Why you want to go do that. Use it as is and run of the PTO. Pipe comes out neat in the center out the back. I've always wanted to use a OS XM as an inboard but the hobby shop wont sell motor alone must buy leg too.
Cobus
Well being your first boat I would chuck the spectrum radio. Too many people have had too much trouble with it. Futaba FASST is the way to go. Any good slow curing epoxy would work to seal the boat. Any good 2 pack paint would be fine. Remember to re-square all the running edges as the paint...
Now that at least makes Dom's "duckbill platapis" hull look a bit better. Hope you can get the thing to turn at speed. The guys here still tippy-toes around corners or she barrel rolls. Good luck looks like good setup.
Cobus
No sorry it was built from scratch without plans. We used what we learned from our first boat and applied it to this one. The deck and cowl is my own design and shaping taking real F1's into consideration.
Update on this one is that the first hull and deck out the mold we were not happy with...
Well seeing as I can not post more picks in the thread I made a photo album in the members album. It show the progression of the build. We are laying up a complete boat today and should be able to post pics by the weekend. It has been a year now from first thinking about making this...