Victor III

[MFR1964]

It's good to see the Bart-man at work, by the way, i would give my right arm to get a shop as yours.

Manfred.

[bwi 971]

Rectified a design flaw for tooling, the struts in the sail to take the magnets would have kept me from removing the core, I extended the struts upwards, so they are not forming an recess anymore, hope this make sense. The extensions are the pink colored pieces of modeling board.



All is ready now for tooling

[coryhenry]

Does anyone know why they don't grind the weld lines during construction of the real thing, it seems like it wil affect laminar flow.

[bwi 971]

Applied first layer of filler......the result is what I aimed for......some sanding and pin hole filling and the sail is ready for tooling.

Grtz,
Bart

[bwi 971]

Folks....why don't you use Archer Fine Transfer surface detail decals:
https://www.hobbylinc.com/archer-sur...no-scale-88013

Any idea on the width of the decals?

grtz,
Bart

[bwi 971]

Damn you!... damn you sir!!!!

I get comfortable with the existing standard, then some a-hole comes along and raises the bar out of reach! ****!!!

THANKS!

David

Jeez.....indeed I wonder who is responsible for initiating such a behavior......and don't look behind you there is nobody standing there.

grtz,
Bart

[DrSchmidt]

Folks....why don't you use Archer Fine Transfer surface detail decals:
https://www.hobbylinc.com/archer-sur...no-scale-88013

[HardRock]

You are a maniac! So good to see that boat getting done. Cool idea as well.

[bwi 971]

Workshop lost her virginity today.

Did some experiments on weldings/panel lines on the tower. Easiest way was to scribe them, but I wanted to try something different. The scale however is always the problem.

1^st attempt: use brass wire and glued it in place, leaves a terrible round profile, impossible to get writ of it by filler or any other means
2^nd attempt: use fishing wire and sand it to halve its diameter, good luck with that, gave up on that one.
3^rd attempt: use 0.2mm fishing wire, scribe panel lines and ley in the wire with CA. That worked out, it was still a quest to find the right way to apply the CA without making a mess (a needle worked for me). When I will aply the paint the contour will further blend in.

Pictures below show the result, used the needle to give a comparison about the dimensions of the wire used.

Grtz,
Bart

[trout]

Wow, ok break over, get that sub to the market!

[HardRock]

She's right. That looks great! Now get back to work on that Victor.

[bwi 971]

Because some Aussie on the forum is a PITA......I busted my balls to get the shop done.
Except some minor details its finished.
The sign was a gift from my daughter.









Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Mission accomplished!

[bwi 971]

The enclosure for the CNC is ready.......3 sides open with hinges, doors are kept with cleats.....to complete it I added a viewport in acrylic.......ok I added that viewport to annoy Scott.

grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

In the nicest possible way of course. Like all marine engineers, he's a complete perfectionist and he's going to spend AGES on that workshop and I just want to see that Victor III in all its wonderous glory - NOW.