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I am thinking that I will buy waterproof servos, and mount them outside a plastic radio box. Plastic “ project box” will have an on/off switch, a 2s life 2200 battery, and a receiver( probably one of my airplane6 channel receivers.)

Here’s some additional photos of test fits….

Maybe you should call it the “Lilliputian” tie down method.

I have seen a reference to these clamps, but I haven’t tried to make any yet. Good project for today…..any suggestions for the best size?

There outta be a class called “creative clamping”. I sure couldn’t teach it, but I could probably be a guest lecturer……and you would not believe the number of clamps I have, and I want some more…..the Klamp King! Or Klamp Klutz…..

By the way, Skully has a friend…….Bones. Also stands guard at the door. Bones got carried away with botulinum injections…..wasted away……but she’s good with a hypodermic needle….

Here are the pics of the two filets I made with gflex epoxy thickened with colloidal silica. They came out ok, nothing great. I decided to put in the front locating dowel at the same time. I fit the cowling back on, along with the two decks. They fit almost too well. I think I will...

Worked on both side decks today. One side is done,the other side just needs final fitting. I put the epoxy reinforcing filets on the backs of the 2 plates that locate the cowling on the hull. Pics of those tomorrow.

Just checked on the cowling gluing from last night and I’m very happy with the way it came out. Today I will be installing the reinforcing filets on the backsides of the two locating bulkheads for the cowl. Not much work today. Here’s a pic of the deck boards test fit, the sponson decks test...

A lot of sanding, then fitting, then more sanding, more test fitting, then more fitting, then more sanding, rinse and repeat. I finally got it just right, then I put the cowl block on the front and rear of the cowling and set them up with GFlex epoxy with colloidal silica. Time to leave it...

Today the goal was to get the cowling mounted. I spent most of the time trying to figure out a good way to make some kind of a jig to use to help sand the cowling. I finally decided to clamp a quarter inch piece of basswood on top of the 1/2 inch deck/cowling support, exposing half of the deck...

Hey Terry What did you use for your cowling fin?

Last night, I dry fit the cowling on the new deck supports. I am supposed to sand this cowling so that it fits on half of the deck supports. It won’t take much sanding to get that far! It’s close already. I need to get the cowling to fit just right before I start working on the top decks...

Very good point Craig! And yet, I have seen a bunch of these finished boats without the hatches, so how are they getting the header bolts loosened? Hopefully someone will chime in and tell us how they got around this issue!

1). That’s Skully, my assistant…….or more correctly, my former assistant. On my last project, he made a mistake and I had to reduce his rations to beans and rum. Took a toll on him….tried to revive him with a rubber chicken and some incantations, but it hasn’t worked so far….. 2). Those metal...

Today, I went ahead and glued the deck supports in. They will kinda be in the way when i epoxy the hull, but I thought it was more important to get those epoxied in soon so I could work on the cowling/deck installation. Tomorrow, I’ll start working on the deck and cowling. Think I’ll start...

He doesn’t eat very much……that’s Skully, my basement guard. He has motion detectors and cameras for eyes…….kinda keeps a lookout for unwanted guests, and lets me know if he sees something…or someone….

Can you guys tell me what size battery I need to plan for for a thunderboat? Do most people run lipo batteries? Or do they run Ni Mh? What size capacity do I need to plan for?

Tomorrow I’ll be putting the first coat of epoxy on the inside of the hull. It will take quite a while since there are so many surfaces to remember to coat. I think I’ll do the epoxy before I put the deck supports in. They will just get in the way if I have them in already. I have to start...

Today was a short building day. I put the second coat of epoxy on the deck support rails, the pipe bracket and mount, the dowel pin for the cowling, and the front and rear wood supports for the cowling. I test fit the decks and cowl on the boat, and took some pics.