Andy McGarrity - Giant size! |
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My New project.....
Hi Martin, I was wondering if you have other pictures of the LESRO Javelin. I have asked for plans and photos on model boats forum. I was sent a photocopy of a review, which has quite poor photos, but did help with extra details. My scaled up version has drifted from my original idea of using as much 'Javelin' as I could, but adapting it to take a full sized me! I have now decided to make it a 2 seater, but it doesn't look very much like a Javelin any more, it looks even more squat at 88 inches by 47 inches. I will use elements of the Javelin as I think it has a nice profile. I did
a rough pricing for my 2 man boat and I should be able to build and paint
the hull for about £150.The only real cost apart from that is the drive &
propeller unit which I will get my friend to make up (he works in his
Dad's engineering shop) he has some very nice machinery, lathes, mills and
a CNC equipment! Nice! He usually charges £30+ per hour, but likes a
project. As it's going to do a 2 seater, it's going to use his Honda 8 HP
engine initially. If that's not enough power in a 7 and a half foot boat,
there are plenty of cheap bike engines on eBay. |
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Hi Martin, Here are some photos, I checked the website and found that I am not alone, there are a lot of other nutters out there! I will send some photos of my other projects as well, I built a shark fin about 2 feet high which looks very realistic, it suffered from overheating due to the compact radio and motor layout and too big a prop. I want to do a 4 foot high one that plays the Jaws tune! Hope you like Amy. I will contact you again soon, its good to talk to another modeller as my wife does not have any interest in me stuff! Keep on building, Andy M
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Any was was an interesting project that cost less to build than a lot of models do! I still have all my patterns and 400 jpegs available if anybody out there fancies building one! |
Mary
Jane is 54" long 17" beam and has golf trolley drive system which
gives about two hours at full speed. She is to 1:16 scale and has a bar in
the forward cabin. Window glazing was going to be a big job and I had
tried to cut glass to the correct shape, then a brainwave came to me
.....CD cases! They cut easily, are cheap and easy to get hold of. Mary
Jane was also modified from a Vic Smeed design. Anna was the original Vic
Smeed Starlet, again modified to accept my home made winch system which
was a project in itself!
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Here are some pictures of smaller projects I have built. |
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