Paul Payne

Absolutely gorgeous, every one! More pics of the build when you get a minute!

Replicas and Miniatures used to carry a chopped top for the Monogram 36 which I believe was also mastered by Rik Hoving. Similar to Amt's chopped top. Everything is coming along and I look forward to more progress!

Nice scores, great saves, and I love the T.R.O.G. pic! Glad you honored that young builders chop attempt!

Kit, that is spectacular! Definitely very 20's and how about sitting that close to those monster engines! Better be going fast enough to catch a breeze!

Like the top! Kit or modified? Fine looking ride.

Great little rat rod, nice build!

Love it! Beautiful job, great paint and color choice, rh drive makes it special- great job on modifying the dash!

And here is the progress on the trailer!

Progress! Got the external cooling water and engine exhaust ports, rudders, cooling water intake ports, and prop shafts and supports installed! Next big project is the dual windscreens and the engine wind diverter. Also making progress on the trailer- pix soon!

Beautiful job! Love the color, love your mods, love the engine, love the stance! That kind of build quality is a benchmark to aspire to.

Thanks, David, hope to have new pix soon!

Got all the hull and deck planking done, also a coat of stain using Testors stop light red which is transparent. Have a little more work to do, stain that, let everything dry, then start spraying clear coat. Also included a pic of the cooling plumbing on the engine- just a little more to add. I have also started making the windscreen, which will have a center section, a section on either side, then two side pieces- then make another one for the second cockpit. Also designing a windscreen of sorts for the engine compartment- more when I get more done!

Imagine one of those in a car like a Duesenberg! Motive power eye candy! Since my engine is pure fantasy, consider this: loosely based on two Duesenberg J's which each displaced 420 cubic inches- these were long stroke blocks, but maybe more stroke for torque and bored out for more power, and then two centrifugal superchargers similar to the Novi engine- maybe 1000 cubic inches- maybe 3 HP per cubic inch- maybe 3000 horsepower? Maybe 1000 foot-pounds of torque? Who knows how fast? Model engineering is fun!!!!!

Tim, those engines look like something Harry Miller would build. He did several big boat engines for racing boats. Usually his engines were polished like this, but they were also painted, hence the paint on my engine.

Can't wait- my engine has fully water jacketed exhausts as well as plumbing for the engine block cooling. I will be using modified carb stacks for the water intakes on the bottom.

Your woodworking is amazing! Glad the cedar cigar wrapper is working well for you! Can't wait to see your boat's engine- I assume it will be visible?

David, It will be a little tight- I will get some figures put together and try the fit. Thanks, Tim, I have been putting several hours a day in to git 'er done! Hope to have hull and deck planking done today and then start brushing on the clear sealer- after that I'm going to use Testors stop light red as a stain, then more clear, then more sanding-tested the stop light red on a clear coated scrap piece and the wood grain still shows through.

Just a reminder that there really IS a truck and trailer involved in this project!

I wonder how many seconds it takes to empty the fuel tanks with the throttle mashed?

Thanks, Chris! It was a really fun build. Can't wait to see it pulling the big boat and trailer!

Thanks, Slusher!

Absolutely fabulous! Your wood patterns for the 47 look great!

Planking started! The new bow addition mocked up! The engine and power train together!

Great model, love the colors and stance, great ideas for the look!

Tim, presently it is about 30 feet, but with a planned addition to the bow (surprise surprise) it will be over 31 feet! Thank you for following along and there will be more soon!