I also build RC Boats, especially 1/8th scale vintage Hydroplanes, went back to working on Cars as it is cheaper. I raced for Namba District 1, and have placed nationally, I also Raced IMPBA staright line races in valdosta, and for about an hour and 47 minutes had the national record for 1/8th scale electric powered hydroplane at 76 or 78 MPH these are not radio shack toys.. boats run anywhere from 3-4 thousnd bucks... thats with you building them LOL

Here is a boat I converted for a friend Hamms Bear
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I also Build Scale boats here is a scratch built tug


the Shop


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Here is one of my scratch built 1/8th scales it is the 1980 miss budweiser back up, and yes that is all lacquer paint LOL.. I also made the molds for the exhaust and driver, seats etc used casting resins etc they are silicone molds..




ok suppose that is enough LOL...

 

Daaummn, Eddie. Nice work!

 

Thank You, I do like the relaxing aspects and the building, I also like the engineering, on the tug I built this special rudder called a beckert rudder sort of like an aileron, I saw it on a full size ship and tried to reproduce it on a scale model, I made it from sheet brass


I learned a lot about polishing metal, LOL...

Thanks again for the kudos..

 

I collect World War I and II Bond Posters, and antique appliances, ie. monitor top refrigerator, antique fans, (Emerson, Delco and others) and other appliances

 

I hadva mint royal rose stove when I bought my house, must have been from the early 50s had the hiding covers that went into the back of tge stove on a hinge, it was 5 times what my new fangled samsung is but happy wife happy life lol...

 

Glow fuel is nitro methane/ fuel for tether cars and air planes...it smells sooooo good..that can is around 1965

the glass bottle is an oil container....in the 30s and 40s the fuel station would buy oil by bulk, and used bottles like that to sell by the quart..i cant ID it..ive never been able to find one like it anywhere..its actually shaped like a wooden keg..

i have more..way too much...i am moving into a new shop soon, and im digging stuff out..i will have enough room to display stuff...

i have ton of military stuff too..all the way back to the Civil War...nothing rare or valuable..just neat old stuff

 

they just sit now, and i got rid of some, but i used to mess with rc cars. what i have left is a f103gt tamiya chassis with a saleen s7 body, ta03rs tamiya chassis with lancia 037 body, latraxx 1/12 corvette, a tamiya bruiser my dad got new that i started restoring in late '09 but lost interest, and a boat. havent charged a battery in a while now.

 

I also collect and restore these unique snowmobiles (twintracks) called Raider and Manta. All are rear engine, twin track design.
Raiders were produced in Michigan from 1971 to 1975. The designer was a former engineer on Ford's GT-40 program who thought all other snowmobiles were built wrong.
Some of them we have owned since the 1970's, and I still have the two that my father purchased new in 1972-73.
I got to ride one around the yard yesterday, after some early season snowfall.
The black '72 Raider Bandit I built from parts back in 1981. It's on it's second paint job, second engine, and countless other parts.
The light blue metalflake Columbia Trackmaster is a sled I dragged home from a boneyard and restored. It now lives in a huge collection in Ottawa, Canada.
The orange one is a rare 1975 Raider Double Eagle. Rare because the company was bankrupt, and auctioned off on November of 1974 after producing the 1975 models for only a few months. (Yes, I'm sort of a Raider historian, and wrote the Wikipedia page. My unfinished website is "Raider Twintrack Snowmobiles .com.)
The blue Manta is one of two known to be painted grabber blue as a special order. The Mantas were purpose built for oval racing. Most were black.
The Raiders take me back to being 13 every time I ride one.
The last photo is to prove that they are not "tippy". Yes, some people got hurt in these, but only when alcohol was involved or when doing a poor imitation of Mario Andretti. (The Andrettis owned a couple of Trail Mantas up until a few years ago.)


Jerry~

 

I, among other things, collect vintage audio receivers and speakers; late '50s Harman Kardon (copper chassis) TA 120 tube mono rcvr w/ mid '60s University Sound D spkr, late '60s Monocor FAX 150 tube stereo rcvr, mid '70s Harman Kardon 330b rcvr w/ late '60s to early '70s KLH Model 17 spkrs, early '80s Akai AA 1125 rcvr, and an early '80s Yamaha R 700 rcvr. My wife also has an early '80s Zenith console stereo (last of an era).

Btw Eddie, that's some super cool RC stuff. I'd post my RC fixed and rotary wing aircraft collection, but it pales in comparison to your outstanding work.

 

Well now we know what you look like. kinda ruins it for me thx. Is that your son standing next to you ?
That was a joke
Love The Doc

 

The brick is my favor my Cutlass also from Lansing.
Almost didnt reconize the Murantz receiver without a 8 track player sitting on top, had the exact same receiver back when I was rocking my Jeff Beck iron on decal shirt from the boardwalk in Wildwood NJ

Cool change of pace thread

 

Wrong site for that sort of thing. No one wants to see your putter even the nutjobs so keep it in your pants.
I joke and also own several vintage Cleveland putters.

 

The hell with the boat look at that shop I bet you have a girl that comes in once a week to dust.
I will get there some day started last weekend when i started construction of a 12X20 crap collector shed. I hope to clear one whole spot in my 2car garage. Cutlass in one bay, all shop in the other. Im gonna need the name of that cleaning girl.

 

Nice boat models.


I also collect and restore vintage audio gear, mostly from the tube era. I've built a couple modern vacuum tube stereo amplifiers also.


I'm also a model ship builder, mostly RC battleships.

 

Good stuff. I should put up pictures of beer signs.

 

i have alot of hobbies I can't stay focused with all the farming and fishing I still find time to act like a kid
I think my heart will always be with the Hondas I grew up with in the 80s
Line up right now
1985 atc 250r
1986 atc 250sx
1986 trx125 my daughters
1983 xl100

 

The 250r

 

Not my first Honda but I got it in 1991