HI Folks
I am just starting to build a 34" RAF Crash tender .
Why ? or what maybe

This version is based on a Kingston Moulding Hull OK so you can see I have cheated already but I am not a boat builder , Mostly we fly model aircraft but the RAF Crash tender Has been a model I have wanted to own since I was about 15 but that was a long time ago and now with RC being relatively inexpensive I wanted to add a Boat to the fleet ,

First Impressions of the hull as I unpacked it this morning were it looks quite good but the Plan supplied with the hull is the poorest excuse for a build plan I have seen for a long time , it was supplied with a 3view with sections scale drawing of the original boat without templates , I have sent Robin an email but I cannot see anything happening , as I said before I am a complete novice when it comes to boat building .
what I had hoped for was a sheet of templates for the superstructure .

regards for now emma

Robins reply was "Cant help with any cutting patterns etc, I've never done anything like that for any of the hulls I ve made, you have to work everything out from the plan, and copy the shapes from there. Most scratch builders have their own preferred way of doing things, and I would be wasting my time telling them how. You should find useful info on my sites FAQ page and the various constructional articles."

Thank you Robin

so what does a complete boat building novice do ?
OK , so I contact Kitshack and a very nice Guy called Chris responded with a " we can help " and has give me a sensible quote for the superstructure parts of their kit and hopefully they will be here soon Thank you Chris
Now I hope to have the best of both world a glass fibre Hull and precut ply parts .
The hull on closer inspection is quite good a slight curve in one side and there are "burn marks" ( slight discolouration of the gell coat where the release agent / wax is wearing thin " where the heat from the curing glass fibre has marked the surface but a good hull nether the less . The internal bulkheads will cure the curvature as it is only slight
will post photos of the hull and "plan received later when my phone lets me have them - why do I hate my windows phone so much _

Email from Chris at Kitshack said that the 1/2 kit I had ordered is on its way to me , Just waiting on myhermes to deliver , its a lovely day today and if nothing comes in the post then We will be out this weekend and look at the parts next week

Well what can I say , The bits are here and I opened the box and was amazed at the quality of the parts obviously some of the window parts have a little "tag " on them to hold them on the surrounding ply but the overall quality is very good and well worth the money . I would recommend the kit to everyone that maybe interested in building one . Thank you Chris and Darrell for your time and help in coming to my rescue and producing me a half kit , This will make the build much easier with the Fiberglass hull and pre-cut deck parts.
Hopefully next week I will post the pics of hull and parts , The build has slowed down as I am building an AtomicZombie recumbent trike at well at the moment so both are spare time projects , I am amassing the parts at the moment so the build should be easy with all the parts at hand , next stage is to decide on single or twin motors . any suggestions with reasons please , I would like this model to be able to go above the scale speed of 5mph say 8-10 mph

HI Folks
Just another quickie , here Is the photos of the Kingston Hull , It Is a very good moulding 9 /10 at the moment I am stockpiling the build bits to make the build simpler and trouble free ( less problematic anyway ) > 😟 ,
regards all
emma