Nota Micro RC Boat

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:09 pm

I bought this boat off of eBay and got a heck of a deal its a 1950 Richardson’s Mahogany boat based on the Richardson 35 foot Cabin Cruiser. I plan to refinish it and bring it back to its original glory.

This boat is a little bigger then what I am used to working with guess the scale is about 1/10 I show a micro RC on the boat so that ya’ll can get an idea of the size. The ship is a little over 24” long and about 8”wide. I am thinking of buying an already built RC boat and then taking the guts out of it to put in this boat!

This boat will put my ship building skills together with my RC skills and well we can only wait and see what comes out of it!

If anyone has any ideas for some RC boat building please let me know any help would be appreciated!

Maxximum Attack · Post by **Maxximum Attack** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:40 pm

Looks like one of our traditional fishing boats called a "moses"

You can probably replicate it

Maxx

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:18 pm

more like this:

Post by **CaboWabo** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:27 pm

I thought of Finks and sg219 as soon as I saw it. lol

It's like it's:

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betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:38 am

this thread springs to mind:
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpFo ... ight=woody

steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:21 pm

betty.k wrote:this thread springs to mind:
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpFo ... ight=woody

This boat is SG's big brother

Ya know something SG's boat is brown not green hummm

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:45 pm

this shop is a 5 minute walk from my house:
http://www.floataboat.com.au/

i'm sure you got similar shops over there, but if you need me to poke my head in there for any reason just say the word

the guy in there is really helpful and he's got a great range of them little boat type detail doohickeys (there's only about 6 boat things i can name!

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steelwoolghandi · Post by **steelwoolghandi** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:22 pm

Well I did some more work to the boat I sanded the old finish then stained the boat mahogany. After staining the boat I clear coated it with gloss polyurethane.

I then painted the white after taping off the stained areas. I plan to add the electronics and more detail when I come back from my trip.

Betty thanks a ton man I might need your help if I do I will give you a shout!

evoraptor · Post by **evoraptor** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:27 pm

Wow.. That's some crazy work right there. Now for the RC part and other junk.. I can only name so few parts, same as Betty

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:28 pm

jeez, that's coming along nicely man!

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:47 pm

Wow, I'm gonna sound like my old man here but... that wood is beautiful.

frizzen · Post by **frizzen** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:38 am

CaboWabo wrote:Wow, I'm gonna sound like my old man here but... that wood is beautiful.

Huhuhuhuhuh, dude he said he likes your wood.

Sorry, had to be done. That boat looks so cool! So it started off as just a static model? Love the color scheme, and the gold lettering on the stern really fits.

*tries to get a better look at the micro bodies that are in the orange bin things in the background*