Hello everybody in Mayhem Land. I'm a 45 yr old 'big kid' living in Essex England. To say that I'm excited to find this forum really doesn't come close!
I've had the RC bug (cars) since I was a 'little kid', but 'shop-bought' never seemed to hit the spot. I went from dismantling and modifying (read... breaking and destroying) to full ground-up ressurections and transformations. My greatest achievment was transforming an old Tamiya Holiday Buggy that was smashed beyond recognition into an indestuctable 57 Chevy Monster Truck. It's still in the cupboard today... though no longer complete. Having one son (who was as mad as me) gave me the perfect excuse to carry on with the bug through later years.
BUT....... I NEVER HAD A BOAT!! I always wanted one. That is, always wanted to build one! The closest I got was when my father-in-law started making one from a weekly mag. He'd already made 2 planes, and believe it or not had also made the engines... a single and a twin. He was a retired precision toolmaker from Lucas Engineering in Finchley, London, a genuine craftsman, and made them during his last few weeks before redundancy. The plan was to RC the boat on it's completion, but he passed away before that time. His son now has the boat, and the aircraft, but my wife made sure she got the engines. That was 7 years ago.
Anyway, my son's now off to University and is far to intrested in computers (and Ladies!)(and pubs!!!), so the time has come for me to build my boat. I had the intention of building a Tug from scratch, but soon realised that was over my head. I have knocked-up a thin-ply hull with twin props but the airodynamics?? are way off. It's all too square and very amaturish. I obviously need to work from some basic beginners plans. The Swordsman looks like the ideal place to start. And that's how I found this site. I was about to buy the plans from EBAY untill I realised that was somebody illegally ripping off the original. I'd much rather buy from the genuine owner, who it appears is a Mayhemer, so a PM will be on it's way soon
Hope you're still awake after reading all that,
Thanks
Roy