Engel Type IXD2 First commission build
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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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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.
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.
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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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.
I also added more detail to the sail.
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.
I also recessed the hatches...
and added some deck detail around the big deck gun.
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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After.
At this point I turned my attention to inside the hull and rigging up rudders, dive planes, drive shafts and the dry hull box.
Rudder guard...
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.👍 1Comment
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