David, You paint bird poop on and Scott can't have some large limpets? You hypocrite! Maybe if he would paint it with legs it could be starfish! Or an octopus.
1/96 Project 1710 Beluga
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Is it safe to come out now? This is the upper half of the mould for the complete tail end. The brass rods are connected to the trailing edges of the thing to channel air bubbles away from the edges. I'm going to add a 10" tube at the top to provide a bit of pressure when the resin goes into the mould.
This is the finished boat. Add SD and some weight/foam for balance and off she goes.
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Glad to see you take on the very challenging tooling chore of producing a stern cone with all four stabilizers integrated into the eventual casting. Good stuff!
Strands of carbon fiber placed into the tips of the stabilizer tool cavities will greatly reduce the likelihood of breakage to the eventual cast resin tail-cone appendages.
More bird-****!... more bird-****!
(with apologies to Christopher Walken, the 'more cow-bells' guy).
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If I was t pick on one area of your finished sub (which is gorgeous), it would be the space between the aft planes and the stern stabilizer. You have weathered the sub, but in-between this space is the original paint.
If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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Is that really only 3.15 Oz? Nice craftsmanship!
is the rule that every Ounce is a cubic inch of ballast? If not what is the way you work the lift needed?If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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