Victor III

[HardRock]

"The creeper shaft farings actually gave me wood." There's yet another image that I will never be able to unimagine. The horror; the horror.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Oh, man! This is really shaping up, Bart. The creeper shaft farings actually gave me wood. This is going to be a beauty!

David

[bwi 971]

I’m working as hard as I can gents.
Test fitting all the parts for the stern. No real issues found.

Now the most time-consuming part to be dealt with, the alinement of the planes and rudders.
Lessons learned from my AKULA, don't forget to give enough clearance to compensate for the primer that will be applied later and for the final paint coat applied when she will be finished.

Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Envey be my constant friend.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Ooh ooh ooh, Victor III, (unintentional squeel of joy). Can't wait to see this this one happen. Great work Mate.

It will make the perfect companion to this:









David

[HardRock]

Ooh ooh ooh, Victor III, (unintentional squeel of joy). Can't wait to see this this one happen. Great work Mate.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Good looking work as usual, Bart.

David

[bwi 971]

The rough towed array pod.
She is now resting in the "ready to paint and finish" box.
missing but not forgotten, bushing for rudder, towed array exit hole, hatches

Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Never mind WHERE it is - who let Darth Vader in there!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Yeah, that stuff ain't cheap.

Where's your shop? The Underworld?! Shaft-alley of Nemo's engine room?

David

[bwi 971]

Stern tooling: rough cutting all the RTV supporting jigs....some were glued together as:

1. I'm cheap
2. this stuff is expensive
3. I hate to waste materials
4. All of the above

Grtz,
Bart

[bwi 971]

Did some shopping today. It is eminent now.

The raw materials for the masters and the RTV Supporting jigs.
The modeling boards are respective 50 an 75mm thick.
In the middle you see marine grade stainless steel and messing rod to make the alignment pins and pockets for the moulds. Why marine grade stainless steel rod? Because It will also be used to make the prop shafts later on.



Grtz,
Bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I will sent the full size pics to you
grtz,
bart

(in the voice of Montgomery Burns)

'Excellent!'

[bwi 971]

Point me to the appropriate documents you uncover that deal with the appendages and propeller(s) when you can.

David

I will sent the full size pics to you
grtz,
bart

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

As I didn't want to hack Tim's Golf build any longer so I started a new Topic

Gents, the development of a 1/96 VICTOR III has started.
Streaming the WWW for pictures and information about the sub for two weeks, got what I required so first step is has been taken.

Going to finish the AKULA first before I start crafting the VICTOR III.

In between I will process what I got on information.




Ok deal....suggest you jump in when I start laying up those hulls.

Rudders and planes are mine, the root of them will be part of the tail piece.
If you need pictures of the props or other parts just jell, I gathered a few now.

Grtz,
Bart

Point me to the appropriate documents you uncover that deal with the appendages and propeller(s) when you can.

David