Bronco 1:35 Type XXIII RC Build/ Conversion

[biggsgolf]

Success! Thankyou David for passing on how to this!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

lol@David! In hindsight I maybe should have left the uncut areas until cutting the Starboard side

Eeeeeuuuup.

Insert three plastic shims of kerf thickness, tack glue in place, and proceed with cutting the other side.

https://youtu.be/cpp2J5ZwMmg

Idiot!

David

[biggsgolf]

lol@David! In hindsight I maybe should have left the uncut areas until cutting the Starboard side

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Starboard cut done, went very well, used hand saw to cut where strings are located

You taking notes, Casey????!!!!!

[biggsgolf]

Starboard cut done, went very well, used hand saw to cut where strings are located

[biggsgolf]

Rough Fabrication of eventual Thrust Bearing

[biggsgolf]

Rough fabricating the WTC Cradles

[biggsgolf]

Yes I do

[Das Boot]

Are you going to cut any extra flood grates in the bottom of the hull?

[biggsgolf]

Next I epoxied the hull halves keels on the inside before gluing together. Tomorrow I will epoxy the upper hull seams.

[biggsgolf]

Ok, installed grills in hull, Torpedo Doors, marked where rudder rod holes will be, drilled 1MM hole for rudder control wire if I choose over a wheel lock, and glued the halves together.

[biggsgolf]

Yes, it's not one continuous cut, small slow jabs working in depth. Should take an hour.

[Das Boot]

What I’m going to remember from Dave’s posts, is TAKE YOUR TIME. Score the plastic slowly, as many times as it takes. I have to keep this in my head when it’s my time to start. I think this is probably the hardest part of the build, but can be accomplished with patience.

[biggsgolf]

I am doing what David does by using Diamond wheels, seems to me that a thinnest blade will be best and large teeth will jerk the model and rotary around causing major issues, just my opinion, mine are .60 MM

[redboat219]

Scoring the supports really simplifies the snipping process. The Diamond Cutting wheel did awesome and gives me confidence for when I do the Horizontal Hull cut.

Will a mini circular saw give a cleaner cut than a diamond wheel?