While at Subfest I picked up from Bob a partially finished DeBoer 1/48th Los Angeles class hull.
I am very excited about this build as a Winter project and hope to have it running for Subfest 2021. My first order of business was a reasonably proper "wheel" for it. Not knowing exact specs. for one I reached out to those who would most likely know. Thanks to David Merriman for providing some very detailed information. This past weekend I was able to make it to Dalton, GA to play shop with my buddy Darrell Sprayberry and thanks to his machining skills we managed to make a 5-3/4", all brass, 9.2 oz. Behemoth prop for it. Here are a few shots of it. I still need to finish the edges and polish it up but overall I think it turned out good.
Compared to a 4" from The Prop Shop.
I am very excited about this build as a Winter project and hope to have it running for Subfest 2021. My first order of business was a reasonably proper "wheel" for it. Not knowing exact specs. for one I reached out to those who would most likely know. Thanks to David Merriman for providing some very detailed information. This past weekend I was able to make it to Dalton, GA to play shop with my buddy Darrell Sprayberry and thanks to his machining skills we managed to make a 5-3/4", all brass, 9.2 oz. Behemoth prop for it. Here are a few shots of it. I still need to finish the edges and polish it up but overall I think it turned out good.
Compared to a 4" from The Prop Shop.
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