Looking for a gas scale cowl

[Wesleys Custom RC]

Does anybody have a cowl for 1/6 scale 88 holset miss madison or the 88 bud?

 

[Samuel Hagan JR]

I've been trying to get a modern day glass cowling for gas Scale for a 1 year and no results.

 

[dave weagel]

Does anybody have a cowl for 1/6 scale 88 holset miss madison or the 88 bud?

8701 and 8806 ?

Jeff Snell ?

[email protected]

PhilThomas ?

[email protected]

 

[Mike Luszcz]

I had a customer say Jeff Snell has not been replying to their emails. I sure hope he is not walking away from making the T6 gas cowling and wing kit he was offering. That would be a huge loss to the class. Mike

 

[dave weagel]

I had a customer say Jeff Snell has not been replying to their emails. I sure hope he is not walking away from making the T6 gas cowling and wing kit he was offering. That would be a huge loss to the class. Mike

I THINK Jeff offered, or planned to offer, a gas scale T6 hull, cowl and wings and a 108-7474 hull and cowl.

I also think that Harvey Knox had a gas scale T6. don't know if wood or glass.

maybe Marty S. will comment about gas scale hulls and cowls.

meanwhile, Wes Ellet has built gas scale master pieces.

 

[Samuel Hagan JR]

Harvey Knox was a ML Wood T6 with Jeff Snell Wings and cowling. Even way back then Harvey said it was pain to get a hold of Jeff Snell. Ran pretty good. Needed driver mod.

I've sent Jeff Snell 10 emails. I only got back 1 reply. So I gave up on doing GAS Scale. I wanted to do a Gas version of what I have in 1/8th Scale.

 

[Mike Luszcz]

Need to just buy Jeffs molds and sell them myself, lol

 

[Samuel Hagan JR]

If I New anything about making molds I would do it

Myself.

 

[SayMikey]

Jeff is a good guy but chooses not to live on the net. I have a boat ordered and will wait as long as it takes.

 

[Mike Luszcz]

How did you get ahold of him Mike?

 

[Samuel Hagan JR]

Jeff is a good guy but chooses not to live on the net. I have a boat ordered and will wait as long as it takes.

Is the net considered email? Or phone calls?

 

[SayMikey]

I have done both.......... You have to remember West coast is in another time zone

 

[Wesleys Custom RC]

Sounds like I will b making another mold for phil thomas. It's alot of work and time consuming but if nobody else has one I will get started.

 

[Samuel Hagan JR]

Sounds like I will b making another mold for phil thomas. It's alot of work and time consuming but if nobody else has one I will get started.

If you do one of the Bud make me one too.

 

[Wesleys Custom RC]

If I make one it will go to my buddy phil and he can make you as many as u want.

 

[Mike Luszcz]

I have a potential customer that wants a T3 gas scale cowling, so I think this would fit in line with his needs if you do Wes. He also wants to do the Bud '80 Humpback, and I have a lead on a nice plug that was started to make that cowling. I am trying to acquire that and finish it, which would be an awesome thing to have!

 

[Wesleys Custom RC]

I have a potential customer that wants a T3 gas scale cowling, so I think this would fit in line with his needs if you do Wes. He also wants to do the Bud '80 Humpback, and I have a lead on a nice plug that was started to make that cowling. I am trying to acquire that and finish it, which would be an awesome thing to have!

I made the bubble bud cowl but I havnt made a mold of it yet.

 

[dave weagel]

I have a potential customer that wants a T3 gas scale cowling, so I think this would fit in line with his needs if you do Wes. He also wants to do the Bud '80 Humpback, and I have a lead on a nice plug that was started to make that cowling. I am trying to acquire that and finish it, which would be an awesome thing to have!

I made the bubble bud cowl but I havnt made a mold of it yet.

beautiful boat Wes

thank you for posting photo

do you have a photo of that yellow U6 in the foreground ?

 

[Hydro Junkie]

The only problem I see with making a plug and mold for the first three turbine Buds is that they actually used at least FOUR different cowl designs between them before they went to the current cockpit/cowl configuration. The Madison also used THREE different cowls. It used one version with the Allison, a wide based turbine initially and, later, a narrow based turbine. This is where doing some research comes in. Someone that knows the boats might call you out if the cowl configuration used on the model doesn't match the cowl used on the full size boat for the year and paint job being modeled.

 

[Wesleys Custom RC]

I'm just going off the newton plans for the 88 madison and the 88 bud. They are the same from the front to about 2/3rds back. Since the same designer made both at about the same time I assume he went off the same blueprints.