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I guess the word is starting to get out about what has been going on here at Van's. There will be a few new items out this fall. The Taboo is a glass model that has been undergoing some design changes for about two or three years. Ron Shaw is planning to run a New Taboo in the SAW 3.5cc Mod class at KP's this fall but that boat is not released yet .He will be posting a picture of it later today. I will offer a fairly cool accessory for tunnel boaters that may change the way you think about boat trim.
I wanted to let the guys that are interested in my products be aware that I have decided to break into the wooden boat world! I have been working on a laser model for about 6 months. I have revision #3 in the shop now.
I have been designing wooden models on my computer since 1985 and I have a ton of concept models that I have dreamed up over the years. Some I built and some are so out of the box that I just open the files ever now and then and laugh. This is my first laser kit. I wanted to offer a wood kit that is easy to build and stronger than my typical wooden stick built test boats of the past. My new building process is called the FLAT BUILD CORE-LOCK. We will start putting some pictures up to give more insight to the details of this new building concept as I build this next model. This new tunnel is actually a Lynx in wood but built using the Flat Build Core-Lock method. I think you are going to love it. These boats will be much easier to produce and the strength to weight is much better than any wooden boats I have ever built. Get ready, it is not like anything you have done before. Some will love it and some will probably hate it but it is not going away. These boats will be tough.
Ron Shaw will be building the web site for these new products and I think he is more stoked than I am about it. Laser kits and FE has opened a lot of doors for R/C boats. This first boat is a nitro version but the FE will follow. I have just finished the FE cowling mold.
EXISTING GLASS ORDERS:
I am not accepting any glass orders until I build out what is still on my books. I only have a few glass boats left to build. I will post on IW when I will start taking glass orders again. Some people have waited too long for things and I hope to provide better service to people now that all this research and design is behind me. You can write me at [email protected]
Thanks,
-Carl Van Houten
I guess the word is starting to get out about what has been going on here at Van's. There will be a few new items out this fall. The Taboo is a glass model that has been undergoing some design changes for about two or three years. Ron Shaw is planning to run a New Taboo in the SAW 3.5cc Mod class at KP's this fall but that boat is not released yet .He will be posting a picture of it later today. I will offer a fairly cool accessory for tunnel boaters that may change the way you think about boat trim.
I wanted to let the guys that are interested in my products be aware that I have decided to break into the wooden boat world! I have been working on a laser model for about 6 months. I have revision #3 in the shop now.
I have been designing wooden models on my computer since 1985 and I have a ton of concept models that I have dreamed up over the years. Some I built and some are so out of the box that I just open the files ever now and then and laugh. This is my first laser kit. I wanted to offer a wood kit that is easy to build and stronger than my typical wooden stick built test boats of the past. My new building process is called the FLAT BUILD CORE-LOCK. We will start putting some pictures up to give more insight to the details of this new building concept as I build this next model. This new tunnel is actually a Lynx in wood but built using the Flat Build Core-Lock method. I think you are going to love it. These boats will be much easier to produce and the strength to weight is much better than any wooden boats I have ever built. Get ready, it is not like anything you have done before. Some will love it and some will probably hate it but it is not going away. These boats will be tough.
Ron Shaw will be building the web site for these new products and I think he is more stoked than I am about it. Laser kits and FE has opened a lot of doors for R/C boats. This first boat is a nitro version but the FE will follow. I have just finished the FE cowling mold.
EXISTING GLASS ORDERS:
I am not accepting any glass orders until I build out what is still on my books. I only have a few glass boats left to build. I will post on IW when I will start taking glass orders again. Some people have waited too long for things and I hope to provide better service to people now that all this research and design is behind me. You can write me at [email protected]
Thanks,
-Carl Van Houten
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