Vegar is a Remote Control Scale Model Ship, loosely based on the Uruguayan tugboat Gaucho (MMSI: 770576067). The model is roughly 1/50 scale.

The Vegar is a budget, easy-to-use RC boat. I designed it, not wanting to buy an RC boat pre-built and not wanting to spend lots of money on a RC kit.

In addition to the ships structure shown here, you will need additional electrical components to get Vegar on the water, and some experience with soldering/analogue electronics. The list below is of the components I have used, these are only a recommendation and many combinations of components will work.

• TX/RX - https://amzn.eu/d/9cO5KRt
• Battery - https://amzn.eu/d/gM7KAvw
• Servo - https://amzn.eu/d/2csk7gz
• Motor & ESC - https://amzn.eu/d/eOjbSiN
Additional odds and ends will be required for construction, namely four 20mm M3 bolts to mount the motor to the Azimuth Pod. Strong glue or epoxy will be required to glue 3D printed sections together. Block connectors could be used to connect the motor wires and ESC (see picture of the prototype.)

Very briefly, I will layout the assembly instructions:

• Firstly, glue/epoxy all superstructure parts together
• Glue/epoxy Aft Hatch Part 1 & 2 together
• Glue/epoxy Forward Hull and Aft Hull together
• Paint all sections as you wish!
• Glue servo into the servo slot in the Aft Hull.
• Fit Azimuth Pod to the servo (with the servo screw that comes with the servo)
• Bolt the Motor to the Azimuth Pod with the four 20mm M3 bolts.
• Run the Motor wires through the hole on the keel line (extend these wires if necessary, and watertight the hole in the keel)
• Leave the motor wires some slack under the hull as the wires will move as the Azimuth Pod rotates.
• Internally, connect Motor and ESC (if the motor turns in reverse, swap any two of the three wires to re-reverse)
• Connect the Battery to the ESC (a switch and fuse is recommended here)
• Connect the ESC and Servo to the Receiver (RX). (the ESC should power the receiver through the signal wires)
• Use a couple of pieces of Blu-Tak in the hatch-coaming to ensure the hatches stay on tightly.

A note regarding the ESC in the shopping list above ^ this ESC is ONE-WAY. While Vegar is very manoeuvrable with its Podded Propulsion, a reverse feature may be desired, especially for beginners. I have found swapping the ESC with any Bi-directional Brushless 30A ESC works well.

[Aft Hull Sub-Sections 1&2 were created to allow the Aft Hull section to be printed on smaller machines.]

I hope you have fun with Vegar! Any questions or comments, please throw them in the comments. :)