Oscar Continued

[greenman407]

Here is one of the masts that got damaged and I initiated a repair. And here is one of the periscopes that is made from stainless steel that I carefully shaped to make it look more like a periscope.

[greenman407]

This deal is a carefully marked and drilled support base for all the masts that I plan to install. All thats left is to paint it and carefully install it within the sail, checking for careful alignment.

[greenman407]

And another thing that I want to know. What this thing???Its just forward of the rescue marking bouy.

[greenman407]

Ok now what is this torpedo shaped deal here in the drawing and etched in my hull in numerous places? Anyone got any ideas? Here are three pictures of the rear of an Oscar by the rear hatch. If you look closely you can see there outline in the hull. Pay no attention to the Russian crewman guarding the submarine and partially blocking our view of the item in question.

[greenman407]

Looks like a little flying saucer. Its construction is perfectly round and contoured and knowing Kevin , Im sure its accurately sized.

[greenman407]

Kevin Mcleod was kind enough to send me a Marker bouy for my Oscar. Apparently Scaleships doesnt offer one. Kevin keeps coming to my rescue on this thing and I have promised him again and again that I would be willing to dance at his next wedding. So far he hasnt responded.

[greenman407]

This is the rear of the sail where it joins the deck and you can see how the bondo has shrunk leaving a gap. To address this I did the same thing again with taping down to the deck a piece of freezer paper and applying Metal Glaze to it and "Smooshing" it down on to the hull on premarked lines. Here you can see the results.

[greenman407]

Of course the bridge internals will get some more putty and sanding to make it ready for paint. The hole you see in the floor of the bridge is for the forward periscope.

[greenman407]

So then here is my rendering. The hatch shaft I made from brass tubing , 1/4" dia. and a Bic pen stub. The hatch itself came from the brass detail parts supplied.

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And here is the drawings detail of it and the bridge detail.

[greenman407]

In this picture, if you look in the bridge opening of the sail , you can see a large diameter tubelike structure with a hatch on it. Thats the hatch that goes down thru the sail.

[greenman407]

Oh Man! What do you have my friend??!! You know me. Im lazy. Id rather have one of yours.

[KevinMc]

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This drawing shows the rescue bouy marker. Ill have to make one of these. Ill start with a plastic washer at 3/4" dia. Then ill apply some two part stiff apoxy to the top of it , than shape and sand it down to shape. Unless somebody has one already????????..........

Hi Mark,

Are you fishing to add yet another McLeod part to your OSCAR? I'm sure we can work something out...

[greenman407]

I finished all the scupper grilles last night and all the Bondo sanding. Now the next steps will be to re-establish the line between the upper black painted areas and the lower red painted areas. This line on the bow is gone because of bondoing the seam and sanding. I will use my laser projector to show me the line and then ill mark it with a pencil so that I can mask a correct line.

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The emblem on the front of the sail on my dry transfer sheet is white. From these pictures it becomes apparent that I will have to paint a rectangle of red on my sail before I transfer the white decal. This looks like a job for Mr. Airbrush! I hope that I can find it.