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Has anyone else had trouble logging into Jims ? lt keeps directing me back to the log in page even after re setting password.

This is one of the boats im working on at the moment,its 29 inches wide and 56 inches long not including the wing . Its epoxy glass with balsa in the wing pieces and cowl. I still have some work to do on mounting the wing pieces. Its a model of an Australian boat built in 1984 which was...

Hi everyone I posted this question on my local forum without really getting a response,im building a 26 inch plywood electric scale hydro for my 6 year old boy .I run gas and nitro hydros and know very little about electric boats .I would like to know which motor ,esc , shaft size etc to buy...

Here are a couple of shots of my next gas scale hydro that im building .Its the last Aussie merlin powered boat that still gets a run now and then .I was lucky enough to see it a few weeks ago and get a few measurements.I will post some more shots as I go.

Hi all, im hoping someone can provide some info on the 1985 Budweiser please, im about to start building a 1.6 scale model of a boat my dad built for its Australian owner here in Melbourne in 1984. The boat was a Ron Jones design very similar to the Budweiser although the Aussie boat had a wider...

Hi all ,just wondering whether I should buy a digital 1/4 scale rudder servo for a new gas scale hydro or use one of my spare non digital ones.I have two other gas scale hydros ,the one with the digital servo turns much better although it is a later design hull. I could swap them to see the...

Hi all ,here are a few shots of some of the boats that competed recently in a race weekend here in Australia. The weather was crap and i think i did more laps in the rescue boat than with my model boats.

Hi everyone here is a link to one of the videos i took with one of my scale hydros .it has a modified 26 zenoah

Hi guys,im after a bit of advice on which inline gas engine to go for to put in a new scale hydro im about to start building,the hull is going to be around 62-65 inches and i was thinking that maybe the new rcmk was the way to go ,i heard some different opinions about these engines but havent...

Hi ,guys i just uploaded a couple of videos of one of my gas scale hydros on youtube that you might be interested in.i was only able to attach one link. (not too good on the computer thingy) the others are on scottktm400. http://youtu.be/3vgtkAAqRwg

Hi all,id like to know what props people are using on their gas scale hydros ? ive got 6717 s on both of mine which work well ,but would like to try others to see if there is any improvement.im new to the gas boats so i dont have any others to try yet.Thanks for any advice.

Hi all, i just ran my new gas scale hydro last weekend for the first time and although i was happy with the speed ,i need to do something about keeping it on the water. it was a very windy day with a lot of boats blowing over but i also ran my shovelnose gas scale (which also flipped) but was...

Hi all, ive just uploaded a video on youtube of my scale hydro with an onboard camera,sorry i havent worked out how to attach a link on the forum,im not too good on this computer thingy.If your interested you can go to youtube then type in Miss Timex 1/6 scale hydroplane video. thanks Scott.

Hi all, im thinking about relocating the radio gear and fuel tanks in my 1/8 scale to shift the weight forward.I originaly built the hull for someone else to be a static model, which is why the wide sponson is on the wrong side for a model and it weighs 17 pounds ready to run.The problem i think...

Hi all, ive just about finished building a fibreglass PaynPak outrigger hull from Roger newton plans and was hoping to get some advice on setting up the running gear,i have read that these hulls can take a bit of work to get running right so any help is appreciated regarding engine,radio,rudder...