Recent content by Roger J. Newton

This past weekend there were two races for 1/8 Scale Unlimiteds in Ellensburg , Washington. On Saturday UNW hosted the Apple Cup. RCU boaters were invited to cross over and race with them. About 30 boats showed up for the combined event. The race was won by Kirk Maupin driving the 1978 Squire...

Contact Steve at RC Boat Company. He has the cockpit that is closest to scale. CZAR

Mike, Grow a pair and race it!!!!!!! Nice pix. CZAR

Thats what they keep telling me. They better not be lying! CZAR

RCU held the second race of the 2008 season. A good time was had by all [most] but it was not without its problems. And that had to do with the weather. You see we schedule our races in early season over on the east side of the mountins. We do this because it is usually raining on the west side...

I just finished the U13 Spirit of Detroit. It sure runs good. If I hadnt loaded it up in the mill in one heat I would have made the final. We tested both Friday and Saturday. The only changes we made were the props and needle. It is a Phil Thomas hull with a few Newton mods. CZAR

The 2008 RCU Atomic Cup was held this last weekend. The winner was Scott Myers driving the two Miss Exide. This was Scotts second win in RCU. A very fast field of 30 boats showed up. Several new boats and drivers ran for the first time. For more highlights go to the following-...

Thought I would share with you some pictures of the lastest project. This is a 1/8th scale model of the current U-13 Spirit of Detroit. Built from a Phil Thomas hull with some modifications. There are still many "5 minute" jobs left to be done. Our first race in RCU is in two weeks over in...

Thats good news. I will be doing my best to get more involvment for this neat class. Will try to run at RCU and UNW events. CZAR

Hi Guys, Just got my Christmas present from Eddie Hansen [[email protected] ] It is a driver for my new 68 checkerboard Bardahl. The workmanship is fantastic. Cant wait to get him painted up as Billy Schumacher. So if you need a driver for the CT go see Eddie. CZAR

Now that David and I have been crossing over it only makes sense to have one insurance carrier. Providing that NAMBA meets our needs. 1000 other model boaers cant be wrong. czar

B and D International in Tacoma

OK. Here is the latest on fake motors. I hapened to remember a friend of mine in so. Cal. who is a professional model maker. He had approached me a couple of years ago about building motors for 1/10 and 1/8 scale. Never got time to get started. Now when I call him he tells me he is building a...

When I get a little more caught up on my boat building I will hopefully start building some kits for Allisons and Merlins. I already have the plans drawn. If anyone is interested in doing the parts themselves let me know. The Allison drawing has pretty much all of the parts. The Merlin lacks...

Eddie, From what I can see here is how I make it. Top left- Speedo second gage- Temp for ? Third- Tacometer Fourth- Cylinder water temp gage Second row- Oil temp next gage on rt- Oil press Bottom left- Fuel press Bottom right- Mag switch Somewhere in there should be an oil press gage...