The 1952 slo mo shun v and the 1957 miss wahoo u 77.
Slo mo shun decal for boat vinyl.
Billings boats bil520 slo mo shun 4 1 12 scale wood ship kit.
Slo mo shun iv was indeed better than any previous race boat.
A new world s one mile record for unlimited hydroplanes was set by slo mo shun iv on june 26 1950 at seattle wash.
Slo mo shun i thought i d like a bit of fun down at the lake so after building a billings nordkap and a panart bruma i ve decided to go for the billings slo mo shun still plank on frame i like wooden boats but hopefully with a turn of speed.
Slo mo shun iv touched the hearts of thousands who cheered her on and changed forever the way generations of seattle ites felt about racing boats.
An unlimited class hydroplane with the unlikely name of slo mo shun iv set a mile straightaway record of 160 323 miles per hour on lake washington near sand point which raised the former standard by nearly 19 miles per hour.
It s a reproduction boat built off the original plans by the hydroplane museum.
However i only have the laser cut frames so far for the miss wahoo so that s the boat i ll begin with.
The 1952 slo mo shun v and the 1957 miss wahoo u 77.
In the early hours of june 26 1950 an event transpired that caught the racing world by surprise.
It s a reproduction boat built off the original plans by the hydroplane museum.
Billings boats bil498 hms victory galleon 1 75 scale wood ship kit.
Scale model of an american racing boat.
I ve got the plans and for two boats.
The supplied decals provides you with the correct artwork for the 1950 paint scheme shown on the plans.
Referring to the plans put all yellow vinyl in the appropriate locations using the method described in the previous paragraphs.
When three men met early in 1949 at a seattle sailboat shop none of them could have foreseen the peculiar and far reaching consequences of their joint venture to build a better race boat.
Wooden hull 1 12 scale 8 46 h 29 53 l 12 20 w.
Slo mo shun iv was indeed better than any previous raceboat.
But she was more than that.
Slo mo shun iv transformed the lives of those most closely associated with her nearly destroying some of them.
Driven by its owner stanley sayers sic this allison powered craft flashed across the water at an incredible 160 323 mph the previous record of 141 74 mph had been set way back in 1939 in england by sir malcolm campbell s blue bird ii sic.
Below are some pictures of the new miss wahoo u 77.
Billings boats bil506 fairmont alpine ocean tug 1 75 scale wood ship kit.
Maintained by the crew of the slo mo shun iv the boat dominated the 1957 s winning 5 races and setting the miles straightaway world record from 178 mph to 187 mph.
The u 27 slo mo shun iv decals are very simple decals to apply correctly.
Below are some pictures of the new miss wahoo u 77.