Darin's Wild Thing 32" P-Mono Build

[Darin Jordan]

Well... Time to build a P-Mono...

I've begun modifying this 32" wooden Wild Thing that I purchased on E-Bay. It's made of fairly rigid ply, and was destined to be a Nitro boat before I rescued it...

I did some trimming to the radio box to open things up and have the motor now mounted... When I get a proper hatch for it..., I'll trim the opening out to a shape appropiate for the hatch...

Next step is going to be to drill up the transom to mount the hardware so I can locate the stuffing tube assembly, which is going to be a flooded shaft variety, leading to a SpeedMaster Stinger setup...

More to come...

[Flying Scotsman]

Darin, what is the weight of the bare hull and what power scheme are you looking at? Very nice motor mount and it looks like a Neu
Thanks,
Douggie

[Darin Jordan]

Hey Guys,

Made some progress and thought I'd post some pics... Should be ready for testing on Saturday!

Here are the first of a series of shots, starting with the fitting of the hatch:

[Darin Jordan]

Added Spray Rails:

[Darin Jordan]

Added the strakes:

[Darin Jordan]

After a LOT of sanding and shaping... final painting is now complete. Hardware and support systems will get installed tomorrow... hopefully for some testing/racing on Saturday!

[z400]

Wow

it looks great!!

[Ctonez]

gorgeous as usual Darin! Now we need a club pic of the bada$$ PSFEMBC PMonos lined up. We have some pretty boats in that class.

[ace028]

wow, that turned out really nice, I bet it drives great too!

[highndry]

Looks great. Where can I find a rail-mount motor mount?

[Darin Jordan]

The set in the boat are kind of a one-off prototype I got from Brian Buaas...

I don't see anything like this on OSE.com... but Paul Pachmayer of FastElectricRC has them for various motor sizes: http://www.buyfastelectricrc.com/

I got another mount from him and they are really nice... have ESC mount, etc...

[highndry]

Thanks.

[OJ racer]

Good job saving it from gas. Wouldn't want that hull to go to waste!

Also I have to ask, why are most of your boats painted in Oberto paint scheme? What's the connection?

[Darin Jordan]

Also I have to ask, why are most of your boats painted in Oberto paint scheme? What's the connection?

Because I only have to keep three colors on hand that way...

No connection (though I'm working on it... :D)... Just like the Oberto, like the colors... and this way, i only have to keep three colors on hand...

[smm_cbf]

i always tought you were sponcered by oberto??