A mystery kit from many years ago

It's a Dumas kit, Chris-Craft 46ft Flying Bridge Cruiser, Sterling hadn't this model in his list. Pittman Boatmaster motors were sold with Dumas "dog-bone" coupling. The best coupling ever made still on sell by them today. See the value of a Pittman Boatmaster today...
Pit from Italy

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That's great info there Pit Ross but remember Dumas has the original Sterling plans to work with. What makes me think it's a Sterling is the unusual thick stern and the arrangement of the frames plus the diagonal planking in the front which is the same as other Sterling boats. Do Dumas boats go like that too?
 
I've been diddling around trying to figure out the scale of this hull. Having settled on it being the 46 foot Chris Craft and using the hull length of 31 inches I would put it in the 1/17 or a bit smaller range. Not being familiar with Sterling Model Yachts that scale seems ODD to me. (Actual size X 12 inches divided by the actual model hull length) or 46' X12" / 31"= 17.25.

Jan
 
I made several Sterling models, consider that cargo ship American Scout is 1/96 scale, battleship USS Missouri is 1/192 scale. I think they decided firstly the lenght of the model and not a particular scale. For their model ship they sold separately metal fittings box. Attached your kit. Generally cabin roof has a typical Chris-Craft azure paint.
Pit

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Hoss6262 said:
Jan,
Although your paperwork shows the kit's manufacturer, it looks very much like a Sterling kit. Sterling was very popular back in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Mostly offering "motor" models where the builder had the option of creating a static or RC version of the kit. All kits came with the hardware for the RC version.

The only reason I'm familiar with the topic is a neighbor of a friend passed away and an uncompleted Sterling model was offered to me to finish. I did take it, but can offer no personal photos of mine as it is in storage. It was the Chris Craft 63' Motor Yacht. The actual length of the model is 40" long. My kit is missing hardware and plan set pages. I've searched forums and sources to try and get a set of plans, but no success. Sterling was bought by the parent company of the Estes Model Rocket company. They no longer maintain or source any of the Sterling plan sets.

Below are some photos of the Sterling model I have. They are photos I downloaded from the internet just for illustration. They are not the photos of the kit I have.

I would suggest searching online for the kit's manufacturer. Pretty confident you will be able to find yours. There are quite a few forums that focus on Sterling models. If you can find your kit you can find the scale. Most likely on one of the forums.

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Plan in full size for Ken, Chris-Craft 63ft Corvette.
Enjoy, Pit

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Pit Ross said:

Sterling 63' CC Motor Yacht with a twist? - RC Groups

Build Log Sterling 63' CC Motor Yacht with a twist? Scale Boats
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Hi Pit, wow even more great information. Like Ken it will be some time before I start to work on my hull. I've got several builds I'm currently working on. I've downloaded the PDF's you posted and I'm looking forward to this little project. I'm delighted to see that my little information quest for the "mystery" hull is getting such a great response. Your input is a tremendous help. BTW I'm now one of the newest members on the RCGroups website.

Jan
 
This reminds of the HydroPlanes that I had when I was youngster .

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Although I think all my engines were COX .049's and had little recoil starters. Lots of fun then.

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Hi Jan, thanks,
among the others my father built Sterling CC Catalina, Berkeley CC Constellation and Graupner CC Holiday all motorized by Pittman Boatmaster and sold for film (explosion) scenes in 60's when Cinecittà Studios of Rome was in great activity. As you, I have to start the restoring of his Sterling cargo ship American Scout that in the 70's was converted in an Hospital Ship for a TV fiction and then abandoned in our garage. American Scout and battleship Missouri have marked in the plan the point for attaching cable for thetered round the pole version... the poorman control system.
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Hi Pit,.

Those are great photos. Ah, nostalgia. This little racer was a favorite toy way way way back (I think I was twelve or thirteen). It had a twelve foot cable tied to a pin in the driveway, wizzed around in circles until it ran out of fuel.

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Pathfinder65 said:
Hi Pit,.

Those are great photos. Ah, nostalgia. This little racer was a favorite toy way way way back (I think I was twelve or thirteen). It had a twelve foot cable tied to a pin in the driveway, wizzed around in circles until it ran out of fuel.

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Wonderfull! I always loved thetered cars, but in Italy were uncommon in the market and home builted only by specialist for contest in the 50's, then disappeared at all.
 
Pit Ross said:
It's a Dumas kit, Chris-Craft 46ft Flying Bridge Cruiser, Sterling hadn't this model in his list. Pittman Boatmaster motors were sold with Dumas "dog-bone" coupling. The best coupling ever made still on sell by them today. See the value of a Pittman Boatmaster today...
Pit from Italy
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Hallo @Pit Ross
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Pathfinder65 said:
Hi Pit, wow even more great information. Like Ken it will be some time before I start to work on my hull. I've got several builds I'm currently working on. I've downloaded the PDF's you posted and I'm looking forward to this little project. I'm delighted to see that my little information quest for the "mystery" hull is getting such a great response. Your input is a tremendous help. BTW I'm now one of the newest members on the RCGroups website.

Jan
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Wow!That goes back to 2009 and a lot of memories too. Wonder if all those guys are still around? I was on RC Groups for many years before coming here and had a lot of fun. Never did see the end of the 63' motor yacht build but I'm sure it came out just fine.
 
Fascinating project Jan. It certainly looks like @Hoss6262 Ken is right in the ballpark on this one. However, there is another alternative which you can build this model into with a heck of a story behind it. But, and this is the big but ... I had the info once, but now to find it and hope that I did not delete it. I can't even remember the name of the boat anymore. :oops:
 
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