When I first saw this Hull I wanted one, having previously seen an earlier version of the real thing lying on the seabed in Papua New Guinea. On top of that it just looks one sexy boat.
Gantu was selling these on behalf of German guy, so I think it’s a relatively limited run. With limited flood vents and drains plus the fact most of the hull stays submerged, the design lends nicely to the German style of dry hull, and so that’s the route I took. Included with hull was a CD with photos showing another hull already built up including the tech rack, which was integral with the rear hull. I had concerns over how much weight was hanging on this and therefore how strong the rear bulkhead would need to be. Secondly I wanted to use the tech rack in multiple boats if necessary in much the same way that a wet hull WTC can be swapped between boats. The existing boat used a single piston tank, which is not a big issue with this model as it is not a conventional submarine, sort of pivoting around the propeller, so rising and falling at angles is not a problem.
The base kit had a main hull section, stern section, an upper hull, some moldings for the torpedo heads and part of one of the scopes, and lastly a clear vac formed cowling. The other main working parts which needed to be sourced is a 500ml piston tank by Gerhard Gasch with a proportional control board by Markus Rieger. There were some simple plans, but other than that it was up to me to make it up. No appendages!!!
I broke the build down into 4 parts
Gantu was selling these on behalf of German guy, so I think it’s a relatively limited run. With limited flood vents and drains plus the fact most of the hull stays submerged, the design lends nicely to the German style of dry hull, and so that’s the route I took. Included with hull was a CD with photos showing another hull already built up including the tech rack, which was integral with the rear hull. I had concerns over how much weight was hanging on this and therefore how strong the rear bulkhead would need to be. Secondly I wanted to use the tech rack in multiple boats if necessary in much the same way that a wet hull WTC can be swapped between boats. The existing boat used a single piston tank, which is not a big issue with this model as it is not a conventional submarine, sort of pivoting around the propeller, so rising and falling at angles is not a problem.
The base kit had a main hull section, stern section, an upper hull, some moldings for the torpedo heads and part of one of the scopes, and lastly a clear vac formed cowling. The other main working parts which needed to be sourced is a 500ml piston tank by Gerhard Gasch with a proportional control board by Markus Rieger. There were some simple plans, but other than that it was up to me to make it up. No appendages!!!
I broke the build down into 4 parts
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