Victor III

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Precise, beautiful work, as usual, Bart. What a beaut this best will be!

David

[trout]

Bart,
Great to see you at it again! It is really coming along!
peace,
tom

[bwi 971]

Milled it......drawn it first to get all the dimensions right.
grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

That looks great! How did you make the mast support?

[bwi 971]

Haven't seen any update for awhile, but very interested in where you are with this boat.

SSBN659
"Will" Rogers

Where I left it.....I have been quite busy on the job, I truly had no time left to do anything else.......I took some time off now……..reunited with my V3 this weekend.....don't worry I spare you guys the details.

Been working on the mast support…….now I’m working on the torpedo hatches.

Grtz,
Bart


Made a support for all the masts….the most challenging was to get them positioned in the center of their specific hatches.











Test fitting the lower torpedo hatches….probably I will glue them in place tomorrow.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I too am looking forward to seeing this project completed. But, all good things take time. Between Bart, Scott, Dave, and myself I think we're in the 'happy times' of new r/c model kit offerings.

David

[SSBN659]

Haven't seen any update for awhile, but very interested in where you are with this boat.

SSBN659
"Will" Rogers

[HardRock]

And once more David and Bart step off into the great void of double entendre!

Spectacular work Bart. I noticed that spotty Beluga on the shelf too - probably the best place for that thing!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Wow!

When are you going to circumcise that thing? All it needs are some veins (safety-tracks).

Sorry.

David

[bwi 971]

Tks guy's....and those 101 things are the most time consuming.

Who'd of thought that they would be interested in accuracy?

We don't.....but we have to practice accuracy else we get a ****load of work.



First time the hull parts were mated....yeah she looks beefy.
The transition of the bow/stern and hull was sanded till all was smooth.
Saterday next all will be primed.

Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Bart is the man, no doubt about it. Bloody marine engineers. Who'd of thought that they would be interested in accuracy?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I don't have to tell you, Scott, and the precious few other accomplished model-builders that haunt this forum, that its the basic things -- like a stable, flat working surface -- that contributes to a straight, true, symmetrical subject. So few who examine the finished product appreciate the 101 'little things' that have to be done in order to achieve a high quality display such as your VICTOR-3, Bart.

David

[HardRock]

Can't wait to see this thing assembled. What a mean looking sub.

[bwi 971]

As my surface table that I had constructed for the AKULA turned out to small I had to fabricate a new surface surface/table that would fit the V3 hull’s.

All sections (4pc) of the lower hull were glued together. The small aft section needed some TLC, EUREKA putty was applied to level up the piece with the other sections.
The mating surface of the lower hull was then sanded completely flat on the surface table.
It took me quite some time to purchase the grinding paper you see on the surface table, yeah it is one piece.

The seams of the different sections were dressed up with the same putty and sanded down.
The lower hull is ready to take her first coat of primer.

Tomorrow the upper hull will take the same treatment.

Grtz,
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

LOL....don't duck....bent over and take it as a man.
Grtz,
Bart

… ...….. and the thread takes a dark, unwarranted turn.

David