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The horizontal cut is a nightmare: I built an elaborate jig for my Dremel drill press to guide the plastic body half by and cut it in the process but that didn't work: The plastic wall is so thin that it will warp and bend under the pressure of the Dremel cutter and you end up with a non straight line. In addition you would really need to water cool it as the plastic warms up and creates a much wider gap than what your Dremel wheel is. And finally once you have the cut, it is hard to properly align the "roof" to it because the wall is so thin, it will fall off. In the fittings kit you have Dave included some plastic shins that are supposed to hold these two parts together and align them. Problem is, those shins would never stay on. My best advice would be to add a new lip to both sections on which they can touch and rest instead.
You mentioned type VII. I started out with that as well. What a different world where you can just open/remove the deck. So much easier. That's also why I want to do the Lindberg I-53 next as it has a similar deck.
My failure with XXIII taught me never ever to try that hull cutting approach again. Either the model comes that way already or I can control it with a 3D file. But no more abismal Dremel experience.
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Good luck!
This was my previous build and I gave up on it after numerous unsuccessful attempts to cut the hull in a straight horizontal line. That's the hardest part on this build and it never was pretty and solid enough to have worked. The rest of the build is straight forward.
If you run out of Bronco XXIII parts (except for the hulls) I have plenty of them left over.Leave a comment:
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Bronco Type XXIII build
This type of submarine build has been on my bucket list since I first discovered Simon’s offerings from his company 32nd Parallel in the late 80’s.
In place of the dream I had in the late 80’s, presently I’ve managed to secure a Bronco type XXIII kit. A 2.5” MSD and most of the bits and pieces of an original David Meriman fittings kit designed for this build thanks to Bob Martin.
I plan to keep this build straight forward and keep to a build that David, Tom and Bob have successfully built and shown. The only additional features may eventually include a pair of working G7E electric torpedoes.
The plan is to make this a snort system boat with a AD2 pitch control on the stern planes and depth controller on the forward planes. An emergency gas back up will be used also.
Im looking forward to this build. It’s been a long time coming. Also I need a break away form the type VIIC build
Nick
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