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Thanks Lohring, I has similar thoughts and wanted to see if anyone else new much about it. Sure is cheaper than my local West Marine Store. Full line is almost identical to West Systems. I may give it a try on a boat over the winter. I was most curious if anyone tried it.

I came across this stuff listed in a wood working mag. I am pretty sold on West Systems, but was just curious if anyone tried this and if it is any good... www.epoxyheads.com is thier website.

refering to an outboard in general- A better term for the item you refer to would be an "Anti-ventilation" plate. The principle of it is to prevent air from being sucked into the prop from the surface. This is especially important when accelerating from a stand still or a slow movement. Once...

I don't know anything about paints. I have spray bombed stuff before, but I do not want to do that. I have airbrush equipment, and a friend that is pretty proficient at it to get me going, but still lack the knowledge of what to use for paint. I plan on going with what you guys recommend...

Nice boat RC- and a good lookin paint job also. How did you make it? Fully scratch? plans from somewhere? Thanks to all for the input!

Thanks for the intro Ron.... lol Actually I just bought a fuel tank kit from Grim, and along with it is a wood frame that has been lazer cut. I have heard all of you speaking of lazer cut parts all the time, but have never seen the stuff or had any experience with it, so I had to ask. I...

Can anyone tell me about what it takes to lazer cut parts?

I know there has been a lot of attention to Mikes boat finishing procedure as of lately. Good information. I am currently getting ready to finish a boat and would like to get some more input from all of you great experienced modelers out there. Could someone make some recommendations on...

what do you have? any pics?

Ron- Would you have any pictures of a finished product? Also- What ever happened to Capricorn? They made some really nice looking stuff. Never really seen one other than pictures.

I would imagine that this topic has gone around a few times here at Intlwaters. Can I get some input as to what everyone is using for cutting foam? I have made a cutter that has a 12" nichrome wire. I have been trying to use a 12v 3 amp regulated power supply that I already had (radio shack...

No Tim you are correct.

TimD, Is there more than 1 version of the TT? Where can one aquire the different gears that you speak of? What is this ratio you recommend and what is the original ratio? I do not have a TT but I do find the gear drive in it interesting to the point that I may get one. I think this could...

It is my first scratch construction r/c boat that I am working on currently, but I have found a pocket planer to work well for shaping parts to size and fine tuning parts. its only about 4" long and about 1" wide.

Thanks Tom! Exactly what I was looking for!

Is there somewhere that the rules for our beloved past time of R/C boat racing is posted? Does a district ammend these rules? Grim- I am also in Wisconsin and would like some direction with getting started. Can you give me some advise?

I am fairly up on this subject by profession, and as of now, the EPA is not outlawing 2 strokes for consumers to use. They are implimenting rules for manufactures of 2 stroke products to reduce emissions on thier products. The direction that this has made most 2 stroke producers go is to 4...

There are other theorys to stepping a hull also. The step in the hull also draws in air and aererates the water that you are running on. This will lessen drag by reducing the surface tension of the water in that area. This is done on allot of offshore boats in particular, including cats.

I know Jerry, and I do have intention to let them know of my opinion. I hope that your not feeling offended by my comments, thats not the intent. I voiced it here for the other readers, who may be interested in getting plans from them so they know what to expect. Once again, they are...

Thanks for the replys Jerry and Mike! Jerry: I purchased my destructions from rcstore.com, and it included the write up that was in RC Boat Modeler. Do you have any additional improvements or areas of attention I should look for in addition to the write up? Thanks for all of your good work...