To be honest I don’t think I’ve heard the term lollipop since I was a kid, and I’m 60. I think, in this part of the country at least, it went out of favor.

When Grace was very young she would get a sucker (lollipop)at the pediatricians office. She usually conned her out of more than one🤣

A vid of a few of us out at Towne Lake and Josey Ranch

Last few outings North Texas Shipwrights

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Looks really good on the water!! Nice job!
Cash

Hi y’all. Got the bulk of the superstructure built, the upper bridge windows took some serious finagling, but I got it handled. Once the superstructure was built, I gave it a coat of EZEDope, once that was sanded I primer Ed it. The primer, among other things, brings out any flaws in my work, so I can sand, fill, or fix to get a decent finish. One the primer was dry I used Mr Hobby MrWhiteputty to fill any blemishes. I will sand this down and apply another coat of primer later. I’m about to start building the details, lockers, anchor winch, etc. I’ll probably clean my bench before I get too involved so I can have less clutter and hopefully do a good job on the remainder.

Looks good in the water Nerys!!! Glad you got out!👍

Well, that night was fine, I felt a little tired and a little feverish for an hour or two late Saturday evening, today was fine. No webbed toes yet either!!🤣

Got my second dose of the Moderna vaccine just 10 minutes ago. We’ll see how I feel in the a.m

Thank you Rick!!

He may not be overpowering it (yet), but the darn thing is a bonafide antique, and until yesterday the only powerboat he owns...I traded my Acapulco to him. I need the room, he needs another boat so we can do a refit on Miss Kitty. I suspect that we might be seeing the upper end of what the ‘Pulco can handle pretty soon.😁

Nerys, I’m so glad to hear of your trip, and the kind way you were treated at the Centaur. It looks like you and Alice had a good time. Like others here have posted, it makes my day to hear you had a great day.
Keep at it ma’am, you have a lot of people pulling for you.😀
Cash

Hi y’all. It’s been a bit since I posted. I wanted to get the hull painted before I posted again, but I ran out of paint. I finally got most of the paint work on the hull done, I still have a little touch up to do. I then decided to add the rubber rub rail. This is a c sectioned rubber channel that is glued to the hull/deck flange and goes completely around the circumference of the boat from stem to stern. I’ve noticed a lot of Grimmershorn pics and vids showing a bow, and sometimes a stern fender, although there’s not one in the kit. There’s a good reason for that..the channel tends to bunch up at the bow and stern. The instructions state using a heat gun to get it to shrink up a bit, but I tried that and thought I was gonna melt the bulwarks or bubble the paint first, so I resorted to cutting notches to make it fit better. It looks okay, but I can still clean it up a bit. I also had a bit more gap at one section between the rubbing strip and the hull. What I did was to use some RC56 canopy glue. This is an aliphatic resin that dries clear and waterproof. I made a bead between the strip and hull topside. Once it dries you’ll never notice it. I then started building the cabin, which is going along smoothly so far.
Anyway, that’s it for now, I hope to have more done this week and weekend.
Cash

🤣😂😂😂🤣😆🤣😂😂!
My google has a pull start!!!

You guys are good👍👍
Now, if we decide to get a couple of hulls we might have to find an “exporter” 😁

Thanks y’all!!

Hi y’all. My buddy, JP, has an old Graupner Kitty II that I got in a trade, fixed up then traded it to him, and he then added brushless power and has ran the fire out of it for 2 years straight. Anyway, about a year or so ago I found a link to a gentleman in Germany who was making new Kitty hulls from abs. I have lost the link. If anybody out there knows of this persons business, or if he’s even still making hulls, please holler at me. I’ve googled the #@!! out of every permutation of “Kitty II”, and no luck.
Cash

Hi y’all. I spent this week trimming the hull/deck flange, started with a Dremel then finished with 80 grit sandpaper. This will be covered by a large rubber rubbing strip so it doesn’t have to look perfect, but it was too wide hence the trim. I also trimmed and glued the bulwarks in place, and gave the deck and interior bulwarks a quick first coat of paint, plus filled and sanded the keel.

I hav collected a few kits over the years. A lot of kits I acquired thru trading, bought a couple off RCgroups and eBay. Here’s the list:
One used started Deans Marine Wacht Am Rhein
One used started Robbe Antje
NIB Midwest Jim Wilder tug
NIB Midwest Lobster Boat, not the RC version but many have been converted
NIB MRP Hydro Sport
NIB Robbe Mowe
Mostly NIB first gen Graupner Pollux
NIB Billings Banckert with ABS hull
NIB Graupner Racing Micro Magic, German kit
A partially built Dumas Little Shelly Foss
Dare Designs Miss Stephanie
There’s a few other boats that are going to be restorations, or trade fodder. I also have a NIB Billings Samson II that will be traded off tomorrow for a Paula IV.
Cash

Hi JB...I was going to use that cluster for for the gear drive but I’m having a hard time finding pinion gears in that coarse of a pitch🤣🤣🤣 Actually, that’s the cluster gear from the Studebakers original 3 speed/OD transmission. It’s #1 of 2 that got mangled in an about 8 years, that’s why the Stude has a 200R4 automatic overdrive trans now. It makes a great weight for laminating parts!!

