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ChrisHerzog

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This is my first scale boat that I’m building. It a 1/6 scale 8255 hull from ML Boatworks. So far, really pleased with the fit and the way it’s all going together. Mike’s frame kits sure make it a lot easier then having to cut all this out yourself!!
 

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ML makes a good kit here my 82U55 Houston I had built. I have the epoxyglass cowl for that boat .
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Very nice Phil. Have you thought about doing a Timex in 1/667? I may be interested in doing one as I have the Newton Plans in 1/8 but I would probably just get the 101 kit from ML. I just don’t have a source for the cowl and not too keen on trying to make one.
 
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Very nice Phil. Have you thought about doing a Timex in 1/667? I may be interested in doing one as I have the Newton Plans in 1/8 but I would probably just get the 101 kit from ML. I just don’t have a source for the cowl and not too keen on trying to make one.
I have the 1/6th gas kit and the scale motor, I have a cowl that could work too. I would sell, send me pm
 
ML makes a good kit here my 82U55 Houston I had built. I have the epoxyglass cowl for that boat .
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I wish I would have know that about a week earlier Phil. I was talking to Kevin S. The other day and he told me that you had a mold for that cowl. I just had ordered two from RC Boat Comp when I had talked to Kevin. I’m building two boats now but if I do any more I will surly be in touch.
 
Heck of a lot easier and much more precise as far as how everything fits together. Care to share pics of your jig???
Let me know if you want something in particular.
 

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No that’s great Chris. So it’s essentially a flat surface the width of the bottom with the upright pieces to keep the sponsons in line? Pretty simple. Nice work!
Yep that’s pretty much it. On this hull the outer stringers are lower then the inner stringers so they run along the outside of the flat area but hard against the edge. The flat area is the exact size of the inner tunnel between the sponsons all the way to the transom.
 
Really happy with everything so far!!
 

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Thank you!
Most likely a Speedmaster strut and rudder blade. Don F. scale rudder bracket. Slightly modified Seaducer motor mount (to be used as a floor mount) and a older CC Racing Pro-mod eng and alum pipe. I haven’t decided on the turn fin but most likely a Virginia Craftsman fin.
 
Update, I just about have hull 2 caught up with hull 1. Next week I plan to start rigging all the hardware on both hulls and getting the radio gear all lined up. I should be getting the cowls soon and once I get those I can figure out the top side and move on to paint!!
 

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I see a lot of the guys in area putting belly pans on there to get the motor lower.
The original frame kit from ML Boatworks has it built in like in this pic of a boat my friends are building. On the two hulls that I’m building I cut it off the frames before I started glueing stuff together and plan on doing something a little smaller and different then the original. In the end I will have a belly pan on my hulls also.
 

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Nice build Chris. I am building a 82U55, but it’s not comparable to yours. Mine is a scratch built from plans Dave Frank design, and is going to be a sport 40.

I saw that your ramp ends at the back of your sponsons, and mine ends farther back. (See pic) I’m curious to know the effects of this ramp might have on the boat and how the short one changes the handling of the boat compared to my longer one
 

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