Getting back to my R/C roots.

[SabreHawk]

Good day gents,(and ladies if there are any). Well I am a flyer mainly but have roots in surface vehicles which is where I started. Lately, I have been thinking of getting back to my roots and so have ordered me a nice boat from Krick models to get back in. I bought it from Cornwall Model Boats over accross the pond in the UK.
http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/index.html
The boat:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b370/SabreHawk1/20320_lrg.jpg

The model is Krick's Lisa M, a very sweet looking cabin cruiser that seems a simple enough project with an ABS hull and wood deck and cabin structure.
A simple single screw drive, and I of course had to also order the dingy along with it. Wouldnt look right without it, besides it was only about $12.
The kit is well on its way here and should be here in my anxious hands by the 25th.
I will of course do a build log for ya's and will be paying a visit to Galaxy Hobby in Lynwood for some lighting equipment, battery and ESC. The motor is supplied in the kit, as are the prop, shaft and stuffing box.
I have built one of Krick's kits back in the 80's, an aircraft, the Klemm L-25D.
And so I was very impressed with their kits and the quality so it was a no brainer when I saw that they also do boats.

So I also wish to get with any of the Seattle area clubs that may exist, and have googled and found the Northwest R/C ship modelers. And will contact them soon and hope to get together with them sometime.
There is a small pond near where I live, and as far as I know there arent any rules about R/C boating on it. It's a small park called "Ronald Bog" and is right here in Shoreline, Wa. about 4min. away. Also there's Green Lake to the south where I see that there is a model sailing club that operates there. But I'll have to check out any restrictions that may exist, and hopefully it's allowed. At least for electrics anyway.
Anyway just wanted to drop in down here and say hi, and perhaps find any other RC boaters who may be in my area.

So, happy boating & sailing folks and will be back for the build.

Chuck.

[Kmot]

Hello Chuck. I have seen the Lisa M. on Kricks website for about a year now, and have admired and lusted after that model. I for one will be following your build thread closely. :)

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Hi Chuck,

Corwall Model Boats has provided excellent service to the USA.
Your kit arrive before you know it. I'll look forward to seeing it
at Bellevue Park in the future... For now, we look forward to
watching the build up here on Rcgroups.

Welcome to the boat section!

:)

[SabreHawk]

Thanks for the welcome friends, and yes im anxious. It's been since the 70's that I did any R/C boating. But ya know, every now and then I get a little bored of flying, and long for a nice relaxing time at a lake or pond and do some low stress boating pleasure. plus ever since the ARF revoloution in RC planes I havent actually "built" anything so this should be a pleasure indeed to work with some wood for a change. Heh, and I dont have to worry that It may turn itself back into a kit again or worse, a pile of scrap balsa! :eek:
I have a Kayak too and love to paddle on the waters round here, and im sure it'll come in handy if ever there is a need for retrival. Thats one thing I learned way back then is to have some sort of water craft availible like a row boat or canoe/kayak.

Heh, I had a real hard time with a boat I built back then when it's shaft coupling came off. was just a short length of rubber tubing and it had worked it's way off. Yeah, I just stood there wondering if the wind might bring it back my way, and luckily it did finally.
But I worried for a while.
Yes. I've heard of Bellevue Park at one of the club websites, Northwest RC modelers I believe it was. And saw some pics of the place and it looks grand.
So yep I'll be putting her in there for sure, and look forward to meeting some of the other modelers in the area.
Again, thanks so much for the kind words.............. :p

Happy boating & sailing and fair winds. :)

[charlie eaton]

SabreHawk, Welcome and take lots of pictures of the build.

[norgale]

Hello Chuck. I have seen the Lisa M. on Kricks website for about a year now, and have admired and lusted after that model. I for one will be following your build thread closely. :)

"Lusted after that model"! MMMMM. You ok Tom? This sounds serious. :( Pete

[SabreHawk]

LOL! Lusting for Lisa..........sounds like a good title for a romance novel.

But then, I geuss there is something of a romance with boats and ships. For why else then do we refer to them as she, or her? ;)

Well, "she's" in Philidelphia making "her" way to the northwest to be with me, where I can fondle her hull, and hang a dingy on her stern............ :D

[420TEE]

Just looked at the Cornwall web site and that Grand Banks got my MasterCard itching. No, no, must not.....

[Aerominded]

Grand Banks got my MasterCard itching. No, no, must not.....


Do it!!! :) :p ;) I want to know what people think of this one!

[420TEE]

You pay half and I'll give you an exclusive review. :D

[Aerominded]

LOL!!! :D

Does look like a nice kit... but I would like to see or hear about it before even dreaming of putting that kind of money on the table! :eek:

Model Expo sells them in the US...

[420TEE]

I agree about the price, plus shipping. I'm old fashioned and don't like plastic or glass hulls. Where's the challenge there? Plus it's not very big, about 28".

