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Juntilla by Krampus Commander   Posted: 11 days ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

So, here's my current project in the works. I got a nice 25-inches Deep-Vee fiberglass hull a while ago and now (finally) have a concept for it. Almost by accident I came across a plan for an American bass boat which in turn reminded me of a boat that caught my attention when I was a kid while reading a boating magazine. The boat is a 28-footer from a now defunct firm named Uniflite. It was a small deep-sea sports fisherman called "Salty Dog". Uniflite was very well known within the American boating circles during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Uniflite created and supplied PBR river patrol craft to the US Navy between 1965 and 1972 for rivers in Vietnam using an already existing pleasure boat hull and adapting jet nozzles for propulsion. So, I just created a prototype template of the cabin so more to follow 😎.

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Triton by Krampus Commander   Posted: 25 days ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 1 )

Thank you folks!

SeaBoard by Krampus Commander   Posted: 28 days ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

You bet. A shocking experience, especially after driving several hours to the destination and spending the big bucks for the hotel next to the beach. But still funny.

SeaBoard by Krampus Commander   Posted: 28 days ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

I came across this cool concept a week ago while at the beach. Not even there you may escape from the mean marketing folks.

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OC Rocket by Krampus Commander   Posted: 29 days ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

You bet. Too much eye candy strings. Hopefully my blood sugar level is still under control.

OC Rocket by Krampus Commander   Posted: 29 days ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

Here I have some food for inspiration. This is a tourist boat operating in Ocean City, Maryland (USA). It takes people by the coast and to watch the dolphins. Quite unusual and cool.

South Bavaria Scale Model Boat Builders by Krampus Commander   Posted: 1 month ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

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South Bavaria Scale Model Boat Builders by Krampus Commander   Posted: 1 month ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 1 )

From here, in the warm but cloudy side, 28 or 29 C for tomorrow. This weekend I'm taking the family (they are here for my kid's school vacation) to the Maryland Eastern Shore (Ocean City, etc) so I bet it will be boat eye candy. Annapolis is near here as well. Super nice. If you visit Garmisch in October, take one of your boats and visit either the Badersee or closer to the Bowling alley you can take it to the pond I mentioned to you earlier (Loisachbad, by the playground). Their website is https://buergerservice.gapa.de/de/leben-in-garmisch-partenki... They have a small snack shack with little chairs and tables, so you got the whole deal. You will love that pond and best of all, the water is clean enough to swim in case your boat goes adrift.

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South Bavaria Scale Model Boat Builders by Krampus Commander   Posted: 1 month ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Welcome aboard! I have it all figured out for winter. Badersee in Grainau is the solution to all our pleas. Never freezes due to a thermal spring source. The only thing is that paint over wood may crack. That's why I switched to plastic hulls and decks a while ago. I have a project in mind and I will be seek your expertise😁

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Looking for a Sea Queen by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

This reminds me my own Ebay experience several years ago. I bid for a car. Nice 1966 T-Bird. Everything going fine and voila, the "seller" began insisting in me sending him the rest of the money (I already paid a small deposit via PayPal) through an "escrow" service using Western Union. I noticed some elemental grammar errors on the "escrow" service webpage and also in the "seller's" writing. Different style from the emails I read from the seller before. I challenged him with paying via PayPal and he sent me an email in a quite anxious tone asking for his escrow thing. At that moment I figured out something went wrong and soon after I received an email from the real seller telling me that his eBay and email accounts got hacked and that apparently others failed into the trap. With my suspicions being corroborated, I wrote an email to the offender telling him everything was OK, but at the end I gave him a piece of my mind. I verified the original folks identity and purchased the car. Lesson: If it smells, it most definitely is s%&t.

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Dirty Deeds by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

By the way, you may get some Viagra (10.8v Nihm battery) on Ebay. You will find them with either AA-type cells and C-type cells. I do prefer the C-type cells. Expect to pay around $45-50 USD. I bought some from a German store named "www.Conrad.de", but it seems they no longer offer them.

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Dirty Deeds by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 1 )

LOL -Viva Las Viagra! BTW, you can add some Viagra by going Lipo. Still the way it is, I'm pretty happy with the boat's performance. Carrying an extra battery pack always help as well.

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Dirty Deeds by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

Thank you, AllenA! Well, no science behind the running time. As long as I run at low speeds it just happens everything seems fine. But when I put the throttle down... then all is over within 15 minutes or so. I pretty much stick to the same power layout. 540 motors with 30A controllers, 2000 or higher mAh capacity and 35mm or 40mm props and 4mm shafts. Dirty Deeds is a bit special. I was on my learning curve (I'm still there!) so due to a novice error I used a 2mm shaft so I had to get a special propeller and a big mean battery (kind of a Viagra approach). So, I had a 4-bladed 35mm propeller bored for the 2mm shaft and a 10.8v 4000 mah battery pack. A bit in the heavy side but it gave the boat nice stability. I can achieve better running time with Lipos, but I'm an old-fashioned guy still concerned with the maintenance Lipos involve and do appreciate a bit more of the weight offered by NIHMs, not to mention I'm a cheap guy (LOL). Something that really worked for me is the choice of propellers. I noticed a remarkable run-time difference between plastic and metal (yes, more expensive) propellers, but it is well-spent money. Other boats I have run with 9.8v 2000 mAH batteries achieving almost 50 min at low speeds, which is OK with some of my models for realistic ride purposes. Here I have my two "inspirational" pics.

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Dirty Deeds by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 6 )

Some pics of my favorite build. Made on a barebones fiberglass hull. Runs with a NIHM 10.8 battery, a 540 brushed motor and a 30A controller. Pictures taken by the Olympia Park pond in Munich, Germany.

