardware on before i put the deck on.

rickburnout666

dont forget to cable tie some pipe insulators. to the stringers to stop the engine sinking when your boat gets that killer one touch and disintigrates

martno1fan

yea i forgot about that dohh

da mad maori

your boat blends in with ya floorboards nicely!!!!

looking good

Cmon Marshall Bro's ya getting ya a** whipped here

martno1fan

yea sorry about that but i hope you can see it well enough to get an idea of how good she looks hehe.

bentley marshall

what boat i dont see a boat

martno1fan

Thats exactly what you would be saying if we ever got to race em lol hehe .

bentley marshall

yeah sure i will settel for a gps speed reading

martno1fan

no gps here youll need to take my word for it ,would i lie lol?by the way im not glassing my tube in im making a t bar type mount to hold it in makes it easy to change it when needed!!.

bentley marshall

go out and buy one ya tight you know what

martno1fan

Buy what a gps or a t bar lol tell you what ill buy a gps when you buy a video camera!! dont you have a digital camera? they work to take video or mine does.I also got a vid cam though so ill be sure to post a video to proooove how fast mine is hehe.

bentley marshall

yes i have a dig camra but it wont take vids

STEVE MARSHALL

Hi all, The boat looks great mate, It's the same looking motor as mine, are you going to watercool it?. I am going to put 2 air scoops in the forward deck and duct fresh air by pipe down to the engine. I only flew home from work last night so i havent even looked at mine yet.(had to satisfy the wife)(it's been 9 days away)

Steve

bentley marshall

we didnt need to know that!!!![:'(]