Assembling your 1st Villain S1

[Jeff Torgalski]

Tom, feel free to re-direct this article into the "featured articles" section of the site. Thanks for everyone's help in getting my Villains finished!

Jeff T.

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

I will get you pics of the finished product soon! Sorry to keep all of you waiting.

Jeffrey

 

[TomMoorehouse]

youll have to send it to me for posting.... :-

 

[TomMoorehouse]

here it is....

http://www.intlwaters.com/villain project.doc

if it asks for a password just hit cancel

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

Thank you very much Tom!

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

And here you are everyone...the finished product. Since my article as of May 10, I have destroyed two lower units, and hit a concrete wall to bring her to a stop from about 20 mph, suffering minor scratches. Thanks to all!

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

Here is a close up of the servo wheel crafted by Tim Fulton of precisionboatsracing.com.

 

[Slideblues]

Outstanding Jeff!!!!!!! Man thats nice lookin

Grim's gonna hockey his rompers

Gene ;D

 

[Propjockey]

SA-WEEEEEEETT!!!!!!!

Clean & simple...I like!

 

[Kris Flynn]

Looking good Jeff!!

a nice paint job like yours makes me think twice about only leaving the wood grain look...and nice job on the servo wheel too

Kris

 

[Grimracer]

Jeff

I am proud to have you as a customer. Your boat looks great. You and your Villain S1 are prime examples of what it was I was thinking when we set out to engineer the kit. You have a boat that will take both you building and driving to the next level.

Model boating is a hobby, addiction, and a blast. Stick with it you are in for a wild ride.

Great job.. im like a proud dad all over again..

Man o man, my stuff is yellow but that blue is turning on my headlights.

Grimracerski

 

[Jerry Dunlap]

Jeff,

Hey, nice job on the Villain. Glad to see you have some white contrast on that blue. Visability can become a real issue when blue boats, or dark colors in general, are stalled on the race course.

Jerry D.

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

You wanted more? I'll give you more!!!!! The competitor's main view...

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

coming to a pond near you

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

more crafty work from PBracing. Note the steering arm and the motor mount. Thanks Tim, now if only they made aluminum boats that were this fast:

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

and for the final showings: some of my own crafty work.

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

11 oz hayes tank. 10-12 min run times. Ahhhhhhhhh.

This method worked alot better than super gluing it.

 

[Propjockey]

I really like that blue!

What's the chances of the steering cables vibrating a hole in the tank?

 

[Jeff Torgalski]

Well, they are coated with nylon, so they don't exactly have a lot of bite to them. Gee, I hope not.

 

[Propjockey]

If you want some extra insurance, slip a 1/2" length of fuel tubing over the cable and CA it to the tank where the cable touches. Add lube, stir and enjoy!