Hi all, this is my first post.
I have a Vic Smeed model boat that my uncle helped me make when I was a lad in the early '80s. I still have it and want to give it a refurbishment and an upgrade.
Specifically, I want to make a new superstructure (closer to the original) and make it RC (was made initially as a straight runner).
It is a planing hull, about 31" long and 9" in the beam.The original image in the catalogue looked like a patrol boat. It is constructed of ply frame with ply skins. It was designed for 1.5 - 3 cc petrol motors, and was supposedly a one-star difficulty, though when we got it, there was a lot more to it. I think the name on the plans might have been Tempest, but it is a long time ago and I cannot be sure. The deck slopes slightly to assist with water run-off. Due to the complexity of the original superstructure, my uncle proposed a simplified design that looks nothing like the original. The aperture in the deck is also larger than on the plans to make access easier.
The original superstructure had quite a lot of angles and had a long window on each side of the bridge, which was set back from the bow. The forrard section of the superstructure sloped down toward the front, and the top of it had a shallow inverted 'V' .
As I type I realise I could be describing hundreds of Vic Smeed designs, so I'm not sure whether the description will be enough for someone to help identify it.
The only other thing I can remember is that the plans came from a place in Hemel Hempstead Herts, and the picture and description were at the bottom of a right hand page in the company's catalogue, which dated from around 1978-80.
Not much to go on, huh?
I will post a photo in the next few days.
Anyone prepared to hazard a guess?