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Looks great! You may have said earlier, but how were the wood and plastic strips glued down, using CA, what's the technique?

Hey, just wanted you guys to know that new 1/8th Merlin kit is all plywood. There is no Balsa in it. Should hold up well. - Doug-classichydros If anyone is interested too, I just came out with improved Allison 6th scale kits - all ply also. Contact me directly for those 6th Allison all ply...

A guy in our FE club has scaled up to 30" and built the boat electric power. Runs great. DOn't know the sport 20 size

I just talked with my laser cutter. I will be substituting ply for the thin material and keep 1/4 balsa for thick material. With a good epoxy seal on the balsa, they should be pretty tough and I think could be used in running.

How about if I looked into basswood and ply instead? I will contact my laser cutter about it. I can switch woods on theses kits if needed. I'm also coming out with a Merlin later this month.

what are the dimensions?

Reading a little bit from a Fred Farley article it was a 225 class racer. Anyway, way cool.

Great shots Jim! That Hurricane is one different looking hull. What's the engine in the Slo-Mo?

We ran a couple of Tunnels with SV27 and 4s lipo setup at out local Minnesota race. Wish ther more than 2 of us, we had a blast with em! I ran a DPI against a H&M. We were pretty even.

Very sad news David, my condolences. Roger will be missed as a great guy and the czar. I met and raced with Roger a few times. I will treasure my newtonmarine plans I have.

Hope Roger has a quick and easy recovery!

I have for sale 1/6 scale Allison Engine laser cut balsa kits. Easy to build and customize. Good for Thunderboats or just display. Available at classichydros.com Box_art_allison_6th.pdf

Thanks for the link Jim. I have the 6th scale Allison's and also 8th scale Allison's. No Merlin's yet although I keep thinking I'll do them :rolleyes: They build quickly and are light and strong. I started out making these kits in smaller scales for the FE guys. You can also contact me at...

The Oval Master is a great running boat. I would however line the inside if possible with some cloth (carbon, kevlar, or regular fiberglas) to help with impact resistance and stress cracks. There is a huge difference in durability and impact resistance with real ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene...

Hi jetpack. If it's the one I think it is (not the cabover, but the engine in front with a shallow pickle) I also have an untouched unbuilt kit of it plus 2 partially built hulls. It's about 36" long so close to 10th scale I suppose. Looks like the sponson deadrise is pretty steep. I'll be...

So, this motor is a choice for Thunderboats? Stock Zenoah G260PUM Or, for more info, the place to find out the specs on this class.

You got it! I sent you a message and my e-mail is on my website too. Let me know when and where you race in May and I'll drive down to watch.

Hey, anything going on in Indiana with the Thunderboats? I'm interested in getting one but would want to race it. Mostly I make FE hulls (I am classichydros.com) but sure would like to build one of these and race it. Saymikey your in Evansville? I live in Indy.

Hi Andris. I've had no experience with that motor on my hull. I believe that motor is used by the 10th scale folks in seattle. They usually run X447 props. However, they run larger hulls too. Usually at least 32" long. I would try a smaller prop initially. I've had some good runs on an 8XL...

Hi Andy. I'm gonna make the effort to be there. Maybe one race this year is possible after all!