Moebius (Revell) Skipjack Build

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David,
Thank you. Most of these photos were taken with my iPad. I have an older Canon SLR that I use too! I noticed that your posting has vBulletin links to something, not showing what though.
peace,
tom

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Excellent photograph, Tom. Very good composition that takes potentially confusing steps and explains them away visually. Good stuff, sir. What kind of camera are you using?

The effect of 'oil-canning' of plate between frames and stringers is done with paint, but at a distance does adequately render the look of surface deformation -- in reality a consequence of wave action and the natural tendency of elastic metal de-stressing over time, not 'pressure'.



David

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I needed to make sure the parts aligned O.K. and put another rod through to test. Being a soft metal, it is not unheard of it getting bent. A quick twist here and there and all lined up.



Then holding your tongue in just the right position, the plane will slide into the control arm. On the rudder, had to file and sand the base of the planes were the rod enters the casting. There was a buildup of paint creating a bind. This looks like it is 1/8" rod.

Looking in the hull towards the aft end.


Range is more than needed for this little rocket.



The sail planes went on easily.


I need to customize this sub a little. You know put my signature on it so to speak.......
I will add lights to this sub!

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Went to work on putting things together.
The planes use 1/16" rod. Measured the location of the grub screw with a Sharpe. This will be the area I file flat for the grub or set screw to lock into.
First, I love the shading and work David put into this. His abilities as a master shines through.


Tested the fit and checked that the set screw hit the flat area.

You can see the circle from the cup of the set screw. Call this one done.

I will use a Z bend to connect the pushrod. Since the aft end is glued, It will take a little to get things connected.

I love Z bending pliers.



Now a trick I learned from David is to put a drop of CA to the connection of the rod and the plane control.



This keeps it from flopping all over the place as I try to align it with the rod going through the plain. Once it is installed the CA breaks free pretty easily.

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No, David did as he preaches and everything was packaged up real well.
double boxed and small appendages and bits and pieces inside the hull. Unlike my Frankenstein box, David's looked like it was made for the submarine.

David, fill in the history as to why you did not finish this hull. I have these photos for reference and I am assuming this is the hull shown in the photos.
Correct me if I am wrong, this paint schedule is a just launched scheme - did they keep this until the trials were over?






















From what I can gather, this used rattle can paint that you put into your airbrush. My initial look over was this project was stopped early on. I noticed the paint was brittle and chipped off in areas (will document). The craftsmanship is the standard great work that David does. It is fun to hold and examine his work.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

No critic on the packaging? ;)

Way to stir the pot, Scott!

[Scott T]

No critic on the packaging? ;)

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Well, as David shared, my original Skipjack (photo in prior post) is going to a new home.
David took pity on me and sent me some rejected, dusty, neglected piece of work. O.K., it is pretty nice, but his note was SO David.


Just in case you cannot read the note, here it is:

I am glad he put the other "O" in there.

So here we will bering the assembly of a Skipjack and how I got it to be ready for a pond.

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Took the Skipjack out for a shake down run after a winter break. Love the way she handles. Took a video too....will post.

[HvyCGN9]

Going to get my boat ready for a run this weekend.......weather permitting

[HvyCGN9]

Bruce, how many do you need?

I was going to get a pack(10 I think) but flat broke for next month due to work van brake repairs!!(the carefully crafted budget went "BOOM".....)

Cheers Bruce

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Bruce, how many do you need?

[HvyCGN9]

went to order some of the cylinder magnets to make some air connectors.....turns out the company won't ship direct to Oz because our stupid Govt has brought in some badly worded regulation that the company doesn't wish to test...yet I could get similar (but not quite same size) from Evil Bay out of China no problems....

What is the world coming too....Hey Dave make some magnetic air connectors then we can buy em from you guys!!

Cheers Bruce

[crazygary]

Gees, Tom! That totally sucks!!

Gived ya a bit o' the old "Ho-Chi-Minh-2-Step", ey!!??
Bummer, dude!!!!

Hope it's an easy fix for you!!

CG

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Went to Southern California to a Fun Run held at the Yorba Regional Park in Anaheim. What a gorgeous day! I had brought along 3 subs. The Skipjack, Gato and Type XXIII.
So let me tell you about the adventures with the Skipjack. Silly me for not getting it and running it in the water beforehand, but certain things came up and I could not. I briefly got the sub in the tub, but that did not tell me much. Anyways, I had made modifications to the servo pushrods and throw of the leveler, added magnetic connectors. This plus adding a different TX module on the WFly radio all combined to on interesting run. At one point the sub did a steep dive and disappeared. I stopped the engines and pushed it over to blow. Then waited and waited (it might have been just seconds, but it seemed like an eternity). Further out in the pond and heading the opposite direction of what the initial dive was, popped up the Skipjack. Thank you David for designing an EXCELLENT Sub-Driver. Once on the surface I brought the sub in and went to change my shorts.

I will open her up and give an update at a later time.