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Star Wars Patrol Boat (1/6 scale)
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📝 Figures...
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ (
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Len1, I'm not that much into non-scale figures (Barbie, stuffed animals, etc.). So whe I got this throw away hull, I wanted a "personal" boat, small with a larger figure.
So I started with a 1/6 scale "Mr. Pink". I then found the 1/6 scale Star Wars troopers at a local store and "that's the rest of the story".
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So I started with a 1/6 scale "Mr. Pink". I then found the 1/6 scale Star Wars troopers at a local store and "that's the rest of the story".
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📝 Hovering
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ ( Commodore)
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Isaac - haven't worked out the ant-gravity issue yet. One would think it would be easier being the boats are so small.
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4 months ago by 🇺🇸 Len1 (
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Lew, I love the idea that if you can not get figures to match your boat then just build the boat to match the figures you have😂. Another great job.
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4 months ago by 🇺🇸 Isaac (
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Add 4 drone motors as outriggers.
Just an idea 😂👍😎 Isaac ▲
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📝 Video
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ ( Commodore)
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Doug... certainly not a speed demon. Unfortunately I build my boats on the heavy side. Was going to take a video, but my cell phone is not easy to hold to take a video.
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4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ (
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Yeah, my Sony with a 50X optical zoom died. Too much to repair so I am looking for a replacement.
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4 months ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich (
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That's why I use a 'real' video camera Lew.
Which I can screw onto a tripod. Or even better still - I take my camera girl Gisela with me😁 Cheers, Doug😎 ▲
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📝 In the water
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ ( Commodore)
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Photo of my Star Wars' Empire patrol boat in the water on 7 April, 2024.
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💬 Re: In the water
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 Isaac (
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Love the boat. Neat idea to turn it into a futuristic vessel. 😎😎😎
Now, does it hover? 😂😂😂😂 Isaac ▲
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4 months ago by 🇩🇪 RNinMunich (
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"And now. Something completely different."😀
How does she run Lew? Any vids coming up??😉 Cheers, Doug😎 ▲
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📝 Star Wars Patrol Boat (1/6 scale)
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 LewZ ( Commodore)
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This is a model I built several years ago. Someone gave me an old wood hull which I turned into an experimental boat, and wound up being a Star Wars Storm Trooper patrol boat. I generally don't do many "funny" boats and try to keep everything to scale. I believe this is a good example of making a comical boat to scale (no stuffed animals, etc.).
It never performed well as it was small and the six "C" cell battery pack weighted the boat down giving very little freeboard (about 3/8 inch) and a slow speed.
I decided to replace the 3000MAH 7.2V Nimh battery with a 2S Li-ion 3500MAH &.4V battery. Last Sunday I took it to the SSMBC meet and it went very well but after 50 feet it died. (It was the motor.) So that is now replace and it will be over two weeks to the next meet.
So, in the mean time I took some photos of the fix-up and "innards". In particular you can see the adapter I made to fit the 2S battery where the hobby battery sat. It is 3D printed. I placed the file on "Thingiverse" (link below) in case anyone else is interested.
I plan to get some videos at the next meet.
Lew
Florida 🤓, USA
It never performed well as it was small and the six "C" cell battery pack weighted the boat down giving very little freeboard (about 3/8 inch) and a slow speed.
I decided to replace the 3000MAH 7.2V Nimh battery with a 2S Li-ion 3500MAH &.4V battery. Last Sunday I took it to the SSMBC meet and it went very well but after 50 feet it died. (It was the motor.) So that is now replace and it will be over two weeks to the next meet.
So, in the mean time I took some photos of the fix-up and "innards". In particular you can see the adapter I made to fit the 2S battery where the hobby battery sat. It is 3D printed. I placed the file on "Thingiverse" (link below) in case anyone else is interested.
I plan to get some videos at the next meet.
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💬 Re: Star Wars Patrol Boat (1/6 scale)
4 months ago by 🇺🇸 jumpugly (
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Cool lew!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
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