View Full Version : I am this close to giving up!!!!!!!!!!!
I am about to put the wood and plans away. I am thinking of just buying a hull and maybe when I get better at things I'll try again. What do you think about this hull, can i convert it to a nitro. It is 29" long and 11" wide.
http://finedesignrc.com/boats/meanmachinecollage.jpg
scorpien boats
12-23-2004, 02:46 PM
I like the hull but I don't think you should give up yet...
scorpien boats
12-23-2004, 04:43 PM
because altho it is easier to buy a boat you will get alot more satisfaction by building one yourself...
also it is much cheaper than buying a hull...
Well, I think I know what I am going to do. I am just going to buy a hull for now. I will buy another sheet of plywood and work on the boat slowly but surely.
scorpien boats
12-23-2004, 05:56 PM
what engine are you gonna use... if its .12 i have a nice new turbo .12 OS on ebay only about 30min left
scorpien boats
12-23-2004, 06:26 PM
o well too late now, sorry
Thats ok. I plan on putting my o.s. .21 marine engine in the cat.
I don't know though. Is 150.00 alot for a hull. Will it handle a .21???
CFRACR
12-24-2004, 04:43 AM
That looks like a Mean Machine Splash!
Anyway, the MM18 from Aeromarine comes with .18, I'm sure that a .21 would work just fine. I was planning on doing that myself once i get all my other projects finished. :D
97TRAKIN
12-24-2004, 08:27 AM
The mean Machine hull was built for a .21. It is the baby sprint cat thats been around. They just changed the name and made it ready to run with a .18.
By the way that thing hauls with a .21 in it and the .18 should be a blast also.
Chilly
12-24-2004, 02:23 PM
Ah, ejp, donīt give up just yet! Just make some new bulkheads, made of straight and nice ply, not that warped stuff you were unfortunate enough to get hold of the last time. I promise, once you get the hull glued together nicely, you will feel all good about having made it by your self! And that is hard to get from bying a hull. By all means, buy a hull also, and play around while building on your own hull. Good compromise, donīt you think?
That was just my plan.:D
What will it take to convert this hull th nitro??? Do I just have to glass in some strigers?
What color should I get??? I have a choice of white, red, yellow, and black.
scorpien boats
12-24-2004, 03:22 PM
I say black, but thats just me :)
That would look pretty sweet but what about visibility?????
scorpien boats
12-24-2004, 03:34 PM
lol both my boats are black.
Just follow the rooster tail man!
What do you think red would look like? I saw a yellow one and it is pretty cool, white is to boring, and black, well I don't know about black;D
Whats in the middle of the boat in the pictures???
scorpien boats
12-24-2004, 09:37 PM
what color did you end up getting?
rc10gtisthebest
12-24-2004, 10:29 PM
Uhh, guys, that is an Aeromarine.. Just being sold by Fine Design......... ;)
-Todd
Uhh, whats that mean????? Is that bad????
rc10gtisthebest
12-25-2004, 08:05 AM
Nope...., That's a VERY good thing, will last longer then a splash, and be of better quality.
-Todd