[modelman]

I dug out some pictures of a scale model I built back in the late 70's. My brother and I built a boat for the "super ship racing team" in 1977. The boat was made from wood with fibreglass cowlings. It was 17' long, weighed 250lbs. and was powered by a V-6 mercury engine. This boat went on to set an A.P.B.A. kilo record in 1978 of just under 120 m.p.h. The model I built was for an R/C customer of mine who was a big fan of the "super ship" team and he wanted a static model to sit on his mantle. Here is a few pictures of the model-