Scratch build Skipjack-conversion : Project 1710 Beluga in 1/63 scale

[JHapprich]

Carbide disc kissed cfk.

needs denture now...

Diamonds are this boats best friends...

[JHapprich]

Thank you!

More detail work and i started scribing. Will make another tool for the jig using a carbide cutting disc with depth gauge for straight lines. Not happy with the diamond needle file's tip!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Now, that is SLICK!

[JHapprich]

A simple construction for parallel milling:

[JHapprich]

Made a rubber-string loaded pen holder that allows longitudinally shifting. Nothing new BUT mine uses the jig as a rail. Greatly helps measuring and marking.

[JHapprich]

Started marking the limber holes:

[JHapprich]

Greetings. Today on the menue: filling the sail's edge and 90 percent of sanding down the plane's fillets. Also managed to adjust my phones camera to actually catch the boat in proper dimensions, for some reason it was always looking stretched in the pictures.

Am now do very looking forward to detailing and scribing. During drying of the resin these days, i started assembling my semiscale Kehrer ALFA for fun...

[JHapprich]

Which one? That from Andy with backseats flipped i suppose, mine' s slightly over 1mtre, but its FAT! Enough to incorporate a nice big SLA and a short'n wide balast tank that comes without baffles!

Jörg

[Davidh]

Impressive Joerg!

Certainly has a presence to it. Will it fit in the back of the car?

Dave.

[JHapprich]

YES! I managed to find some old pictures from Andy Jungmann's large 2 metre Beluga, whos build log (roteflotte borgcore) drew my attention to the 1710 many years ago. Sadly, that site is no longer available. Two pictures of his model attached. Back then he used a set of plans that is wrong in details, actually there are 2 slightly different versions commonly available when you google 'em.

By now ill stick to my sail as is and wait for the black color to see if its right. Mybe enlengthen that sternward ridge a bit.
the sail makes up at least 50% of the right "look" of that specific model imo. Very distinctive. Wrong, youll get an ugly sibling of the Alfa or Akula.

Jörg



Thats about 60kg of awesome!
Pressurized air, snorkel, onboard compressor, homegrown engine.

wonder what happened to Andy and his large scale model subs...

[JHapprich]

Sail once more. Will add the transition to the deck after the paint has dried.

[JHapprich]

Errors identified! More s-curve to the front, more "hunchback" to the stern. Meanwile i found some nice footage:

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

From what was the worst, vile looking collision of varied substrates, glue smears, and tool-marks... emerges a stunning butterfly!

The magic of a unifying coat of light-colored primer well demonstrated sir. Invigorating, isn't it?

Sure. It still has flaws, but now they are more apparent, and will soon suffer your terrible wrath.

The Commie Speed-Demon is coming to life.

Go get 'em, Tiger!

https://youtu.be/-s1s5K52zEQ

David

[JHapprich]

Fill-grind-repeat.



That sail shape is not easy to replicate!

A solution to produce even "channels" for the planes to rotate without binding: insert shaft, put over a proper piece of tube and sanding paper and start...grinding.



Bored from all that "grinding", i finished another project: recycling our old kitchen chairs. One was turned into our 3y boy's bench. Another into our 5y girl's gardening table. I made a new stand for my boats.



My wife got new chairs afterall!

Still unsatisfied with that bl***y sail, i made some ingenious papercard templates grom those miserable downloaded sketches i have and had some good deal of grinding-again.




In the end, after inhaling all that nasty dust i came to deciding i cannot have that yunkyard look anymore. Let's paint that thing!



Seriously, the upper hull was roughenend up using 1200' grit and then washed with alcohol. Afterwards, grey primer was sprayed on so i can finally see what i am doing. And blame me, the sail is still wrong!

Mr. Merriman, i need some of that unicorn pee!
(New sail template already made)

Jörg

[JHapprich]

Jupp. The grey paint will help spotting uneven areas and symmetrie checking.

Cold here, last sunny afternoons so i need to hurry up with the basic resin works. Have to wait until tomorrow so i can finish sanding.

Jörg