Japanese 1/16 scale A Class midget submarine build.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks to HNSBN I shoud have a copy of Gene Berger,s drawings in my possession in a few days. As soon as I get my EZ driver in my type IX project and dialed in, I will be getting my ducks together for an EZ powered 1/24th Ha 19. One of the first things is the counter rotation gear box, that seems to be the key component in the boat. M (like the guy in the Bond movies) should be on board with his input with that situation. I can't wait to get started on this one!

Yes, I received Gene's permission to pass out copies of his Type-A drawings last night. Gene is one of the best model-builders I know ... let's see if I can get this hard-drive to spit out some of his stuff:



And I found this video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QOFAGYIHiA Go to 7::23 to see Gene's big GATO firing torpedoes.

There you go! By the way: it was Gene who introduced me to the r/c model submarining.

M

[Von Hilde]

Gene's big Gato is super scale. 1/32 or 1/24?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Gene's big Gato is super scale. 1/32 or 1/24?

It's an old 32nd Parallel kit (1/32nd scale). He's had it for at least 25 years I know of. I works very, very well in the water and is a stunner to look at.

M

[MFR1964]

Digged in on my digital archive, and found some nice pics, the search for more is on.

Manfred.

[Von Hilde]

Those are all of the Ha 19 at Mare Island the day they put it on the flatbed truck. Everybody that worked on it, at the yard came out to sign their names on the hull with chalk. Ended up getting a few thousand signatures, most washed of on the trip from San Francisco to Los Angles to the UCLA football stadium in 42. Thas where the bond tour had the Hollywood celebraty send off. There lots of pictures of it from all the cities that it visited thruout the war. Including Fredricksberg Texas. Ironiclly that is where it ended up in 91. I have searched, but havent found out how much they sold in bonds for that tour. I'll bet there were quite a few. There are rusting hulls in the Allutian Islands still left from where they were destroyed near their bunkers. I wonder why nobody ever tried to remove them for postarity sake.

[Davidh]

Hello Dave,

this is thread has been great but it seems to have run out of steam. Yes I know I'm the one asking for HWSNBN to do all the work posting, however I would still love to see heaps more pics of the build process. Even if they're not annotated, just dump heaps of pics and we can make our own conclusions.

On a slightly different topic I would love to see some pics of propeller making with silicon moulds. I would love to learn the whole process.

thanks for putting up what you have so far put up, dave

dave h

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

1/72 FOXTROT propellers

1/72 GATO propellers

1/72 SKIPJACK propeller

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Moebius SEAVIEW pump-jet

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Hello Dave,

this is thread has been great but it seems to have run out of steam. Yes I know I'm the one asking for HWSNBN to do all the work posting, however I would still love to see heaps more pics of the build process. Even if they're not annotated, just dump heaps of pics and we can make our own conclusions.

On a slightly different topic I would love to see some pics of propeller making with silicon moulds. I would love to learn the whole process.

thanks for putting up what you have so far put up, dave

dave h

I don't mind posting stuff. But I do mind wasting my time. I'll post when you state a NEED. You want something? Say so! And I will produce.

You don't squeeze the tit, you don't get the milk.



M

[Von Hilde]

The prop making process for that model woud be a nice thing to learn, for sure, but if the mold is still available, perhps, already made would be available. That would be Genes Ko Hyo Teki, I am referring to. Did he get the pitch specs off the New London boat for his props.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The prop making process for that model woud be a nice thing to learn, for sure, but if the mold is still available, perhps, already made would be available. That would be Genes Ko Hyo Teki, I am referring to. Did he get the pitch specs off the New London boat for his props.

I got as far as building the two propeller masters, no production tools put together yet, Dave.

Yes, Gene was ALL OVER those wheels while we were at the NAUTILUS museum display of that craft.

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The prop making process for that model woud be a nice thing to learn, for sure, but if the mold is still available, perhps, already made would be available. That would be Genes Ko Hyo Teki, I am referring to. Did he get the pitch specs off the New London boat for his props.

Oh ... hell! I showed off Adam's 1/16th Type-A propeller work, not Gene's as you requested.

Here's what Gene sent me:

That's him yanking dimensions off the display.

M

[MFR1964]

I got as far as building the two propeller masters, no production tools put together yet, Dave.

Yes, Gene was ALL OVER those wheels while we were at the NAUTILUS museum display of that craft.



Damned Tease!!!,suck, suck, more,suck,suck, more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gene, did a excellent job on that sub, have to suck his brains about the counter-rotating box

Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I got as far as building the two propeller masters, no production tools put together yet, Dave.

Yes, Gene was ALL OVER those wheels while we were at the NAUTILUS museum display of that craft.



Damned Tease!!!,suck, suck, more,suck,suck, more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gene, did a excellent job on that sub, have to suck his brains about the counter-rotating box

Manfred.

Ha! Now, there's a complement: Manfred asking me for some pointers. I'll try to be worthy of the request. What, specifically, do you want to see, pal?

(the tit analogy has gone completely out of control!).

M

[MFR1964]

I try to keep it japanese, otherwise this thread will be fauled with other stuff.

Some more detailed pics about Gene's propellorspinning wonderbox used on his sub, got to know!!!

How exactly do you determen the shape of the propellorblades, i mean the angle and the curve?

And more pics about the tower of the japanese sub (you know why), wether Original from real live or models, i don't mind, the more the better.


Manfred.