The first time I saw a picture of a Soviet Alfa Class I thought it was a great looking boat and would make a fantastic model. However, I had a Victor on the ways and I put Alfa idea on hold. Then as luck would have it an unassembled Alfa kit in Canada came up for sale and I bought it.
When it came I looked it over and realized it would need some work, particularly installing the rudder and stern plane linkages back there in the “shaft alley”. While waiting for epoxy to dry on the Victor I started to assemble the Alfa. I was able to get the linkage installed on the stern lanes and bottom rudder but at the cost of leaving the top rudder fixed in a fore and aft position. The “shaft alley” was too cramped. The boat ran well this way but I was never completely happy with it. Now, years later, I decided it was time for a major overhaul to redo the linkage using the same technique I used on the Victor.
In this thread I’ll post the progress on this overhaul.
SSBN659
When it came I looked it over and realized it would need some work, particularly installing the rudder and stern plane linkages back there in the “shaft alley”. While waiting for epoxy to dry on the Victor I started to assemble the Alfa. I was able to get the linkage installed on the stern lanes and bottom rudder but at the cost of leaving the top rudder fixed in a fore and aft position. The “shaft alley” was too cramped. The boat ran well this way but I was never completely happy with it. Now, years later, I decided it was time for a major overhaul to redo the linkage using the same technique I used on the Victor.
In this thread I’ll post the progress on this overhaul.
SSBN659
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