Under Way

This is really catchup time from my original personal homepages
http://www.busybeas.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/, But as the build has only recently started it won't take too long :)

The very first part of any build is the building of the stand, the model does need a sturdy base on which it must be built. I "recycled" an old pine desk top for this purpose.



I felt an essential purchase (amongst others), is the Robbe Auxiliary motor /power set. In earlier models Robbe used a cannibalised outboard motor model and it was incorporated inside a flooded, sealed compartment in the hull, and was operated by a lever system and servo which lowered it in and out of the hull !

Personally, I like less water in my model hulls, not more ! Though the idea was a good one.

This method is now no longer available or used, now there is a small motor with gears and traditional propshaft type which is used.

This still fits within the original "motor well" but it is a tight fit, see later diary entry!

This well needs assembly as per the instructions, but it is far too high, and too wide to fit beneath the rear hatch, thus.

After around 2 hours of cutting ,trimming and sanding it does eventually fit. Be warned, you really do need to trim quite a bit off the width and the height.