You are most welcome. Spent time today designing and printing the gudgeons. Got the starboard side roughed in. They will be secured with small screws thus allowing them to be removable. The tubing I need to install for the tip planes will be here tomorrow and once secured I can sand the gudgeon to its final shape and fill any gaps that may remain.
1/48 3D Printed USS Jimmy Carter
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How about this? Of course this is what I did for mine. Not saying it is right. Scale is 1/48 and dimensions are in metric because it is just easier. Sorry.
Length 55mm
Height 53mm
Width 10mm
Trailing edge to back edge of fixed plane 22mm
Overall top view.
It is centered vertically with the center of the stern plane.
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Length 55mm
Height 53mm
Width 10mm
Trailing edge to back edge of fixed plane 22mm
Overall top view.
It is centered vertically with the center of the stern plane.
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Hey, Steve. Would you send me drawings of the THRESHER's vertical stabilizers in relation to the horizontal stabilizers they were affixed to? Thanks. Want to have my 1/96 and 1/72 THRESHER's ready for Red Clay.
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David wanted pictures so here is the first one. I milled/ground/blasted/plasma'd but mostly Dremeled the back edge of the fixed planes to accept a tube for the pivot rod to go in. Tube ordered as I didn't have exactly what I needed. In the mean time I will work on the pintle/gudgeon (I had to look that up) arrangement to secure the outer end of the inner planes.
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David wanted pictures so here is the first one. I milled/ground/blasted/plasma'd but mostly Dremeled the back edge of the fixed planes to accept a tube for the pivot rod to go in. Tube ordered as I didn't have exactly what I needed. In the mean time I will work on the pintle/gudgeon (I had to look that up) arrangement to secure the outer end of the inner planes.
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Here you go Dave. Not to scale, but the shape is almost spot on1 PhotoLeave a comment:
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Don't drill, silly -- even if you align the drill motor perfectly 'bit drift' will still manage to kick your butt -- that's going to be a very long bore!
Do this instead: mill/grind/blast/plasma a channel into one face of the horizontal stabilizer over where you will install a length of K&S tube. That tube will sleeve the outboard plane operating shaft. That ugly trench can be as wide and deep as needed to accurately center the tube with shims. Once that tube is centered you back-fill the trench with Bondo or thickened laminating resin and block-sand the surface back to contour. No drama, and the caveman milling/grinding/blasting/vaporizing is a great stress reliever (for you, not the model).
Naw! Too late. You already dragged my substantial ass down that rabbit-hole; I gotta put those verticals on now. Gee, Thanks!!!!
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Lol. Yeah... I never dreamed the Seawolf would have stern planes like this and they are more tricky than verts. Hey, you don't have to add them as it wasn't until just before her fateful voyage that the THRESHER even got them. Clearly it would have been easier if the tail section on the Seawolf (JC) had the provisions for the separate tip planes but I can do a lot with a drill and if it doesn't work maybe I can modify the file and re-print it. I need to rig a fixture to hold my drill secure so I will have to channel my inner David Merriman to come up with something that will work. Ohmmm...
Do this instead: mill/grind/blast/plasma a channel into one face of the horizontal stabilizer over where you will install a length of K&S tube. That tube will sleeve the outboard plane operating shaft. That ugly trench can be as wide and deep as needed to accurately center the tube with shims. Once that tube is centered you back-fill the trench with Bondo or thickened laminating resin and block-sand the surface back to contour. No drama, and the caveman milling/grinding/blasting/vaporizing is a great stress reliever (for you, not the model).
Naw! Too late. You already dragged my substantial ass down that rabbit-hole; I gotta put those verticals on now. Gee, Thanks!!!!
DavidLeave a comment:
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Lol. Yeah... I never dreamed the Seawolf would have stern planes like this and they are more tricky than verts. Hey, you don't have to add them as it wasn't until just before her fateful voyage that the THRESHER even got them. Clearly it would have been easier if the tail section on the Seawolf (JC) had the provisions for the separate tip planes but I can do a lot with a drill and if it doesn't work maybe I can modify the file and re-print it. I need to rig a fixture to hold my drill secure so I will have to channel my inner David Merriman to come up with something that will work. Ohmmm...Leave a comment:
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Thank you. I am at a point where I could easily add it. Still trying to figure out the best way to drill the fixed planes for the pivot rods for the tips.Leave a comment:
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That would be appreciated, and a much better engineered mounting than what I provided the inboards to my 1/96 model SEAWOLF.Leave a comment:
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