Building the little Kilo submarine

[trout]

Manfred,
what model kit is this? Is this trumpeter’s 1/144 scale?

[MFR1964]

Tom, yeah it's the trumpeters kit, had it laying around in the stash, must be at least a decade or so.
The intension is a kind of recruiting boat, to infect more people to join the tribe.
Working on the floodholes and some other stuff.


Manfred.

[redboat219]

Manfred, regarding your DIY endcaps, what's the thickness of the plexiglass discs and what cohesive did you use?

[MFR1964]

Romel,

Thickness is 5 mm, used 2K epoxyglue, during curing placed them in the vice, released them after 24 hrs

Manfred.

[trout]

I am not a big Kilo fan, but your idea as an introduction for unsuspecting and vulnerable children is brilliant! Much like how David does it or how I got hooked back into this hobby.

[redboat219]

That DIY WTC of yours will likely fit in the Trumpeter 1/144 Japanese Soryu.

Screen grab from a Thai modeler's FB post.

[redboat219]

Did you encounter the same thinned out or under cast resin dive planes?

[MFR1964]

I am not a big Kilo fan, but your idea as an introduction for unsuspecting and vulnerable children is brilliant! Much like how David does it or how I got hooked back into this hobby.

The Kilo is a bit small for my taste, but ideal to hook up interested people, especially during poolruns, due to the size it's a nice boat to keep your skills sharp, i' ve got me the XXI for more victims.


Manfred.

[MFR1964]

Did you encounter the same thinned out or under cast resin dive planes?

No problems with thin casted resin parts, those things are a bit tiny and have to be handled with care.


Manfred.

[MFR1964]

Floodholes are done, made the provision for steering the front dive-planes and a dryfitt of the hull parts,



By using a metal rule as a guide, i made the floodholes with the Dremel



Cleaned up the floodholes with the X-acto knive and some sandpaper.



Made this contraption for steering the front dive-planes, it will be connected magneticly to the steeringrod on the SD.



Made a proper stand for the boat, compared to the stand delivered with the model it's more beefy.


Manfred.

[MFR1964]

Made some studs near the middle part of the hull to get it less flexing at that point.



A dryfitt of both hull parts, for now it seems to be looking good, next step will be, replacing the plastick railing by 1 mm copper, those plastick rails is asking for trouble, even by looking at them they will break.

Manfred.

[redboat219]

Will you be fixing the sail to the deck or make it removable?

[MFR1964]

A permanent fix to the upperdeck is not what ik have in mind, i like to have things removable for maintenance or transport.

Manfred.