Graupner Loschkreuzer Weser

	Manufacturer: Graupner Type: Loschkreuzer Weser Length x Width: 110 x 22 cm Height: 54 cm Weight: 6 kg (incl. batteries) Owner: Leo Verweij
Motor: 2x speed controller: Battery pack: 2 x 6V lead gell cell (6 Ah) Hop-ups: 2 water pumps, 1 sound module, operating crane, rotating, operating water canons, complete lighting.

This is my fathers boat. it's a family heirloom, which he completely adapted. It's completely fitted with working lights. Furthermore, it features, like the original, 2 water pumps, 3 fully operating water canons, of which one can be rotate across 180 degrees and one is adjustable in height, and all spray about 6 metres far. One even has adjustable pressure. There are 6 search lights, of which 2 can be rotated across 180 degrees, and of which light intensitiy can be adjusted.
Also, a sound module from Graupner is installed which can generate all sorts of sound effect and features an operating flashing light. Finally, it has an operating crane which can be swung across 360 degrees and can actually lift.
what do you mean, getting the bottom out of it!

(This is what the original looks like)

Because the amount of electronics the system malfunctions at a regular basis. We just haven't found out what causes it.
Otherwise, the boat sails nicely, moves at a good pace and the water canons look incredible.
Soon, a complete renovation of the electronics will be performed to remedy the ongoing malfuntions.

The time has come to begin with a total restauration of the weser.

My dad asked us of we wanted to rebuild his Weser compleetly with all the elektronics included because i didn't get the problemes out.
The first things we rebuild was the bottom plate where the motors where standing on.

(in the picture above you see the new bottom plate and the new engines where building in on some new motor mounts. They are not gluwed in at this time because we want to make some kabellines under the plates so the inside of the hull will be clean and oversite)

The next thing we redesigned was the plate at the back of the hull where the steering servo is at. Here we wanted to place most of the electric parts as the modules that controle the lite's and the krain at the back and the steering of the waterkanons.