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[greenman407]

Alrighty then, with that info, a plan is in place. I will take these two antennas and carve them up and install the remains in their respective positions atop the sail.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

In this one the VLF loop antenna is the front bump indicated by the arrow. Looks like it is partially recessed. I can take mine and sand off the bottom to represent that. The back bump, I havent got a clue. Some of the pictures have it, some dont. Therefore I am safe to leave it off, since I dont know what it is anyway.
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For some reason, way-back-when, someone re-touched the photo of the SCORPEON (the last shot). Note that there is no induction ventilation grating at the lower portion of the sails trailing edge .... huh!?

What else did they 'alter' about the record of the boats last days? One more thing about that boat: Why is an Atlantic boat painted in the Pacific scheme?

That hemispherical bump is the top of the ECM antenna array.

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I think that Im going to use "Testors" cement for plastic models. It smells real bad, auter work pretty good. Dave?........................

Fine...................

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

It is the tube pictured here, Weld-On #16.
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The plastic hobby type glue, I have heard David explain, has been made so safe that it is useless for our work (David please correct me if I misquote you). I do not know if it will hold well in water or not. Maybe someone else could add to this conversation.

I was talking about hobby-shop air-dry putties like, Green-Stuff. It's crap!

The only thing hobby shops are good for today is glue, RTR toys, magazines and bad advice issued by tattooed idiots who would be better employed laying shingles atop roofs, doing web design for Obama, or flipping burgers.

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

It is the tube pictured here, Weld-On #16.
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The plastic hobby type glue, I have heard David explain, has been made so safe that it is useless for our work (David please correct me if I misquote you). I do not know if it will hold well in water or not. Maybe someone else could add to this conversation.

I was talking about hobby-shop air-dry putties like, Green-Stuff. It's crap!

The only thing hobby shops are good for today is glue, RTR toys, magazines and bad advice issued by tattooed idiots who would be better employed laying shingles atop roofs, doing web design for Obama, or flipping burgers.

M

[greenman407]

In this one the VLF loop antenna is the front bump indicated by the arrow. Looks like it is partially recessed. I can take mine and sand off the bottom to represent that. The back bump, I havent got a clue. Some of the pictures have it, some dont. Therefore I am safe to leave it off, since I dont know what it is anyway.

[greenman407]

In the mean time ive zoomed and highlighted and over exposed some pictures to help me with the top of the sail.

[greenman407]

I think that Im going to use "Testors" cement for plastic models. It smells real bad, auter work pretty good. Dave?........................

[trout]

It is the tube pictured here, Weld-On #16.

The plastic hobby type glue, I have heard David explain, has been made so safe that it is useless for our work (David please correct me if I misquote you). I do not know if it will hold well in water or not. Maybe someone else could add to this conversation.

[greenman407]

COOL! Whats "weld on"?

[trout]

Im pretty sure that the "Gelled Solvent Cement" in the instructions refers to the standard model airplane glue that weve all come to know and love. If I dont hear otherwise from those in the know, Ill be using that tomorrow to attach the two lower units together.

Mark, I used the cohesive first to soften the area to be bonded, then smeared on some weld-on. Joined the parts and added more cohesive. The Gato was welded together with just the thin cohesive glue.

Woot! look forward this build!

[trout]

The suggested glue for this model is not an adhesive but a cohesive that melts the plastic together and gives a better bond than super glue(CA). Unfortunately the brush that comes with the bottle is a very slow means of applying it in my opinion. So what I did was use a piece of 3/32" brass tube as a straw. Stick it down in the bottle and put your finger over the top of the tube and then insert the tube down to where you want to apply it and then release your finger and Viola! A good quantity will be released, depending on how deep you stuck it down into the bottle. You could probably use a coffee stirrer but you'd have to try it first to see if this stuff melts the straw.
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A pipette! Brilliant. Mark that is a tip that I will use. Thank you.

[greenman407]

Im pretty sure that the "Gelled Solvent Cement" in the instructions refers to the standard model airplane glue that weve all come to know and love. If I dont hear otherwise from those in the know, Ill be using that tomorrow to attach the two lower units together.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

As you can probably tell, most of what I am recording here is to those who are new to this sort of thing. To all you Grizzled Salts out there who have been around the block a few times, please disregard my ramblings.He's on his favorite

Ramble on. What you're putting out is stuff I gloss over too often -- can't be said enough. You're saving people grief. Keep at it!

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

As you can probably tell, most of what I am recording here is to those who are new to this sort of thing. To all you Grizzled Salts out there who have been around the block a few times, please disregard my ramblings.He's on his favorite

Ramble on. What you're putting out is stuff I gloss over too often -- can't be said enough. You're saving people grief. Keep at it!

M