Hi John
Sorry to just get back to this, chasing some health issues. I’m back in Michigan for the summer and am starting to get caught up. I’ll send you a sample tank with a sketch of what I think would be a good “Uniflow” layout. If you use YouTube, do a search for “Uniflow rc tanks” and you’ll...
Check Walmart or Summit Racing Equipment. The material is called plastic straw if I remember. The mats are in the RV/Automotive dept at Walmart. You could also check an RV dealer as well
Send them out and have them digitized to a DVD. I did some family 8mm film and will send VHS tapes out when we get back north, well worth the cost and they preserve much better.
I pump Corrosion X through all water jackets as part of my after run. You can use WD40 but you will need to flush it out after with something that won’t attach the o-rings. ie: alcohol, Sta-bil fogging spray, Corrosion X etc.
John wasn’t interested in model boaters in the beginning, he was very content to sell cheap motors to airplane guys. As more and more competition came along and started to affect his sales and RC boating had taken hold he finally started listening to boaters. I spent lots of time on the phone...
I wouldn’t use micro balloons, they reduce strength. Use micro fiber only for strength but you can use micro balloons for final finishing as it sands easy.
I’d use masking tape to build a dam all around it. Then use straight West epoxy, warm it with a hot air gun and use halogen lights to keep it warm while the warm epoxy saturates. It will take awhile to completely fill. Let dry then sand and final fill with micro fiber filled epoxy repeat until...
Jim Wilson introduced us both to it at Hobart many years ago. If you knew him then you know the amount of research and testing he did before recommending it to anyone.