Now sold to a man in Kendal in 2021.
Ebay job £50 Old Vintage Aero kit 34in Fire boat needing a lot of attention, with delaminating plywood, old glue, old glow-plug engine mounts with electric conversion, and after removing a metal shield I discover an vintage (1970,s Ripmax Bullet 30 Motor the dogs bollocks of electric racing of its time capable of running 24v at 15A.
300W for a brushed motor.
Started by revamp rear pit by lowering servo and rudder and building sub deck, storage lockers, tow hook and ladders.

Remount the motor with an aluminium mount with custom screw positions.
Block windows with 1mm ply.
Foam front half of hull to make unsinkable.
Make centre decking area.
Repair and build up on cabin roofs and walls to centre deck.
Rewire add ESC and servo.
Remove broken and unusable fittings such as large vents, some missing unable to match again.
Problems with old gloss paint crazing the modern spay paints.
Build some fittings eg Water cannons, life belts,
Build new battery trays,
Painting the boat now in progress as of 20/04/2018
Boat has be roughly painted but is not finished, as fittings are now required, added a RC system an gave it a test run.
the performance was adequate on 14.4v and great on 17.2v see latter pictures on the pond. the motor did get hot after about half hour of use.

the motor is rated at 24v but I think a smaller prop will be required for that voltage. Excellent performance from a brushed motor.

Added some stickers and I have now added a 12v fan and ventilation between cabins as the motor required some cooling and was in a sealed compartment. (Motor: Bullet 30) (ESC: 24v 15A Electronize) (9/10)