Oscar 2

[greenman407]

This is a brief overview of the construction project that is now underway in my shipyard er...uh...my side of the garage. It is of a 63" long 1/96 scale Oscar 2. The hull is available from scaleships. The WTC is a Caswell

3.5 with a add on snort system. Here is a picture sent to me by Vladimar , the contact name at Scaleships.

[greenman407]

This thread will be updated ocasionally. Here is a pic of the supplied periscopes and other topside goodies.
Here we have my son Nathan holding the taped together hull so you can see its size

[greenman407]

Along with the hull you get a sheet of brass detail parts.

and some rub on dry transfer decals that are very detailed

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Still trying to get this Caswell posting window to work for me. Looks like I am all dis-combobulated

[greenman407]

Here are the appendages,you know...dive planes front and rear, rudders and water scoops
A good view of the sail is the subject of this shot.

[roedj]

posting of pictures - text - picture - text - picture

Sir,

Nice start to your thread.

I am very interested in exactly how you were able to post these pictures, i.e., some text then a picture then some more text and then another picture. I have been using the "attachments" icon and uploading pictures from my computer to the "attachments' window but that puts all of the text up top and all of the pictures down below. How did you do yours?

Thanks,

Dan

[greenman407]

Just a little more on my recent progress.

[greenman407]

To operate the control surfaces I needed to make the hardware. I did this by brazing together Dubro locking collars and brass tube and flatbar.

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Upper frames test fit.
Lower frames cut out and ready for install

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Drilling out holes to make filing easier and quicker.

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After the holes are drilled and filed the boat comes with these cool brass grills. To make the Z cut work I use strip plastic to make a indexer where the midsection joins the front.

[greenman407]

In order to attach the sail I used brass bar stock shaped in a vise and drilled to attach it to the deck from the underside with 2 screws. This is the final configuration of the rudders and planes push rods made out of 1/16" brass rod covered with brass tube for increased ridgidity.

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Here you can see the intermediate shafts that hook up to the quick disconnects on the subdriver pushrods. They allow for adjustment.

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This ugly thing is the propshaft header that the shafts come thru and the u-joints go on this end of them. Behind the header and bearing on the backside of the bushings are some 3/16" thrust bearings wallowed out to allow a 5mm rod to pass through and a Dubro locking collar on the backside of that. I will set the lash on both sides at the precision measurment of two(2) business cards. It is screwed to 2 aluminum flat bars bent at a angle and epoxied to the hull to allow removal if need be.

[greenman407]

To check alignment of the midsection to the stern section I used two relatively inexpensive tools. A laser level($100) and a electronic level($40).In the pictures you can actually see tha red laser lines.

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After tacking the stern section in place I am checking alignment before the epoxy is allowed to flow.