Thanks Martin!!

Rick, not sure about displacement, but I’m sure she’ll weigh in at well over 10 pounds, maybe 15 or more. She’s 40 inches long. I picked this boat as I like her lines, and she’s big enough to add functions and still have plenty of room in the hull, plus she’ll still fit in the back of my Abarth.😁

Hi y’all. I thought it about time that I started on my 60th birthday present, a Krick Grimmershorn. This will be the largest boat, both in size and displacement I’ve built to date. I plan to add a MrRcSound sound board, lights, and radar...maybe another function too.
I started on her last week, so far I have the keel, stuffing box and rudder made up. The keel is built up from several pieces of ply, and it sandwiches the stuffing tube. I had to trim it and almost took too much off, but in the end it came out okay, although I had a gap on either side of the tube. I filled that with epoxy and balsa. The rudder is also made up of a ply sandwich then carved and sanded to shape.
I’m using an old 3.8 to 1 planetary gearbox for the drive. I should be okay for power, and it’s a real smooth box, very quiet. I tacked the motor mount in and then adjusted the alignment using a 4mm I’d brass tube. I added braces to the mount, and built a little seat for the motor to support weight being that the motor mount is ply. The seat just contacts the bottom of the motor. I then installed the radio plate and assembled and epoxied the deck in place. That’s where I’m at now, hopefully I’ll have the bulwarks installed, and everything from the bulwarks down sanded smoothed and painted by this weekend.

Hi Nerys, I’m so glad you’re still working on your LST, sorry to hear of health issues still, I hope it gets better for you. I was wondering if you could find a some sort of folding desk that would raise and lower, you wouldn’t have to get up, you could just lower the table boat and all. Anyway, I’m glad you’re still at it, and I truly hope you feel better.
Cash

Thanks Fleet!! That’ll work great on the IPad 😁

Thank you!! The Model Mayhem site gives me a good start, looks like all I’ll need in fact. Here’s hoping I don’t release the “magic smoke”🤣. Seriously, you’ve been a great help. Thanks!!
Cash

Hi y’all. I have a Robbe diesel sound card that I received in a trade, sadly, I have no instructions. Can anybody post/direct me to a set? I would greatly appreciate it.

Hello Nerys. Be advised that the Signal Intelligence branch of the Texas Navy intercepted some encrypted communications from the Oklahoma Rabbit Reserve, some snippets taken seem to suggest that they have some folks who are sympathetic to their cause abroad. You might keep an eye on that one nurse, make sure she doesn’t have an over attachment to carrots.
Seriously, I’m glad you’re ok. I wouldn’t be happy either, and I’m pretty sure they would hear me growling down the street!!
Cash

She’s a purty gal!!

Doug, my buddy did something similar. This was about 1986, my buddy Bill had a Gentle Lady 2 meter with an OS10, landing gear and 3 channels. One day he fired her up and launched without turning on the rx. She had a 4 ounce tank iirc, the chase team came back much later after losing sight of her about 25 miles out. She was high, circling and headed for somewhere between Oklahoma and Paris Texas😮

Okay y’all, long story. I used to fly RC combat, got pretty decent at it, we originally started flying 12th scale fighters and dive bombers made up of blue foam, glasses wings, and stock .15 to .25 engines. My favorite was the SBD Dauntless. Being a dive bomber it had a lot of wing area and perfect moments and turned on a dime. I flew it mostly for fun, but she had her share of combat and had been “remitted” and rebuilt several times. I was putting the radio back well past midnight one night..I forgot to reinstall the snap keeper on the elevator pushrod. I discovered my error the next day at the top of a loop, as I had no elevator control..all I could do is throttle back, and salute (literally) as she came straight down in a 90 degree dive. My buddy pulled up and saw the whole thing. Yep, we all join that club at some time or another. Just don’t ask how I wrecked my 55 Chevy in front of our house when I was 17...😳

Hi Jonathan. Just reread your post about rudder area and possibly changing to twin rudders, I think your on to something. When I used to fly rc, I noticed that a plane with a larger rudder with less throw would turn tight with less drama than a plane with a small rudder at larger throws. I was thinking along the same lines as you..but one question. Should the rudder be deeper or wider?
Cash