Thanks chaps for the kindly comments. Not sure I’m old enough to remember Noahs ark Bob  I’ve called it “The Clog” because without its superstructure it reminded me of the Dutch footwear in shape. As for a bollard pull test Paul, nice Idea must get a spring balance from some where. What sort of pulling power Should I expect with a brushed 540 spinning a 40mm prop in a kort nozzle? This looks like another exscuse for She Who Must Be Obeyed to get the camcorder out! I’ll make a Spielberg out of her yet  meanwhile I’m still looking for something to make a substatial towing bollard from. prob some ali tube so I can bolt it securely to the deck, and the painting continues at a steady pace as always.

Oh and the Glazings in. For those interested I always use a PVA based product called Lexan picture glue. its desinged to paste photos etc to the inside of the clear Lexan (plastic) car bodies used in rc scale racing. prior to painting them and dries totally clear so even if you smudge a little on the window when dry its all but invisible.

All taken on board gents the rust is a subject I’m working on Paul but then it is fresh of the slips give it a week or so before the rust shows eh

Well it looks even more finished now mate! Complete with a working radar scanner and a full (ish) compliment of mast, nav and work lights.

Her performance is very satisfactory lots of pulling power and pretty stable. the upstand under the super structure works fine after several wettings of the aft deck not a drop of the wet stuff inside and the 4A 6v Pb battery gives about 45 mins of hard pulling and pushing. and strangly when on display with the home wood and barrel back draws a lot of comments (all good) from the general public. what started as a bit of fun to use up some scrap materials has turned out to be so much more.

Edited By Phil Winks 1 on 01/10/2009 17:32:34