1/12 remote minehunting vehicle build

[ffr2608]

When I post at that other site, I copy paste the entire thing over here. It's a great way to keep our forums filled with content. I will take a look at sub.com so I can compare my ugly boats with yours....Many of mine are still on the shelf too.

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[Subculture]

I limit build threads to one forum now, along with updates on the Dive-in Facebook page. This cuts down on having to answer the same questions in triplicate. I have posted build threads on the yellow sub and the miniature Delphin over on SubCom. Also there is the BCI Nautilus and K250 P-sub, which don't have build threads but perhaps could do with something posting up about them. I don't claim to be a prolific builder, but I prefer to build from scratch and the subjects I choose are often challenging with little or no previous builds to compare with. Also like many modellers, you sometimes hit a brick wall with a project and have to put it up on a shelf for a while until you can think up a solution or one presents itself.

[ffr2608]

I'm too busy building.......;)

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Trust me, Andy's Certifiable nuts. You, Darrin, are Hog wild-dangerous-certifiable nuts.

There.

Clear?

You two should post your past and current works here. I'll determine who's king of the nut-jobs. How bout it, guys?

M

[ffr2608]

Andy, I don't take offense because I have never seen anything you've built.....

[Subculture]

Crikey, I thought I chose some bugly subjects to model, that thing takes the cake!

[redboat219]

Yes. Bending those brass control rods to fit inside the stern cone is a pain in the ass!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Whoa. You could actually fit a small diesel engine in there and make the snorkel functional.

Any progress on the KILO?

M

[redboat219]

Whoa. You could actually fit a small diesel engine in there and make the snorkel functional.

[ffr2608]

Got the appendages cast up and the initial keel built. Plan is to hollow the keel out and fill it with lead to offset the large snorkel. I have a piece of streamlined aluminum on its way and will construct its base then. Size of this boat is really cool. A 3" tube will fit if I can get the linkages flush to the hull. If not, I will go with 2.75". I plan to turn them out of gray PVC.

Started this project while I am waiting for parts to arrive on the Nacken. It is also a nice break from that monster.

[redboat219]

That would be the size of a AA battery.. Nice model.

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You could tow it behind your destroyer like a paravane.

[ffr2608]

That would be the size of a AA battery.. Nice model.

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[HvyCGN9]

Very cool!!

one of my TF72 clubmates has a 1/72 Arleigh Burke USS Pinckney DDG-91 with a non working RMS in the side hanger. (How cool would a 1/72 RMS be!!)



Cheers Bruce

[ffr2608]

Thanks Greenman....Most of it is machine made....Lathes, mills etc......


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[greenman407]

OMG! We got another Master Builder to rival the likes of Mamas Pitsilis and Dave Merriman and Joel and Pete P. and others. Im not included in this bunch, Im just a assembler type guy. Fantastic, looks machine made!