Assembling a 1/96 WEBSTER kit

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Yet more work on the Beast ....



David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Today's work involved getting a stock 3" SD populated with devices and set-up for proper operation of the angle-keeper and Battery Link Monitor:




David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David, the aft end of your sub is covered in a slurry? Is that Nitro-Stan and what?
is there any tips on mixing? I have a ton of small pin holes on the Walrus. Need your help.

Yes, Nitro-Stan applied with a stiff chisel brush.




It will be sanded back with #240 wet -- using one of my patented double-sided, sharp-edged, semi-stiff sanding tools, like so:





David

[trout]

David, the aft end of your sub is covered in a slurry? Is that Nitro-Stan and what?
is there any tips on mixing? I have a ton of small pin holes on the Walrus. Need your help.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Very cool. Did that bow plane configiuration remain for the whole life of the boat - and did any others get it?

Just the WEBSTER. As commissioned I believe it had the sail planes, but got the bow planes after the first or second yard period. When I came aboard as a member of the Blue crew (1971, I think) it had the bow planes. I think they came off about the time I transferred off the boat (1975?) while we waited at the New London Submarine Base to dry-dock at Electric Boat (up river) for overhaul and Poseidon conversion.

David

[HardRock]

Very cool. Did that bow plane configiuration remain for the whole life of the boat - and did any others get it?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Why is there so much down angle on the bow planes?

(working on that ZULU motor-bulkhead this weekend, pal)

The wave-front of the WEBSTER (or any object in motion through a fluid) conforms to the shape of the objects surface. The Coanda effect. This conformal wave-front extends some distance from the surface. Studies (tow tank, likely) indicated that the relative angle-of-attack of the bow planes at that location on the experimental WEBSTER would place them a bit in the 'down' direction if they were to take the flow at a zero angle of attack with the boat traveling at a zero bubble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coand%C4%83_effect

(that's me, tenth from the left. As the boats 'swimmer' during the maneuvering watch I wore an inflatable vest, not the orange Kapok life-preserver. This was our arrival at Pearl after departing our staging mooring at Guam. Part of the preparation for the transit to New London for the boats yard period and Poseidon conversion).

As last-of-class, the WEBSTER was tasked with several investigations: the bow planes and the first to outfit from the get-go with the A-3 missile --good examples of her ground-braking work. I did nine patrols on the 'pig-fish'.

David

[HardRock]

Why is there so much down angle on the bow planes?

[redboat219]

Has that sci-fi look to me. Like the bow can detach from the rest of the boat and become an independent vessel.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Today's work:




David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You guys are great for the magnet connectors.

Have one my Skipjack, works a treat, would like to use some on my U557 build, but the postage is a shocker to Ireland for such small parts.

Rob

Make your own, then. Here's my source.

http://www.gaussboys.com/store/index.php/magnet-shapes/cylinders.html

Get them in bulk and save some cash.





David

[The Boattrainman]

You guys are great for the magnet connectors.

Have one my Skipjack, works a treat, would like to use some on my U557 build, but the postage is a shocker to Ireland for such small parts.

Rob

[trout]

This is an interesting sub. I like the dual magnet connector and look forward to the rest of the setup. Thank you for sharing the way you do!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

On the port side (it might be on starboard as well don't know) what is that running up the sail? I see it on your picture and this one as well.

Are you going to keep the bow diving planes fixed and use leveler for dive?

An element of the masker system. Used to change the passive sonar signature of the vessel. I believe the WEBSTER was the only SSBN of ours to use it. I don't remember anything in my qualification package describing it, so I believe the system was deactivated before I came aboard that boat. I'll find my old Piping TAB and will check there for any dope on that, Tom.

https://www.globalsecurity.org/milit...ms/prairie.htm

The bow planes on the model will be practical. Working on the linkage now. Push-rod will be magnetically coupled to the bow plane operating shaft bell-crank:






David

[trout]

On the port side (it might be on starboard as well don't know) what is that running up the sail? I see it on your picture and this one as well.

Are you going to keep the bow diving planes fixed and use leveler for dive?