Hi River Rat, It sounds like these do gooder's are getting around everywhere. There are fewer and fewer ponds or lakes over here in the UK where you can use nitro or petrol powered model boat's. This is why I have sold all of mine off. But some are even banning brushless or as they describe them speed boat's. I have to travel about 45 miles to use my boat's, that's without joining a model boat club. But it cost's too much to join these clubs when a government pension is a pittance to live on. I am afraid I am not myself one who wants to use sailing yachts or slow moving tugs or battle ships. Don't get me wrong, I am not putting those down who use these model boat's it just not my preference. I have got just one that's pretty mild on speed and that is going to be used as a recovery rescue boat, get out there quick and then tow back in slowly. My father got my first boat kit for me when I was 9 and it was the RAF Crash Tender and from there on I was hooked on speed 64 years later I am still speed crasy. I look forward to seeing video of you towing and launching your boat, and then one of the boat on the water at speed. My only car will be too fast to tow a boat it is the Traxxas Stampede. Once again t's speed I went for. I might have to look for a car at a boot fair and maybe convert that for towing. I will have to build a trailer as well.

Sounds good Dave, looking forward to seeing the complete package, should look extra nice !
Shame about your pond, seems the fun police are out all over the world. Luckily not too bad down here yet, but give it time. I've found it's mainly the imports who complain the most about everything, want to turn our country into the place they've just come from. They get into councils and govt and want to change the rules, (we have a female greeny in parliament from Minnesota doing that at the moment, -wants us all to ride bicycles)😂😂😂

JB

Thanks Trev, I will add some old school pinstripes to finish it off. RR

Thanks for the kind words Cash, Just an old retired dude having fun 😊. RR

Hey JB, yes I replaced all the rc equipment. I used a 540 brushed motor with a gear box on 9.6V. I have only run it without body on it. It is not very fast but has a lot of torque. So far the motor runs cool, we will see when I hook the boat to it. Will get a video on it asap. RR
P.S. It has 4 wheel hydralics so I can raise it up 1" to tow and drop it on the ground when parked 😎

My figures came from the grand kids toy box 😁. They attach to the seat via magnets. Grand kids had a blast helping with color selection and figures. RR

Hi Boatshed, the SK has a 4074 brushless motor setup. The motor is mounted inside the fake hemi engine. I had it out with dual 2s batteries. I didn't get the speed I wanted so I will be switching to 6s for my next trial. That will put it where it should be speed wise. My local pond has been taken off the rc boat list and it is now illegal to have fun there 🤬. I think the nitro boats had something to do with that. I will eventually get a video of the launch and test when I find a suitable place. Thanks RR

Looking very neat, can I ask what have you got in the drag boat to power it. Will you be adding a driver into the boat and possibly someone skiing from the back of the boat, Barbie?? I cut the bottom half off of the Six Million Dollar man and his boss Oscar Goldman, and put them in a boat. But I was shocked now to see how much those two dolls sell for now. I still have them in that boat but it has no engine in now as sold off all my nitro and petrol and purchased all brushless motors to power them but still not put them back together yet. The bottom halves, waist down and legs all went in the bin 🤔 years ago. I have got a Barbie boat I was going to put a motor in with R/C but that is also still in the thought about stages at the present time.🤣

Hi Dave, are you fitting a new drive system in the car, or will the original be geared low enough?
I've used brushed 550 770 rpm@12v gear motors in the jeep and truck, (3s LiPo), (Plus about 5:1 diffs in the truck) to handle the weight of the boat/trailer/tow vehicle (about 13lbs all up with the truck) for any length of time Are you going to try launching with your combo eventually? I have an auto thermostatic fan on the truck motor which comes on at 30deg C, - motor still gets hot after a while, even without the boat.

JB

Dave…DUDE!! Nice job on the SKdaddle, the paint on that boat is custom with a K!! The 54’ looks like she’s gonna be sweet too!! Color me impressed sir.
Cash

Another Fantastic Metal Flak Paint Job, Dave!👍👍
I do like the Light House, another of my weaknesses.
Framed it would make a great background for your boats?
Trev

That boat should be relatively easy to spot on the water, very colourful, and a beautiful paint job. Looking forward to seeing the car completed. Regards, Gary.

Hey Ron, it's a 36" SK Daddle flat bottom, Dumas kit.

Sk=?????

If crazy maybe we all fit in that box.👍👍👍👍👍
Rick

Looks like it's going to be a really interesting project, Dave, - how did I know it was going to be a Chev 😁? Nice find for $5 ! Going to go well with the SK.

JB