Engel Type IXD2 First commission build

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  • SubDude
    Captain
    • Dec 2019
    • 803

    #16
    Got the rails mounted on the hull.

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    • SubDude
      Captain
      • Dec 2019
      • 803

      #17
      Moving right along. The sail lower deck rail is now on it. I used some fine wire to secure the upper rail to the lower rail for soldering.

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      • a1965l
        Lieutenant Commander
        • Apr 2020
        • 147

        #18
        Following with interest. I have a SS 1/48 type IX hull that will get attention, someday, always nice to get motivation.
        "It does not take so many words to speak the truth" Chief Joseph

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        • SubDude
          Captain
          • Dec 2019
          • 803

          #19
          Today I got the resin printed guns and other detail parts from David who I am building this for. I also got the ladders made. It's progressing nicely.

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          • tifosi12
            Commander
            • Jul 2020
            • 346

            #20
            I hope you'll keep the documentation up once it gets to the nasty bits: connecting the rudder, props and elevons

            Those are the parts I always struggle the most with.

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            • Das Boot
              Rear Admiral
              • Dec 2019
              • 1149

              #21
              Very nice. What is the story on the destroyer? Lindberg or SB?
              Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”

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              • Das Boot
                Rear Admiral
                • Dec 2019
                • 1149

                #22
                Someone needs to bring a printer to the Subfest in September and give us clueless folks a lesson.
                Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”

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                • SubDude
                  Captain
                  • Dec 2019
                  • 803

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Das Boot
                  Very nice. What is the story on the destroyer? Lindberg or SB?
                  It is a Bancroft 1/72nd Fletcher class. I got it from Motion RC

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                  Last edited by SubDude; 07-22-2021, 01:44 AM.

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                  • SubDude
                    Captain
                    • Dec 2019
                    • 803

                    #24
                    I got the deck detail added. This extra kit that David got for it was a good decision.

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                    • SubDude
                      Captain
                      • Dec 2019
                      • 803

                      #25
                      Another update. Tonight I got the handrail added that goes around the sail. Aside from a couple small bits the brass work is mostly done.

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                      • DrSchmidt
                        Captain
                        • Apr 2014
                        • 919

                        #26
                        Looks very good

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                        • SubDude
                          Captain
                          • Dec 2019
                          • 803

                          #27
                          Originally posted by DrSchmidt
                          Looks very good
                          Thank you sir.

                          Latest progress.

                          I continue to work on detailing the sail. David has been resin printing additional parts and making improvements to existing ones. I just completed adding lights. They are super micro LED's so I was able to keep them from being too bulky and actually look like they should.

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                          • tifosi12
                            Commander
                            • Jul 2020
                            • 346

                            #28
                            Originally posted by RCJetDude

                            It is a Bancroft 1/72nd Fletcher class. I got it from Motion RC
                            Nice. I built the Lindberg Fletcher class kit for the Callaghan, the last destroyer downed by a Kamikaze and on which my father in law served (and survived).

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                            • SubDude
                              Captain
                              • Dec 2019
                              • 803

                              #29
                              As I look over this model and learn more about these particular boats there are things that were done with the kit that deviate from the original vessels. One of them being the location of the anchor. It is right over the top of the guard in front of the starboard bow plane. The pocket in the hull where the anchor mounts was clearly not quite far enough forward.

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                              This simply will not do.

                              I opened up a new location in the hull for the anchor pocket and then using some PE resin and glass matte I made a mold of the pocket.

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                              Once the mold was popped loose I taped it in the new opening and used some filler behind it. An additional couple layers of glass matte over the filler gave it additional strength. I then filled the old pocket in and blended everything with an emery board. Now I can sleep tonight. Lol.

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                              Last edited by SubDude; 08-02-2021, 09:55 PM.

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                              • SubDude
                                Captain
                                • Dec 2019
                                • 803

                                #30
                                Much overdue update...I have been so busy working on this that I haven't posted any updates lately so lots to get caught up on. David has been busy making improvements to the resin printed parts he has been working on. The guns on the sail now articulate and I installed small CF rods in the bases to allow them to rotate as well. He also found some information on the winch housing for the rotary wing observation craft they carried.

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                                I also added more detail to the sail.

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                                The air vents are completely cut in the hull sub- deck as well as the starboard side scuppers and the sub-deck painted black where it would be visible through the deck grating.

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                                I also recessed the hatches...

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                                and added some deck detail around the big deck gun.

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                                I then turned my attention to the stern torpedo detail which David designed and I printed. It is close enough. Engel didn't provide any of this detail in the hull.

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                                At this point I turned my attention to inside the hull and rigging up rudders, dive planes, drive shafts and the dry hull box.

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                                Rudder guard...

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                                There is still much to do. On the dry box I am adding additional access hatches fore and aft and will be going with a flat one piece gasket instead of the round gasket as designed. I will also be using 1/4" Plexiglass for the hatches and instead use the stock aluminum hatch to make backing frames to hold the M4 bolts in the smaller hatch areas. The plate on the drive shafts is an alignment guide that gets removed. The mechanicals go fast relatively speaking and so far everything seems to be lining up well. More to come.
                                Last edited by SubDude; 08-16-2021, 04:15 PM.

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