Doing a little shopping in Hull today and called it one of the model shops for some bit's as you do and came out with the Lobmaster R.T.R
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This did not go down well with swimbo
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So into the shed when we arived home (with permission) and to work .
The boat comes in a colourfull box ,and on opening another box , plane but still a box and a set of instructions . These were put to one side for later and the inner box opened ,to find a boat which looked better than the picture on the box .
Out with this and the styrene packageing and another long box which contained the masts, the stand is included and the boat was laid to rest upon this .
Then all the other components were removed from various other boxes ,this is when i noticed that there is a 2ch 40mhz radio ,now thats an up grade from the usual 27mhz stuff. The rest of the stuff included ,6v 4ah battery,charger,reciever inc crystals,tape,pennant and the remainder of the servo kit screws,arms etc .
The boat is of high quaity (briliant compaired to my own eforts) and on unscrewing the two sampson posts either side the deck can be lifted off to reveal a fitted motor (540 style)shaft and prop ,speed controler and wiring ready for the rx and battery.
The masts went on easy once i had untangled them ,but they may want some elastic putting in line with the rigging as i can see the eyes on the bulwarks coming off.
Now me being me and seeing that this boat has potentioal for iluminations started looking at what i could do
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Oh if your looking for photos then you will have to wait as the camera battery went flat during the conversion and i managed to get the last few before it shut it's self down ,so its on charge until morning .
So the lights ,the ones on the boat are realy LED's but with no power and their legs cut off so i removed the numerus screws under the deck and the wheelhouse fell off , so it was off with the stern light and the two side lights which were replaced by 12v GOW bulbs and then the wheelhouse roof was removed as access from the underside to this area is none, and the navigation lights removed and replaced by small LED's bent forwards . I aldo replaced the two spot lights on the wheelhouse roof and hid the wiring the best i could by using white wire to blend in to the background , after gluing the roof back on i realised i could have fitted a light inside the wheelhouse itself ,maybe later.
I also fitted a GOW in the deck lamp forward of the wheelhouse but it looks like i have fitted a 6v one and its a bit bright , i am sure Dave can help me dim it , a switch on the folkstall hatch and she looks good (for me ).
Pictures like i said to follow ,all been well she will get a sail this weekend and some more photos .
The price £119. yes i could have bought it for less on the net but add the postage (this is a big box) and it may work out more , and i have it now .
daz