That looks and sounds awesome 👏

At an engine!!!
Beaityfully made!!

Good choice good eye 👍👍👍👍👍Great looking boat .
Rick

They fit perfectly well. You can see 2 IT boys who havé Made their fortune.
Flashy as well As the motoryacht
👍👍

They did a good job. Good styling.

Hey JB, I have an ess dual sound module on the boat...makes it loud and obnoxious like the real thing. I will get a video as soon as I can. Life gets busy when you retire. So many things to see and do... I'm just loving it!!! Thanks for all the comments and help from all the builders on this site!
Dave RR

Madré Madonna
That is à multi millionnaire and flashy boat when you enter thé Monaco yachting Harbour people Will whisle. Extremely well painted and finished!

Looks great Dave, V-drive looks just like the real thing, all it needs is a Casale badge😁. Interested to see how it runs. Re paint, -you asked, not keen on the dots, but it's your boat. I think it's going to get some attention on the pond. It's going to need a sound unit with all that bling.😁

JB

Skol!

Colour colour let there be colour👍👍👍👍👍
Rick

A fine example of old school candy and flake. I don’t have the skills so stick to solid colour rattle cans 😊

Your painting skills are FANTASTIC!
Are you a professional painter?
What a result!
Congratulations

I really like it. I only wish I could apply paint like that. Great job.😃

Jimmy Hendricks would be proud, Dave👍👍
Trev

Late 60s early 70s candy paint. It was a special time...😜

Hi RR,

You have done a great job on the paint-work. 👍

Well you asked for it, IMHO a bit too busy with the coloured dots, love the purple and black though.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Each to their own, I think some may think its crazy,😮 so what, some may think its fantastic,😁 so what, its if you are happy with it that's all that matters.😆
Personally I think its great, talk about "Pimp my ride"😜

It's a 1/6 scale model kit from the 90s I found on ebay , Dave

Thats a great V8, where did you find it?

Thanks JB, I will check those out...so far all the ones in the pics are junk (sloppy connections)...so the quest goes on..Thanks, Dave RR

Hi Dave, like the motor,- is that one with the 2 fans in the top? Re the coupling, I ended up making my own, with large diam silicone tube and splined aluminium ends, as every Chinese universal I tried was rubbish. I have one like the one you show in the first pic, but the vibration was so bad I couldn't use it, (more for slow speed stuff like printers) Tried a TFL one (supposed to be good, lot of guys use the TFL jets with them) but the polypropylene shock absorber inside was far too firm, and was about as much use as a solid coupling.

Pretty much all of the Chinese Carden type UJs are only for cars/crawlers, and anything else for printers etc. To handle the 30,000rpm your motor will be trying to run at on 3s, you will need something precise for a coupling, as vibration might be a problem. I'd look at a US or German product designed for fast boats, (maybe contact a US boat racing club to see what they recommend). Make sure your shaft is lined up spot on as well,- every little bit helps to cut bearing killing vibration and racket.

I bought 4mm, 5mm and 1/8" reamers from Ali Express to match the Chinese motor shaft sizes so I could make my own couplings. So far, the coupling in the Hartley jet boat has stood up to a 30A loading and runs quite smoothly (just the Chinese bearings in the jet unit make a racket😁) Runs a 36/60 2550kv inrunner.

JB