Lindberg 1/32nd scale PT109.
Discussion
Finally started this build today. Had the kit for 7-9 years or so. Built one in the 80s which used monoperms which struggled a bit with the supplied box standard props.
This one will be my first dabble with brushless motors. Looks like I need shorter shafts than the 10" ones I bought.
The box looks tatty as it has been wet & knocked about in the garage.
The Lindberg kit isn't bad. The motorizing kit is a bit toy like & best binned. As a model of Kennedy's boat it is poor. Plenty of info online though to improve it. My last one was pretty as per box. We'll see if I get carried away with this one.
Kits still appear on EBay occasionally. This one came from the USA and was about £100 with duties etc paid.
Lindberg also did a 36" Blue Devil destroyer, if I still have enthusiasm I'll fish that out & carry on with that build. That is harder as it has little freeboard, so deck sealing is harder
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This one will be my first dabble with brushless motors. Looks like I need shorter shafts than the 10" ones I bought.
The box looks tatty as it has been wet & knocked about in the garage.
The Lindberg kit isn't bad. The motorizing kit is a bit toy like & best binned. As a model of Kennedy's boat it is poor. Plenty of info online though to improve it. My last one was pretty as per box. We'll see if I get carried away with this one.
Kits still appear on EBay occasionally. This one came from the USA and was about £100 with duties etc paid.
Lindberg also did a 36" Blue Devil destroyer, if I still have enthusiasm I'll fish that out & carry on with that build. That is harder as it has little freeboard, so deck sealing is harder
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Well a bit more progress today. One issue of designing as it goes is ordering the wrong thing then having to order something different. The shafts I originally guessed at were 10" & were miles too long. Luckily Howes turnaround is pretty quick on delivery these days. So I ordered 6" & 7" shafts plus a double coupling. After some fiddling about the motors mounted to the half bulkhead that holds the gears for the Lindberg "Motorized"" conversion. I opened up the slots in hull for the M4 shafts & shortened the original support brackets. The props in the pic are 40mm, possibly too big but at least I know they fit. Also these are a LH/RH pair, there doesn't seem to be any 35mm sets around at the moment. 
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