at Hope this helps, it was a great build the only thing I would change would be using balsa instead of the plywood for the sub -planking to make the boat lighter. All the products were bought from M.A.C.K. The propeller I am using is a DUMAS 1 3/4" 3 blade bronze prop. I can run at full power for about 20 minutes and cruise at throttle for about 1 hour. For power the boat has 12 "D" size NI-cads netting 14 volts at 5 amps for fuel. I bought the boat a few years back looking to restore it and just never got the time and have recently lost interest in getting it back into shape. There also is a working horn viva a speaker mounted under the front deck. Description: Selling my 1946 Chris Craft Runabout wooden boat. The boat has operating running lights as well as cockpit lights and the dash board gages also lightup. running hardware instead of the DUMAS supplied hardware. model #2500-2515 unit with the Astroflight speed control #7110, along with using all M.A.C.K. Knowing that I wanted to make it as realistic as possible and also have sound effects as well as lighting I had to make provisions for wiring, speaker, batteries and the such and still matain the balance of the model so as to have it run right. & Jack Savage "CHRIS CRAFT BOATS" at As for my model, it started with a DUMAS kit of a 1930 runnabout. Information can be found in the book by Anthony Mollica Jr. CHRIS CRAFT did offer engine options for the various models which could be purchased which would up the top speed to 45mph. Top speed on the restored version of this boat gave a top speed of 38 mph. The 1930 Chris Craft 24' runnabout model 103 was powered with a CHRYSLER 125 horsepower Model LM engine. First some back round on the real 1930 runnabout. This is in answer to AEROMINDED and RALLISON's questions about my model of the 1930 UPSWEPT CHRIS CRAFT runnabout.
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