1/96 Albacore (after Phase III coversion 1961)

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    • Aug 2008
    • 12256

    Originally posted by HardRock
    Sorry guys. Internet connection problems. David: those props look fantastic and the control brackets are first class. I can’t wait to get my hands on those.
    Bart: I saw that system offered commercially a while back and had to look at it for quite a while before I figured it out. I rejected it because I was too dumb to consider mounting it on the rear end of the SD - which is genius by the way.
    I’m away from home for a few weeks so coverage will be intermittent at best.
    Thanks, Scott. I so enjoy wallowing in my own magnificence!

    I've had to shoe-horn ALBACORE work in between bouts of production work for the boss-man. This weekend I hope to scribe the sail, finish the deck hatches (three to be safe), and work up masters for the SD saddles and indexing pin-Velcro strap foundation. I'm also going to scull out the workings of a simple counter-rotation gearing scheme (I'm using two motors, so it's a relatively easy matter).

    I was pleasantly surprised to find that even with your heavier than normal glass layup the total water weight displaced by the above waterline portions of structure amounted to just under five-ounces. I can get a 2", two-motor SD with a proper ballast tank (sized for six-ounces) in the hull with room left over for the in-the-wet gears and such. You and Bart will get your SD's just as soon as I can validate that mine can indeed lift the model to the correct water line.

    The more I look at your ALBACORE hull (and much improved BALUGA) the more I come to appreciate your attention to detail and ability to hold things to a tight tolerance. And that concludes the kissing-your-kangaroo-tasting-ass portion of this post.

    David

    Who is John Galt?

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    • HardRock
      Vice Admiral
      • Mar 2013
      • 1609

      Skippy, Spippy, Skippy the arse tasting kangaroo. etc.,etc.

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      • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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        • Aug 2008
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        David
        Who is John Galt?

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        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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          David
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          • HardRock
            Vice Admiral
            • Mar 2013
            • 1609

            Harrah! That looks great. I did wonder what the hell you were doing with that piece of brown fiber glass however. All became clear in the second set of photographs.

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            • MFR1964
              Detail Nut of the First Order
              • Sep 2010
              • 1290

              I can blame Bart for this, this evening i made a kind of mockup of his idea.

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              These are the needed parts

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              Step one, placing the gears together.

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              The tube which will contra-rotate placed.

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              Placing the needed O-ring

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              Ready for a testspin.

              To my amazing it worked like a charm, it has some more friction due to the tension of the O-ring, more as my other gearsystem, but the idea can be used, all things where quickly glued together with CA and some baking soda.
              The size is only 1/4 of my other gears, and more important it's light and simple.


              Manfred





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              • bwi 971
                Captain
                • Jan 2015
                • 896

                Originally posted by MFR1964
                I can blame Bart for this, this evening i made a kind of mockup of his idea.

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                These are the needed parts

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                Step one, placing the gears together.

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                The tube which will contra-rotate placed.

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                Placing the needed O-ring

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                Ready for a testspin.

                To my amazing it worked like a charm, it has some more friction due to the tension of the O-ring, more as my other gearsystem, but the idea can be used, all things where quickly glued together with CA and some baking soda.
                The size is only 1/4 of my other gears, and more important it's light and simple.


                Manfred




                Nice to see it's working Manfred
                Grtz,
                Bart
                Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
                "Samuel Smiles"

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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                  David
                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • HardRock
                    Vice Admiral
                    • Mar 2013
                    • 1609

                    I doff my hat and surrender, Your Eminence. Spent this afternoon laying up Bart's boat. Looks like I'll have to do one for Manfred as well!

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                    • bwi 971
                      Captain
                      • Jan 2015
                      • 896

                      Originally posted by HardRock
                      I doff my hat and surrender, Your Eminence. Spent this afternoon laying up Bart's boat. Looks like I'll have to do one for Manfred as well!
                      Jeez.....and how am I supposed to assemble everything you guy's sent......what? wait a moment.......you just don't want me to finish that VICIII aren’t you.....busted guy's.

                      Grtz,
                      Bart
                      Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
                      "Samuel Smiles"

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                      • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                        Moderator
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 12256

                        Originally posted by HardRock
                        I doff my hat and surrender, Your Eminence. Spent this afternoon laying up Bart's boat. Looks like I'll have to do one for Manfred as well!
                        You're very kind (yes, yes. I'm magnificent. I know, I know).

                        On a role now. Should have a mock-up of the masters to show off soon. I'm about two weeks away from sending you resin and metal ALBACORE packs. How many sets should I send, Scott? And will assemble the prototype 1/96 ALBACORE SD over the weekend as well.

                        And the running gear you see in those shots is a simple mock-up, the production master goes together today. I've settle on the after propeller shaft being 3/32" diameter and the forward propeller shaft (within which the after propeller shaft spins) is 1/8" o.d.

                        The two hull halves fit like a glove. No warping to speak of at all. What a beaut this beast is going to be.

                        David
                        Who is John Galt?

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                        • MFR1964
                          Detail Nut of the First Order
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 1290

                          Scott,

                          Thanks, don't need another boat, my plate is full with all my projects, i was simply interested in the mechanical part Bart told about and tried to get it working.

                          Manfred.
                          I went underground

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                          • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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                            David
                            Who is John Galt?

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                            • HardRock
                              Vice Admiral
                              • Mar 2013
                              • 1609

                              Originally posted by MFR1964
                              Scott,

                              Thanks, don't need another boat, my plate is full with all my projects, i was simply interested in the mechanical part Bart told about and tried to get it working.

                              Manfred.
                              No problem Mate. I would have liked to have seen that mechanism in place.

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                              • HardRock
                                Vice Admiral
                                • Mar 2013
                                • 1609

                                David you are on a roll. Take a file to that thing, that's my advice. I only need one set of everything please. I've been playing with the polyester boat that I did as a test for the moulds and its rather rough and ready. Not sue if I'll do an epoxy version for myself or not. I might just battle on with the old one for now.

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