Anyone Into Unlimited Hydros?

[Aros]

Thanks buddy! Me too! I am gonna need a raft in case it craps out in the middle of the lake!

[f4u ausie]

1 small step goina look awsome,,, cant wait to c it on the water

[Aros]

A couple gratuitous shots for no real reason lol. I should get all the parts back this week including the hull. Super stoked!

[Aros]

Thanks! I'll be bringing the parts back to the painter today. Looking forward to her all done!

[Clugh]

UWWWW WEEE! Thats nice brother.....

"Ya'll" killed it!!!



YT
Hubert

[Aros]

Alright Clugh and fellow thread watchers I am pleased to report I got the tail parts and cowl back from the painter and spent the past few hours applying the vinyl decals. Overall I think it looks great! From a few feet away it looks damn scale but up close there is work to be done. Holy crap the decals were a b**** to deal with! A lot of compound curves so it wrinkled in some spots. Tons of air bubbles! I went slow and used a credit card to try to limit them but they are still ubiquitous sadly.

By far the hardest area is behind the driver. I am thinking I may have to paint that area instead of decals due to the protruding elements.

Since my painter is a perfectionist I am going to plead for his help to clean up my mess wherever he can lol. Once it’s touched up with his masterful hand and he applies the clear coats it’s going to look sweet! I’ll have the hull early next week (he's painting the base coat this weekend) to put the decals on and then it’s back to the shop for him to clear and the paint job will be complete!

[Aros]

Thanks gents!

[f4u ausie]

Very nice aros

[Clugh]

I finally found a "turbine ring" that works. Was still a little too small for the tube I am using so I cut a slit and it opened up just wide enough to allow me to slide it on. Presto! Scale looking 1982 Pay N Pak turbine tube!

That looks really good....One day I'll build one with a straight shaft like the real boat...Always wanted to do that.

Regards,
Hubert

[Aros]

I finally found a "turbine ring" that works. Was still a little too small for the tube I am using so I cut a slit and it opened up just wide enough to allow me to slide it on. Presto! Scale looking 1982 Pay N Pak turbine tube!

[Aros]

Nothing really new per se but it was cool seeing the progress in person. He’s a total perfectionist. The cowl comes with all kinds of imperfections from the mold process and it’s driving him nuts lol. He apologized for it taking longer and I said are you kidding? I would much prefer taking longer but going the extra mile versus being really quick and the work being shoddy.

I took these shots today. Nothing really new but again it was cool to see the work up close. Realistically it’s probably a couple more weeks until I can grab it and apply the vinyl decals.

[Aros]

Yeah thats going to come out nice!!!!! Your guys are really looking out for you. Your builder did an excellent job and the painter is killing it as well...
You probably will want to rethink racing it and make it a shelf queen LOL!



Do u ever think you will try to build one yourself?

I know, right?!? The cowl already looks way more scale than my first one (not that the first one wasn't nice, this just has the wider intakes and cutout behind the driver's head area that is very scale). When it's all done I might be afraid to run her!

I'm heading over to check out the progress on my lunch break as he is only 4 miles from me. I'll take more photos then. He should be priming the hull very soon and I imagine next week will be the white base coats. Getting there!

[Clugh]

Yeah thats going to come out nice!!!!! Your guys are really looking out for you. Your builder did an excellent job and the painter is killing it as well...
You probably will want to rethink racing it and make it a shelf queen LOL!



Do u ever think you will try to build one yourself?

[Aros]

That’s hilarious! Yep it’s a whole different animal restoring a classic car. I had a 1967 Mustang and 1968 Camaro.

Here’s the latest pics. He said he will be painting the base color soon…

[f4u ausie]

Think i remember why i got into rc ... all that resto work on a camaro or mustang(or aussie muscle car,, labour intensive

[Aros]

Agreed!

[Clugh]

Thanks for the tips!

There's already screws and pins for the tail assembly. If you look at the older photos from pages back the tail was already on. I removed it for painting. Pretty simple setup actually. The vertical tails slide on to these mounts on the hull and are screwed in place. The horizontal attaches by plastic screws. Finally the chrome assembly with the V shaped rods are screwed into place on the vertical tails for support.

Nice! and you have a beautiful angled recess for the turbine stack. If I were you I'd attach it there and not the cowl.

[Aros]

Thanks for the tips!

There's already screws and pins for the tail assembly. If you look at the older photos from pages back the tail was already on. I removed it for painting. Pretty simple setup actually. The vertical tails slide on to these mounts on the hull and are screwed in place. The horizontal attaches by plastic screws. Finally the chrome assembly with the V shaped rods are screwed into place on the vertical tails for support.

[Clugh]

Question.

What's your plan for attaching the vertical stabilizers to the boat and the horizontal to them? Will you make it to have adjustment or how will you go about that.? On every boat I'm thinking of a better way....

TIA,
Hubert

[Clugh]

Hello Hubert,


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Looks like Im in NAMBA now but need to renew my membership and Im not even sure what my number is.....

BTW If you have access to Lohring Miller and Brian Buass take advantage of the knowledge. If you can get Brian to do you a few ABC props you got something for real....Also the guys in you area have some very capable and very beautiful boats.
The boys on the west coast got something for ya if you lacking.....

Aros please join one of the sanctioned bodies IMPBA or NAMBA so that you are covered at sanctioned race sites to run your boat. U may not plan to compete but that way you can show up anytime with no issue and also have some friendly support..