1/12 remote minehunting vehicle build

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I'm sorry, I'm the guy who got this thread off-topic. I should have kept my smart-ass remarks to myself. Sorry about the pig-pile I started there, Darrin. Otherwise, I'm very much enjoying this mine-hunting model Darrin has come up with.

So, guy's: please keep the comments focused on Darrin's build.

Thanks.

M

[Albion]

Digs? There's a right side and a wrong side to get out if the bed

[ffr2608]

Andy,

To sum up your contributions to this thread:

2 digs on my actual model
4 off topic posts.

You have made my point on post 13.


D

[Subculture]

Unusual to see you using CSM in place of cloth.

[ffr2608]

Control surfaces are built. Center rods will somehow link up to the WTC in the aft section. You can see that the controls are split by side and rotate opposite each other.

Figured out what to use for the long snorkel.....Midsize RC helicopter blades. Perfect length, chord and very light.

[Subculture]

You're not the first person I've heard that from, and I don't think you'll be the last. I used to be a regular attendee at Sandown, as I was also a member of the AMS up until 2006, but couldn't always make it as I have to work some weekends. That show has sadly gone the way of the dodo.

[Peter W]

Andy, No we haven't met although we live within 30/40 miles of each other......give or take. The only 2 other sub guys I know are in their late 60's early 70's. As you can see from my Akula build life gets in the way sometimes and my attendance at shows etc have been few and far between. My age in the hobby was actually an issue at one Sandown Park event, I was at the time an AMS member, probably 23 or 24, and as such introduced myself to the stand staff, they weren't interested in me. I didn't renew my membership.

Hopefully I will get enough time to bring the Akula and my others to a Dive In event in the not too distant future.

Peter

[ffr2608]

41 and the second youngest member of my club.......

[Subculture]

Hang on a minute I am 35, does that make me an old fart ?

No, it makes you an exception to the rule. Most of the active UK members in this hobby are in their six decade or beyond. You do see the odd younger member coming along, but they're quite a rarity.

Do you know any other model submariners in your age bracket? Ever attended any shows or events (I don't recall having met you).

[ffr2608]

The resources are there. The desire to use them and actually build something is not. "I want it now and don't want to build it". That goes for young and old over here........

D

[Peter W]

Hang on a minute I am 35, does that make me an old fart ? reading a comment Andy made elsewhere about not knowing anyone in there 20's, 30's etc I have been building subs since I was 21, a Sheerline Trafalgar.

Peter

[Subculture]

I don't believe the lack of fresh faces coming into the game has much to do with any of those factors.

There's much better equipment available in this hobby than there was years ago, and the opportunity to use good water here in the UK has never been better (and from my own observations the U.S doesn't seem to be that hard up either).

What there is a lack of in this country, is the right kind of attitude to make it happen. You mention a British site, I assume you're referring to the AMS. The forum administrator has thrown in the towel and taken his ball home. Why? The attitude of a small number of individuals. Sadly it isn't the younger members causing problems, it's the senior members who insist on things being done a certain way and which doesn't work any longer.

[crazygary]

O.K.!! O.K.!! How 'bout this...
...valley of the shadow of death...! Huh!!
Senior brain fart there!!

CG

[crazygary]

Yay, tho we walk through the shadow of the valley of death, don't
mean we can't kick a little A** along the way!!

"Name taking is optional"!!!!

CG

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

On that topic, I agree with Darrin. Post often and post everywhere we can. Wave the Flag wherever and whenever we can.

This little hobby of ours is on the ropes: no real 'new-blood' is coming into the game; we are loosing the support of the r/c manufacturers; good bodies of water in which to operate are going away to development and regulations; and we old farts are fading away: just look at the British site, it's not terribly active and those who run it are facing issues of their own -- what's happening there will soon plague the other sites.

Yeah ... do one WIP, copy it, and smear it across every forum, BB, and discussion group you can find that will host it.

This hobby (along with any other craft that involves the creative use of hands) is going slowly down the drain. I suggest we don't let that happened without a good fight.

M