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Unique boat. I love it!
I have the molds for this boat now and they're going to end up with Loyalhanna in the coming weeks. Should still be available through me once we get the site updated in a few weeks.Leave a comment:
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Project 665 Whiskey long bin 1/50
Hi! This is a short presentation of the assembly and outfitting of the 1/50 Kit once produced by Mr. Lazar Kerzmann. I purchased it in 2018. It tourned out beeing the prototype that had been partially assembled by himself and soon was given to a fellow modeller who later returned it to Mr.Kerzmann. Originally build as a dry hull like the large old Engel kits, i am converting it into a wet hull with 2 dry compartments, a large snort balast tank, main drive and separate service battery, retractable bow planes, retractable masts.The pictures show the config with a small piston trim tank that will most likely not be installed finally. No newer pictures yet. The plane mechanism provided with the model was useless and had to be rebuild.
Status as delivered :
Construction of the main compartment:
forward compartment for bowplane and mast operation:
Overview of the principal layout, no wtc cylinders in place:
working on the upper hull:
Reconstruction of the foldable forward planes:
Not yet on show are the changes to the main compartment.i will delete the trim tank and its roller pump for saving space, mostly for safety concerns. That boat will have a slighly positive bouyancy, gollowing Bob's suggestions about large boats in his book. Will also shorten the compartment. The pre-installed stern tubes were cut free from the surrounding epoxy with a specially self-made cirkular saw and shortened a lot more, too. This helps moving the balast tank further to the boats centre. The gear for the rudder has been replaced with a normal rudder lever.
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