[SabreHawk]

Yup I had my eyes on the Grand Banks too, but my wallet said no.
And the Calypso has been on my list for a very long time, but man it's price for the kit alone is above what I can spend right now, and I know I could easily have a grand in it by the time im done if I do it the way I want with all the extras like lighting, working crane and I even thought of an operational heli as well.
But, thats still a down the road project. Which is why I chose the Lisa M, its not that expensive, and not too big a project to get restarted in RC boating again that I'd get bogged down with it. And it has all the good looks and is the type of boat I love, and very similar to the small cabin cruiser I built back in the 70's though much larger and with a flying bridge.

Another I was eyeballing was the Model Slipways Shamrock, again not too expensive or big a project, but still a nice looking boat and a decent affordable price.
What sold me on the Lisa M was that its a Krick kit, and I've had experience in building one of their aircraft kits before and I loved it. I wish I had some digital pics of that Klemm L-25D. It was one sweet flying plane. That was back in my glow days, and I had powered it with an O.S. FS20 4 stroker. (Which I still have that engine BTW) And I understand that O.S. isnt making it anymore, only the FS26 is still availible. So its a rare engine that probably is a classic by now.

[Kmot]

Hang on to those glow engines you have. I'll bet some day you get tired of the "quiet revolution" and long for some noise and precious oil on your fingers. :p :D ;)

[SabreHawk]

Oh yeah, I was once into that and yes I do still from time to time have a hankering for some real heart pounding rib cage rattling engine noise flying a good bird.
Back in those days I had a great love for the Byron originals biggies.
One of the club members who was also the LHS owner brought out a Byron Christen Eagle with a nice big OS twin in it, man talk about impressive!
Thats when I fell in love with the Christen Eagle itself both models and the full scale one. And why the Cox foamie I have of it is my favorite of my small fleet, and as afraid of it as I was when I first got it it's turned out to be the best and most dependable and fun flying one too.

That Byron CE that I speak of though, I had to watch as the guy on take off clipped the RWY with a wingtip and it cartwheeled down the RWY tearing it apart. Was not a pretty sight, especially knowing what kind of love and money he had in it. Maybe thats at the root of what was giving me the heebee geebee's about flying mine. So as much as I loved it, it scared me to death at the same time.
Hmmm, seems I've had a few women like that................. :p

Well my Lisa M is scheduled to be here tomorrow, man that was fast, I just ordered it on saturday and it just shipped out on tuesday. Heh, for a pleasure boat she's pretty fast. :D

[SilentHunter]

The Byron eagle was foam, talk about a foamie!

Their warbirds were SO ahead of their time. I still want a mustang with the belt drive some time.

And {Like Tom :D }, when I was a teenager and they were new, I was LUSTING for a Byron F-16

[SabreHawk]

Ahhh, Silent Hunter.............now there's a naval warfare sim I love.

Silent Hunter III is my sim, and though most gamers would find it boring I find it to be quite the thriller. Or maybe its just my fascination with the U-boat arm that makes it appeal to me. What gallant and brave men they were.
And no shortage of volunteers all the way to the end of the war.

Yep, thats another dreamboat I've always wanted to build, a Type7C! :p

[SilentHunter]

Oh man, i got my use out of SHIII!!! it was and IS the awesome subsim

I used to play it out at anchor on our boat. Great sim

its not a "gamer's" game, it's a naval/sub & history fanatic's thing. They did a great job on that one.

In my very long "campaign". i never got the type 21, I guess i dident sink enough ships, i got the type 9... :o The n the radio message that the war was over....

[SabreHawk]

I only wish they had done the entire interior, now that would have been grand indeed. other than that the only things missing was the stench, the cold and of course getting wet.

Of course one could always get real and have a spray bottle, a fan, some dead fish in the house and a leaky can of diesel. Oh, and dont ever do the laundry either so as to have plenty of stinky, smelly socks and underwear around too. :D

[SilentHunter]

They did do it to a good extent, only you couldent pass bulkheads ,like into the engine or torpedo room :mad: . There is some key you press to move around, and all the gauges work too in those views.

I had the rocking, and faint oil smells when playing it on the boat. Oh and the generators running ;)

How far did your career go? Like i said, I "lived" without cheating the game and dident get sunk, but never got the XXI.

[MILLERTIME]

Welcome Mate...

[Habanero]

Ahhh, Silent Hunter.............now there's a naval warfare sim I love.

Silent Hunter III is my sim, and though most gamers would find it boring I find it to be quite the thriller. Or maybe its just my fascination with the U-boat arm that makes it appeal to me. What gallant and brave men they were.
And no shortage of volunteers all the way to the end of the war.

Yep, thats another dreamboat I've always wanted to build, a Type7C! :pI have that game loaded but keep putting it off- think I will fire it up this weekend :cool:

[SabreHawk]

Yes sir! Load those tubes and get out there sailor!
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