Hi,
First off a little background story!
Imagine you are a 7 year old boy and it's your Birthday. You wake up to find your Father's beaming smile as he proudly shows you what he has been working on (locked in his cold garage) for the last 6 months. A HUGE MODEL BOAT! what's more it's REMOTE CONTROLLED!
You then go down to the local lagoon, put the thing in the water, and smooth as a swan the wooden wonder glides slowly off.
That day was back in 1974, sadly my Father passed away over a year ago and the "Juliana" has moved with me from house to house sitting in dry-dock in my loft, until now.
"Juliana" stopped working years ago, and for as long as I can remember I've been saying "one day I'm gonna fix that boat and get it back on the water", but I really have'nt known where to start.
After seeing some the amazing work on this site, I have moved the boat into my office in the Garage!. I am hoping that someone will take me under their wing and help me revive the old girl.
I remember that it used to be powered by 2 batteries that resembled car batteries. The remote control unit is long gone, and I assume that I'll need to strip most of it out before I can start the process of re-building her.
The Boat is still watertight so that's probalby a good start. I was hoping to refurbish the outside, but I'm worried about stripping everything down only to find that similar parts are not available.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here are some pictures:
