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[CarlC]

Hi,


Have been lurking on the forum and on the Facebook group for a while. Gathered some advice via Facebook and have just finished my first RC boat build for something like 45 years.


Was a pretty nice kit from KY Models, of a Nordic fishing boat. It may not look like the box lid but it is what I wanted. I was inspired by the boats I saw when I visited Bergen and Oslo for work, and wanted something along the lines of the working boats I saw there.


Looking forward to sailing this one, and building more. Will have loads of questions and hopefully will be able to add to the forum in future.


Carl

[Martin (Admin)]

Nice job Carl, well done!

 Don't forget to video maiden voyage ... 

[RST]

That looks great.  I just finished the KY peba mooring tug but it had horrible distorted parts when I opened the box.  I was going to buy this kit also but it kind of put me off. Did yours have any distortion to correct? I presume it's the 3-d printed kit anyway?

[CarlC]

The hull was ABS and pretty true, fitting the deck sorted out an small distortions. The 3d printed parts where all okay.

[Alan52]

Hi Carl
Really nice build. Looks really good. I have just bought the KY Model Mooring Tug, which I believe is the same material for the hull as the Norden. Could I just ask What you used to secure the shaft. I was wondering what affect 2 Part epoxy would have on it. Also what esc did you use.
Best wishesAlan

[CarlC]

Hi Alan,


The Norden had a vacuum formed ABS hull, I believe the mooring tug has a resin printed hull. That said, it may also be ABS as ABS resinis certainly used often. I do 3d print a lot of stuff including hulls and find that 2 part epoxy wrks well on them but I have never tried that on a resin printed item. I would think it would be fine but have no personal experience.

ESC wise I used a Hobbywing 1080, mainly because I had one to hand from my crawler builds and also so I could program the punch and startup to get a very slow startup on the motor.


Carl

[Alan52]

Hi Carl

Thanks for the information. I have ordered the Norden as well and looking at your finished example, I am very impressed. I belive both kits share the same motor. I was going to order a  Hobbywing Quickrun 1060. Not sure how different that is from the 1080. Initially I was going to buy a Mtroniks marine controller, but noticed on a lot of threads that  Hobbywing Quickrun 1060s are being used.

Could I just ask what batteries you are using on the Norden. Also any problems with the instructions and build. The instructions on the mooring Tug are a bit vague in places and having been out of the hobby for a while, I do struggle.

Really appreciate the information Carl.
Best wishes
Alan

[CarlC]

Hi Alan,


The Norden is a great kit and offers some chances for creativity as well. The boat, built as per the plans, has a lot more nets etc. which look great. I wanted that Nordic working boat look and it was east to achieve.


The 1060 is a great ESC, I use those a lot in my boats. The main difference, other than the price, is that the 1080 offers a lot more configuration options via a programming card, which is great for rock crawler but not really required for boats.


I run my Norden on a 7.4 volt 2S lipo pack, 1500mAh but I have had to manage the power via the esc as unchecked it almost makes the boat plane. I think a 7.2 or even a 6 volt nimh battery would be more than adequate. This is not a power hungry boat and I can run pretty much all morning on the 1500 mAh pack and still have power left over.


Hope that helps


Carl

[Alan52]

Hi Carl

Thanks very much for that. Understand what you are saying about the batteries, I will probably go for a 7.2 Nimh. I noticed all the netting on the boat and I think I will be leaving that off as well. Yours looks really great and if I can get mine close to that. I will be pleased.
Thanks again for the information. It is appreciated.

Best wishes
Alan

[Phil22]

That's a brilliant result Carl.
Love the detailing and the finish.

[CarlC]

Thanks Phil, was a lot of fun building it, and has resulted in my owning a fleet of 9 boats just 12 months later lol