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Legal Limit by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

A couple of pics of one of my earliest builds. In the small side (about 19 inches long) and straight out of my imagination as I mess it up while trying to design a different boat. One of these fortunate accidents.😉

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Extra Vagancuia by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

New paint scheme of my Sport Fisherman "Extra Vagancia".

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White lines by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Hello! In my case, I use vinyl car decorative stripes. Ebay offers them very cheap, less than US$4.00 with shipping and everything. Once I apply them, I use a hairdryer to melt the vinyl a little bit. With this method they stick very well.

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Chris craft boat by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Still in DC but getting back to Germany in early December. Looking forward for a meeting with you and any other model boat rebel upon my return.😁

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Chris craft boat by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

Here's the Chris Craft I built for my daughter from an old 1969 Graupner kit. Bienvenido al grupo, amigo!

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White Rocks Model Boat Club Outing by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

Sharing last week's video featuring the White Rocks Model Boat Club in Maryland, USA.

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Cheapskate by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

[Score: 8/10] 23" Cheapskate Capable of 15mph and a runtime of 45mins Single Propellor (3 Blade 40mm) Direct Drive to a HPI Racing 1145 Gt 550 (3 Blade) Powered by NiMH (10.8v) 4Amp/h Batteries Controlled Through MTroniks Marine TIO 30 ESC - Comments: Using a modified Lisa M ABS hull made by German firm "Krick", I build this hard top cruiser inspired in American boats from the 1960s and early 1970s. Scratch-built superstructure, cannibalized from previous built "Bugalu", was made out of 2mm and 1.5mm ABS plastic sheets.

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Cheapskate by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 3 )

So here goes my most recent built "Cheapskate" with its crew.

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Rasta Craft - Jamaican Pleasure Boat by Krampus Commander   Posted: 2 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 1 )

So here it is. "Cheapskate" almost finished and during it first real-life conditions ride at a local lake.😁

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Rasta Craft - Jamaican Pleasure Boat by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

1 JUL 17 - Using a borrowed Lisa M yacht hull made by German manufacturer Krick and the cockpit of a scratch built I made earlier (now defunct), I'm now working on this new vessel. For no logic reason, I decided to use Jamaican Rasta culture for inspirational purposes. Just something different for may flotilla. Water tested with a 30A Mtroniks "Tio" controller, a 500-series motor, a 10.8 NIHM battery and a 40mm propeller. A winning combination for this boat. I added spray rails and just painted the hull in yellow

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Legal Limit by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

Original design "Express Cruiser" type boat. Old home-made fiberglass hull built in UK in the 1970s and rescued from previous owner's garage. Model built during April-July 2015. Approx. 1/24 scale. In trying to emulate a Bertram Bahia Mar boat, I ended up with an originally fictitious design. Real life boat could be a 32-footer (9.75m) yacht. 3mm 9v LED navigation lights system. Runs on Mtroniks G2 3A Hyper BEC 6-12V 15A Constant controller, Biao123 A2122 brushless motor, and a NiMH 10.8v battery.

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Pinkie Pie by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

Model kit made on or about 1969 by defunct German firm Robbe based upon Chris Craft Roamer motor yachts of the era. Hull appears to be inspired on 1950s Chris Craft Constellation series. Model tried to emulate a 46 feet version. I got this one half-built and adapted as a gift for my child inspired in the "My Little Pony" characters. Approx. 1/20 scale. Authentic Chris Craft Roamer 46 measured 46 x 15 feet. It runs with a 4-bladed 40mm metal propeller, 320A 7.2V-16V ESC 30A constant, a NiMH 9.6v battery, and a Mabuchi 540 Motor.

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Mi Nuh Biznizz by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

First sea trial of "Mi Nuh Biznizz" (meaning "I don't care" in Jamaican slang). All plastic built using an altered Krick Lisa-M hull. Work in progress. Pretty wet run. Needs some spray rails, that's for sure 🤔

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Triton by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 4 )

With my boats getting routinely stranded in the middle of nowhere, I felt compelled to commission a rescue vessel and "Triton" was born. "Triton" is a Springer-type tug push boat. With a hull and superstructure consisting of an “Indiana” style command cabin, it was built using a pretty basic birch plywood American kit designed for swimming pool water polo. Kit altered to resemble a fictitious Salvamento Marítimo (Spanish Coast Guard) unit following Salvamento Marítimo’s actual boat markings. Equipment and deck layout inspired on actual Springer tug push boats supporting larger vessels and barges found in US and European ports and rivers. Model built during September – October 2015. Approx. 1/18 scale. Real life boat could be a 30-footer (9.14m) vessel. Equipped with 9v LED navigation lights and sound system. Powered by an HPI Racing 1145 Gt 550 Motor, NiMH 7.4v battery, a 3-bladed 44mm propeller, and a 6-12V 320A RC Ship & Boat R/C Hobby Brushed Motor Speed Controller.

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Bademenuss by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 0 )

Oh yeah, the name part. Happens that when very young, my child called a swimsuit a "Bademenuss" instead of "Badeanzug". So there goes the name. My favorite one was for helicopters. She called them "hauchies".

Bademenuss by Krampus Commander   Posted: 3 months ago ✓ Like This Post   ( 2 )

Altered Krick Lisa M model kit seeking realism. Inspired on 1970s 40, 42 and 43 Hatteras, Uniflite and Viking Double Cabin American yachts. 9v LED navigation lights system. Approx. 1/20 scale. Real life boat could be nearly 39 x 13.7 feet. Similar real-life Hatteras 40 Double Cabin yacht measured 41 x 13.7 feet. Runs with NiMH 9.4v battery, an HPI Racing 1145 Gt 550 Motor 14.4V, and a 40mm 3 blade propeller.😁

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