I started on this three part build in march, i found a 30" Dumas Wellcraft Scarab for sale for a reasonable price on ebay. After buying the boat, i found that Offshore Electrics had a closeout sale on the TFL scale outdrives, and had to get those. I added two castle creations sidewinder esc's, and two 4000mah 3 cell batteries to basically get the boat running for my club's august regatta. it ran there for the first time, and i am quite pleased with its performance. i need to finish the details and get it painted. i am thinking the same colors and scheme as the boat in "Miami Vice" from the 80s
then, my company gave me a $500 bonus at the end of may, which paid for the Tamiya King Hauler. I modified it so that it is what is referred to as a "day cab" no sleeper box... mainly used for local transport, not over the road. construction equipment moving kinds of things.
then the company proceeded to give me a pay raise, which gave me the impetus to buy a Tamiya Flatbed Trailer, which is the basis from which a bunch of 3d printed parts are added, to make a lowboy trailer.
i will be building the scarab as a 38' model instead of its intended 30' model, which changes its apparent scale from 1/12 to 1/16... very close to the tamiya tractor and trailer.
I finished printing the last of the 3d parts last night, and had to put together a working version of the trailer, just to see how it would look with all the parts in one place.
