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  • MFR1964
    Detail Nut of the First Order

    • Sep 2010
    • 1512

    #301
    Give me 5 bucks for every time you did, as i want to stop working.

    Manfred.

    Metric rules!!, poke, poke

    I went underground

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator

      • Aug 2008
      • 13404

      #302
      Originally posted by MFR1964
      Give me 5 bucks for every time you did, as i want to stop working.

      Manfred.

      Metric rules!!, poke, poke
      (what have I done??)
      Who is John Galt?

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      • MFR1964
        Detail Nut of the First Order

        • Sep 2010
        • 1512

        #303
        Did some work on the Ko Hyoteki and found out why i had to swim, going forward no problem, reverse jammed the props, re-adjusted the space between the props to get me some space, that seems to be the solution, now everything runs smooth.
        As for the steering, the magnets came loose from their fittings, glued all fittings on both the SD and on the boat itself, next weekend i hope to make some test-trails to see if the steering and propulsion is solved, due to the size of the rudders i suspect she will turn as a pig, if so, i want to enlarge the lower rudder and keep the upper scale.


        Manfred.
        I went underground

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        • MFR1964
          Detail Nut of the First Order

          • Sep 2010
          • 1512

          #304
          Did a test this weekend, and yes, she steers like a pig, so i have to make the lower rudder larger, still have some issue's with the drive train, sometimes it runs well other times i have to row it by myself, i do have a other solution, but i first want to try to tinker the gearbox.
          The SD was dry inside, only one drop from the SAS inlet into the SD, want to place a watercatcher to solve this issue, pretty much the same way as i did with SD from the type XXIII.

          Manfred.
          Last edited by MFR1964; 05-29-2024, 01:15 PM.
          I went underground

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          • He Who Shall Not Be Named
            Moderator

            • Aug 2008
            • 13404

            #305
            Originally posted by MFR1964
            Did a test this weekend, and yes, she steers like a pig, so i have to make the lower rudder larger, still have some issue's with the drive train, sometimes it runs well other times i have to row it by myself, i do have a other solution, but i first want to try to tinker the gearbox.
            The SD was dry inside, only one drop from the SAS inlet into the SD, want to place a watercatcher to solve this issue, pretty much the same way as i did with SD from the type XXIII.

            Manfred.
            What?.... no pictures???!!!! (I lay up your Type-21 hull this weekend -- found I had some slack-time Sunday).
            Who is John Galt?

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            • MFR1964
              Detail Nut of the First Order

              • Sep 2010
              • 1512

              #306
              I guess nobody has the guts to tell you that you are a impatient guy, be patient!!, pictures will follow when i start cutting away on the rudder, first i have a type 17 to balance and do some testing with her.
              And make some room for that giant type XXI, thanks for the effort.

              Manfred.
              I went underground

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              • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                Moderator

                • Aug 2008
                • 13404

                #307
                Originally posted by MFR1964
                I guess nobody has the guts to tell you that you are a impatient guy, be patient!!, pictures will follow when i start cutting away on the rudder, first i have a type 17 to balance and do some testing with her.
                And make some room for that giant type XXI, thanks for the effort.

                Manfred.
                A man has lost all size perspective when he describes a 1/96 scale Type-21 as, 'giant'.

                What's wrong with you?

                Most of us are comfortable in the Newtonian universe where we don't get bogged down on ultra small things. But NO! Not you, Manfred: you're more at home in the micro-worlds of Bohr and Heisenberg. What are you, some kind of watch-maker??
                Who is John Galt?

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                • MFR1964
                  Detail Nut of the First Order

                  • Sep 2010
                  • 1512

                  #308
                  These times i use magnifiers, so everything looks big, i bet you now want to scrub your brains

                  Manfred.
                  I went underground

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                  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                    Moderator

                    • Aug 2008
                    • 13404

                    #309
                    Originally posted by MFR1964
                    These times i use magnifiers, so everything looks big, i bet you now want to scrub your brains

                    Manfred.
                    You do amazing work.

                    I hate you!

                    David
                    Who is John Galt?

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                    • MFR1964
                      Detail Nut of the First Order

                      • Sep 2010
                      • 1512

                      #310
                      Despite the fact i didn't trim the Type 17 because of bad weather i made a attemp at enlarging the lower rudder of the Ko Hyoteki, pictures

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                      Step one in the process, have to get the cone part seperated from the rest.

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                      This piece is held at his place with two small pins, once removed you can separate the parts as on the picture.

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                      Made some lines for the piece i wanted to cut.

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                      First pass with the cuttingwheel of the dremel.

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                      Used a baby-saw to get the piece cutted free, wanted to re-use the cutted piece for enlarging the rudder,

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                      Made on both pieces cuts with the cuttingdisk, this was done to get me a small strip of copper between the parts to give some more strength.

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                      Initially i used superglue and bakingsoda the get me the position right of both parts.

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                      For now i'm at this stage, glued the parts with epoxy glue, this has to set first, i'll leave both parts in the rough, first want to test if this helps, if not i will repeat the same at the top rudder.


                      Manfred.

                      I went underground

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                      • MFR1964
                        Detail Nut of the First Order

                        • Sep 2010
                        • 1512

                        #311
                        I has been some time, but due to the good weather i decided to slap some paint on the boat.

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                        First step, remove all things which i don't want to spray in the colour of the boat

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                        Splitted the boat in four part, hanging from wires in the garden.

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                        First run of paint, in the end i gave her three layers, better thin in the beginning, adding paint is allways possible.

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                        When the paint dried and hardened i build her together from all loose components.

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                        Made the propellors looking brass, stil have to weather them down.

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                        Conningtowerl is build up, inside of the hatch has become white.

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                        And finally the business endt to the submarine, gave the torpedo-dummy's the same colour as the hull, those can be removed to be replaced by some live torpedo's


                        Manfred.
                        I went underground

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