My Projects

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks David, been using your build as a reference!

Good to hear. An excellent kit, as is their Type-7 and GATO

[biggsgolf]

Thanks David, been using your build as a reference!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Doing initial measurements

[biggsgolf]

Doing initial measurements

[biggsgolf]

Revell Type IX C starts

[biggsgolf]

A bit of weathering

[biggsgolf]

5:1 Light Sea Grey to Sea Grey

[biggsgolf]

So, it took days to get her trimmed, at one point I ripped most of the weights and foam out. She is now trimmed for fresh water, will change a bit in saltwater. I primed her again. Due to sizing the files down so much and the layer orientation she is splintering on the outside, I covered the inside with fiberglass, we'll see....

[biggsgolf]

Trimming the boat

[biggsgolf]

Forward Servo and navigation lights installed

[biggsgolf]

" Done with this guy"

[biggsgolf]

Moving on to installing forward servo and electrical wires for lights

[biggsgolf]

Designing upper hull hold down to tail

[biggsgolf]

Epoxied the windows, need to clean up the sail, guess I will have to have light behind them along with navigation lights,

[biggsgolf]

That is not the correct anchor for Nautilus, or any other USN ship. Yes, I'm a rivet counter, having served for 23 years and, I have the 1:1 scale Nautilus parked just a few miles from where I sit now. I don't know what the actual specs are for the hook, but a USN anchor for a WWII destroyer in the same scale should work. What you purchased is a European anchor. Model Monkey (Steve Larson) makes nice 3D printed stuff. Good luck!

You are correct!