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Aerokits Sea Scout

Listed by zooma ·

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About this boat

I have had this old original Aerokits Sea Scout model for quite some time and I am not too sure what to do with it.

The temptation is to strip it and restore it, but I quite like it the way it is.

The classic cream and red hull with the stained deck and cabin sides is not a combination that I would have currently come up with, but it has a nice “vintage” look, and I am thinking about keeping it exactly the way it is.

A new prop shaft and running gear with a little bit of a tidy-up rather than a full rebuilt may be the way to go with this small 24” long Classic Model Power Boat.

I have treated it to a new “orange box” shaped boat stand, so it is ready to be transported and used as a member of the fleet that needs to be finished and out on the water.

Bob.

Comments

  1. PeterJ
    Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Refurbish the model with new electronics and put on the water,keep classic models alive.
  2. ColRay
    Lieutenant Commander
    Bob the Boat ... not another boat... a little fishy on the dishy, have a fishy when the boat comes in. Col
    Old UK nursery rhyme
  3. ColinJ2
    Petty Officer 1st Class
    Like its vintage look too. Just enough restoring to allow it to be used.
    Liked by zooma
  4. zoomaBronze
    Fleet Admiral
    This old Sea Scout is reasonably intact, and with a suitable new rudder and a splash of paint, the underside will be “sorted”.

    Inside, the boat is tidy and dry and ready to have a new motor mount and servo mount making and fitting….and a fresh coat of grey paint, before fitting some electrics.

    My first instinct would be to fit a small out-runner motor to power it with, but since I have finally given-up r/c car racing I have some 540 sized brushed and brushless motors that could be given a new home that should power this model along very nicely.

    Likewise, my now unused r/c car ESC could also be used in this model, so it could end up with a simple 540 brushed motor, or a similar sized brushless motor as both are available.

    1C and 2C LiPo packs from various classes of racing are also now redundant and looking for a new home, so it it unlikely that any new motors, ESC or battery packs will be purchased for this Sea Scout.

    Bob.
    Underside looke OK - just needs a new rudder.
    Inside is dry and clean and ready for some fresh paint.
    A suitable motor mount is all that is needed in here before some fresh paint.

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