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Sea Scout
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Yacht 1: Kyosho Sea Dolphin Yacht
Yacht 2: Kyosho SeaWind
Aeroplane1: Live Wire
Aeroplane2: Piper Cub
Aeroplane 3: Protech Skystar
Aeroplane 4: Precedent Hi-Boy
Aeroplane 5 : Super 60
Aeroplane 6: Spitfire
Aeroplane 9: HZ Super cub
Helicopter 1: Kyosho Nexus 30
Helicopter 2: Kyosho Concept60
Helicopter 3: E-Sky CP Belt
Helicopter 3a : HeliArtist Airwolf 450
Helicopter 3b :E-sky CP Belt - setting up
Helicopter 4: E-sky Lama V3
Helicopter 5: E-flite Blade MCX
Train set #1
Cars - 1/9 scale Kyosho Mitsubishi Pajero
Cars - 1:1 scale Spitfire
Cars - 1:1 scale Austin 7
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Fixing up the Spitfire (car)
Fixed up a 24 inch Sea Scout I bought off e-bay for about £20 quid a couple of months ago. My "excuse" for another boat was that I was going to put an electric engine in it & use it as a "rescue" boat if any of the IC boats broke down. I started fiddling with it and somehow the other OS.10 ended up in the boat.....

When I first float tested the boat it leaked really badly, & I ended up having to rip open the rear deck (as it had been glued down. The prop shaft had completely rusted solid and the rudder tube ran right up through the read deck. This all had to come out. In the process the bottom skin of the boat came detached at the back & it was almost time for the bin. I had second thoughts & thought I would give the boat a second chance.....

I glued the bottom skin back with Titebond glue (holding in place with masking tape. The rudder and prop shaft were replaced (both items from 308 models). The skeg (keel) went too far back to fit in a water cooling inlet pipe so I shortened it. The prop shaft tube was first sanded to make it rough & then glued in with quick setting two part epoxy. The engine was mounted on a peice of thick brass plate that I has cut out and screwed down to blocks of wood that were stuck to the boat with 2 part epoxy. The engine coupling is a "Rabotech" item - you can get different brass ends to fit these - they slide in on splines - I got mine from 308 models. The prop shaft was much to long (about 12 inches) & i only need 7 inches - I cut this with a tube cutter, got the brass bush out of the piece that I cut off and hammered it back into the now shorter tube. The fuel tank needed to be mounted quite high up to avoid fuel starvation, so I put it behind the engine on block of wood, held in place with thick rubber bands. The tiny servos came from 308 models - yet again - I bought these because they were really cheap (£6.50 each) - but they fitted in really nicely and work really well - I will no doubt buy more of these (perhaps to lighten the load in big crash tender - it has 10 servos in it!). I'll find out soon how it goes on the lake.