Andreas, Good to know that I can type freely without translation.
Now that I am looking at the Sid-Craft F type 3-pointer above, it does appear the driver is kneeling. I am all about scale and strive to make details absolutely correct so I will enjoy a challenge. Happy to take on replicating this from one or two old photos. I am a draftsman, Art Director and CAD designer.
A little more about me. In 1976 Saratoga, California I started my first job at 16 years old at "
Marine Specialties RC" machining water cooled heads, cleaning cast aluminum rudders and packaging parts. Ever since then I have been hooked on RC and boats.
I am in touch with Garry Finlay and I am also the web master for RumRunnerRacing.com. I know it is an older website with not much traffic, but my enthusiasm will help, I hope. I recently re-designed the home page and all
new plans page. I used to design the
advertisements for Graupner USA (Germany) right before sell-off.
I love German cars, without saying anything, the best. I drive an 2002 Audi S6 avant, 4.2 Liter V8 daily and have owned many older Audi ur-quattros and Porsche 911s, 944s. I also am the original owner of a 2006 MINI Cooper S R53. True to heart German baby BMW fwd.
I love German vintage 1950's sailplanes too. I am building a 1/4 scale Bergfalke Mü13e and L-Spatz 55. The Bergfalke is originally drawn by hand from a UK designer. Nose profile was not correct, so I made adjustments to be right. I love drafting CAD plans too, I re-drafted the L-Spatz 55 with new wing profile and complete all new plans.
Fast forward to 2011-12, I reverse engineered and designed from G.Finlay plans and built my
1954 Breathless U-22 1/10 scale hydroplane. This is a photo of me getting ready for maiden launch. I live in New England, my family still lives 3000 miles away in Lake Tahoe and this is how important it was to me for the maiden launch. I HAD to maiden at the same exact location the real Breathless U-22 launched from in 1954 Gold Cup—Camp Richardson, South Lake Tahoe, CA.
On the driver, I hand carved the replica Cibié goggles from balsa and used fabric for the 1950 style helmet. I think this is minimum requirement to join 152vo…?
Driver figure is the 1/10 scale Tamiya 4WD.
Full build set of photos of 1954 Breathless U-22