Good morning all friends...all you know, i am not interested to make any craft from any kits...so i always navigate through my way...imagination...and i starts from "0"...but from some inspiration from all...this is my full fillment of a fire and crash tender craft, inspired by the real RAF craft...

as usual, i started from thermocol...after making a sketch, in to 1:35th scale, i started to make it....
first of all i made a block of thermocol as usual..in to my size...2 feet long,8 inches wide...

after basic finish, i finished it with car body putty....that you see here...
then whole super structure is made from drawing paper....

my craft is powered by a reworked toy motor,was a simple toy motor, in to 3 volts, and i reworked for 6 volts...after fixing a bush at rear cover,adding some fins by aluminium sheets, finally a turbine from same alum sheet....

the speed controller is based on TIP 3055, and full function was controlled by a toy radio system, in to 35.456 MHz....i used the turbo function of Rx 2 to activate the fire pump...

this craft is equiped with a bow thrust pump,along with conventional rudder,to get an easy control over turnings...the thrust pump was driven by an other reworked toy motor...driving via a big gear...scraped from an old radio...

the water pump was operated by the turbo, and it was controlled by a relay....the pump was a 12 volt wind shield washer from a car, but i reworked its winding in to 6 volts...1 amps...

the rudder was controlled by a scraped toy gear box,with Rx 2 B....

the cetrifugal thrust pump was made out of foam board...

prop is made from an aluminium sheet, from a pot lid...shaft is a cycle spoke, and outer shaft is a ball point pen body...

i finished it in signal red paint, by adding lots of talcum powder in it.....

stickers are made from Photoshop, and printed in a high quality printer on a A4 paper...

then cuts outed to craft...with glue....

then it started its service....now almost daily it gets a drive in my pool, or river...

the toy Transmiter was reworked to a high standard, to work with without fail, for long distances...i added an antenna in to 1.5 meters...
with 2N 2219 transistors, in to 12 volts 1 amps...

and on..

here...

its a sam on hull...so sure see the video...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fImQzDac3WQ

Thats cool. Great amount of detailing out there. Liked the sharp turn at the end. Dont you build planes?

thanks and sure...i ill post all my works and videos here...sure...

wow!!! great work!!!! it looks pretty real, great effort and detailing

Ashish

I am proud, rathi is from our God's own country

Thank you all..so i hope my postings inspire you all to make some good yummy crafts for you..all we wanders behind expensive stuffs..like brushless motors, balsa wood..etc...etc...so here you can see all of my models are made from handy things...and all with a toy RC...so dont be lazy...make ample of crafts for you...have anice day and nice crafts...