November Holiday

[HardRock]

Time to re-measure everything. The compass never lies and the first thing that I found was a large bump on the nose.



Next came a misaligned stern walkway;



Everything else lined up reasonably well.

[HardRock]

And the lower bow.

[JHapprich]

Yap, now she looks right.beautiful work, scott!

[HardRock]

Not bad for a drain pipe, is it?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

You have so matured as a pattern-maker, Scott. I don't throw that title around frivolously, sir!

And you taught me a new trick -- using a compass to identify non-symmetrical points along the hull. I'll file that trick away for future reference. Your work to straighten up the flat of the deck is worthy of praise as well.

Now, you may be planning to do this, but: The tape you are using to identify the flood-drain and limber holes, as is, will produce a positive on the laid-up part. However, if you give the model a few coats of primer and then remove the tape you'll have negative impressions to follow as the end-user cuts out these openings.

And I love how you engineered the horizontal stabilizers so they will key in positively to the stern. I assume you will make the rubber tool so you can encapsulate the stern tubes within the cast resin stabilizer parts?

Good work. You're turning into a real threat, my friend!

And Jorg: thank you so much for your valuable contributions to this project.

And now, an observation: How many sites have threads where a collaborative/team/group effort ACTUALLY RESULTED IN A COMPLETED R/C SUBMARINE PROJECT????? None in the English speaking world I know of other than this one. See! we can herd cats! I Blame Bob Martin for this state of affairs.

David

[HardRock]

Thanks Mate. I'm getting the tape on now before I slather the plug in primer so that later on, as you say, removing the tape will leave indents in the right places. I'm going to etch some brass to get the some of the more complex hatche coverss and do-dads just right and inlay them into the recesses. This is how the deck plan is shaping up;



Its almost entirely done from the photographs that all of you guys have supplied. The existing plans that I have for this bit are crap so this is going to be an approximation.

The rear stabilisers are causing me some concern at the moment. Originaly I made a Renshape master and cast that in polyurethane; I planned to modify two of those as left and right side items and then use those as patterns for the final bits. The problem is that the original stern tubes were made of plastic (because I couldn't get any brass of the right diameter) and the sanding and filling process has taken them out of round. They look a bit skew whif. I'm thinking of biting the bullet and just choping the tubes out and putting new ones in before the final casting. Fiddly but probably worth the effort.

[DMTNT]

Is it just me or are those bow planes one piece? That is the impression I have always gotten from photos.

[HardRock]

Sadly, I think that you are right.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Is it just me or are those bow planes one piece? That is the impression I have always gotten from photos.

I'm looking for that one aerial shot looking down on a sinking NOVEMBER that had the bow planes rigged out -- that would tell the tale. Anyone got that? I can't find it anywhere.

David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Stupid me, David, just had an idea.have got some good shots of the ill-fated K-8 on fire .she has the bow planes out, ill see if i might enhance the details....

That's the one! Gimmi-gimmi-gimmi!!!!!……...

[DMTNT]

I'm looking for that one aerial shot looking down on a sinking NOVEMBER that had the bow planes rigged out -- that would tell the tale. Anyone got that? I can't find it anywhere.

David

This one?

[JHapprich]

Yap.some sort of trim flap.doesnt look like a real becker.considering k8 had a modified sail, maybe those bow planes were extras,too. Id make them one piece
Jörg. Ps planes are out, flaps are closed, she did an emergency surfacing....man i am blind...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

This one?

That's the one! Good catch, Brady. Damn! planes don't look to be articulated in camber. Too bad. Anyway, makes my job easier.

Got your 212 fittings boxed up and going out Monday.

I'm loving all the detail work Scott's putting into the hull. Now that he's refined his lay-up skills -- as magnificently demonstrated on the BALUGA and ALBACORE hulls he sent me -- it will all be captured by the GRP parts without suffering pock-marks and voids like what was happening on his earlier efforts. For an old fart Scott is learning new tricks fast.

David

[DMTNT]

That's the one! Good catch, Brady. Damn! planes don't look to be articulated in camber. Too bad. Anyway, makes my job easier.

Got your 212 fittings boxed up and going out Monday.

I'm loving all the detail work Scott's putting into the hull. Now that he's refined his lay-up skills -- as magnificently demonstrated on the BALUGA and ALBACORE hulls he sent me -- it will all be captured by the GRP parts without suffering pock-marks and voids like what was happening on his earlier efforts. For an old fart Scott is learning new tricks fast.

David

I for one, cannot wait to see this one pan out. I was drooling over that Beluga earlier today, and the Albacore - as I held it in my own two hands - was gorgeous.

And copy that on the 212 bits. Thank you again!

[JHapprich]

Took a closer look on K8 and i now believe the bow planes to be of one piece only, no trim flap etc. i think the line one can see is simply an accumulation of drain holes as the planes are hollow parts.