Vintage Hydroplane

Hey Guys, a lotta cursing and swearing to get this one finished.
This 1/24 scale Hydro was scratch built from balsa and veneer.
the cowl, wheel and seat is from the 1/24 scale Kurtis race car.
it's powered by a 6 cyl Holden Red motor, it also has running
gear from a RC chopper, it doesnt steer but it scoots along real quick.
the decals were a last minute thing. not sure they suit it.

Sorry about the pics, they are off my phone.

Looks brilliant , the Curtis Craft bodywork really suits it .

Cool looking boat dude ! Looks the goods for sure

It's beautifully done. Yeah, not sure about the hull decals, but the rest is great.

Bloody ripper Shoey! That polished wood hull looks fantastic. Maybe you could post an engine closeup pic when you get the chance? What a great little model this is. What's going to tow it?

Now that's one very cool Boat,decals look OK,put a early Chevy or Ford pick up truck as a tow car.

Bloody well done Shoey, Looks awesome mate

Sweet. With those decals there is only 1 choice of tow car - '57 Nomad.

When I see a model like this I wonder... "Why do I even try?" Beautiful and so creative. Well done!

very nice boat you have there

man that is some great scratch building a real treat to the eyes
l would love to see some shot of the engine

Very nice build. great work mate
Cheers Marshie

ohhhh yeah ..... thats realy cooool

You're a freaken machine Shoey, bloody awesome mate, good thing you didn't let old Drysack at it, who knows what might of happened.

Tubman wrote:You're a freaken machine Shoey, bloody awesome mate, good thing you didn't let old Drysack at it, who knows what might of happened.

Thats givin me a great idea for a name on it. "Ol Drysack" hahahaha

Shoey wrote:

Tubman wrote:You're a freaken machine Shoey, bloody awesome mate, good thing you didn't let old Drysack at it, who knows what might of happened.

Thats givin me a great idea for a name on it. "Ol Drysack" hahahaha

Runs on Alcohol aye??

your a fricken unit shuey. Nice build ol drysak

Awesome! love the woodwork, great build!!

Very nice Shoey, very retro. Where do you get these ideas??

Absolutely stunning mate!!
A beautiful example of the modellers art.....

Chris.

Bear wrote:Very nice Shoey, very retro. Where do you get these ideas??

Thanks Bear, The Ideas come easy.
It's the result of being dragged all over the country
by my mum and dad to race boats. both of my parents raced.
Hard to believe my mum used to race V8 inboards.

Here is my old man in one of his smaller boats.
11' Spider Hunter w/ 50 Merc. It used to have a 100 Merc but used to take too much water when stopping.

You lucky, lucky bastard. Any more pics??

Beautiful boat Shoey Looks like it all came outta the one box. The wood work looks amazing.