R.J.West
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My name is Ron and I'm originally from Downers Grove Illinois. My hobby has always been model boats, although I've also built some Carl Goldberg r/c planes and a glider once. My first model boat was a Dumas 12" cabin cruiser powered by a Cox .049, then shortly after I built a 18" Atlas van lines U-71 also powered by a Cox .049, this was around 1982. As I got older I built larger and more complicated boats, mostly Dumas. I was one of the original members of the IMBPA fast electric boat club, The Timberlake Amp eaters out of Westmont, Illinois in the mid/late 80's. Most of my racing experience centers around fast electric hydro's such as my Hughey modified MRP Mr. Pringles and a couple of the Electric thunder shovelnose hydro's detailed like the '57 Hawaii kai III. Those were my signature race boats at that time. In the mid 90's I got into truck driving and had to put my hobby on the side for awhile. Now, about 3 yrs ago, I'm back into building and running my boats....Cool thing is, I had my MRP and my electric thunders boats along with a few others in a storage locker, all my stuff I had since the late 80's....I still have them and yup, they still work!
So now I work delivering diesel fuel and gasoline products down in south Texas where I currently reside. Its very mild weather down here most of the year so I can run my boats year round...I am in the process of repainting my Dumas U-76 Atlas van lines, among a few other projects including another Atlas van lines, a 36" U-71 this summer.
Dumas Miss Unlimited (in progress)
Dumas Atlas Van Lines U-71 36" (in box)
Atlas Van Lines U-76 sport 40 Powered by OPS .45 (being repainted)
Pay n' Pak sport 20 powered by OPS .21 (almost finished)
Hot Shot 45 k&b.45 (retired)
Hot Shot 24" Sprint converted to 12cell eletric
Drag N' Fly 40 (in box)
Dumas 18" Miss Thriftway - Cox .049 baby Bee
Atlas van lines 18" U-71 Cox Golden bee .049
17" ace Sloop sailboat
12" dumas cabin crusier
Alcort Sunfish sailboat
Miller American 1/8 scale (R.I.P.)
1/8 Dumas Pay N' Pak powered by k&b .67
Assorted k&b .40 sport marine engines & parts
Cox .049 engine collection
Dumas Lil' Rascal powered by Rossi .12 (in progress)
Scale electric and nitro hydroplanes...1/16th & 1/10th and 1/8 & sport 40 nitro.......BMW's and salt water fishing!
My name is Ron and I'm originally from Downers Grove Illinois. My hobby has always been model boats, although I've also built some Carl Goldberg r/c planes and a glider once. My first model boat was a Dumas 12" cabin cruiser powered by a Cox .049, then shortly after I built a 18" Atlas van lines U-71 also powered by a Cox .049, this was around 1982. As I got older I built larger and more complicated boats, mostly Dumas. I was one of the original members of the IMBPA fast electric boat club, The Timberlake Amp eaters out of Westmont, Illinois in the mid/late 80's. Most of my racing experience centers around fast electric hydro's such as my Hughey modified MRP Mr. Pringles and a couple of the Electric thunder shovelnose hydro's detailed like the '57 Hawaii kai III. Those were my signature race boats at that time. In the mid 90's I got into truck driving and had to put my hobby on the side for awhile. Now, about 3 yrs ago, I'm back into building and running my boats....Cool thing is, I had my MRP and my electric thunders boats along with a few others in a storage locker, all my stuff I had since the late 80's....I still have them and yup, they still work!
So now I work delivering diesel fuel and gasoline products down in south Texas where I currently reside. Its very mild weather down here most of the year so I can run my boats year round...I am in the process of repainting my Dumas U-76 Atlas van lines, among a few other projects including another Atlas van lines, a 36" U-71 this summer.
Dumas Miss Unlimited (in progress)
Dumas Atlas Van Lines U-71 36" (in box)
Atlas Van Lines U-76 sport 40 Powered by OPS .45 (being repainted)
Pay n' Pak sport 20 powered by OPS .21 (almost finished)
Hot Shot 45 k&b.45 (retired)
Hot Shot 24" Sprint converted to 12cell eletric
Drag N' Fly 40 (in box)
Dumas 18" Miss Thriftway - Cox .049 baby Bee
Atlas van lines 18" U-71 Cox Golden bee .049
17" ace Sloop sailboat
12" dumas cabin crusier
Alcort Sunfish sailboat
Miller American 1/8 scale (R.I.P.)
1/8 Dumas Pay N' Pak powered by k&b .67
Assorted k&b .40 sport marine engines & parts
Cox .049 engine collection
Dumas Lil' Rascal powered by Rossi .12 (in progress)
Scale electric and nitro hydroplanes...1/16th & 1/10th and 1/8 & sport 40 nitro.......BMW's and salt water fishing!
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