Japanese Class A 1/16

[MFR1964]

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



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



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



Made some lines for the piece i wanted to cut.



First pass with the cuttingwheel of the dremel.



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



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.



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



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.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

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

[MFR1964]

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

Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

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??

[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.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

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).

[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.

[MFR1964]

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.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

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

Manfred.

Metric rules!!, poke, poke

(what have I done??)

[MFR1964]

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

Manfred.

Metric rules!!, poke, poke

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Idiot! You'll never see me in the water retrieving a toy submarine!

David
Perfection Every Time

[MFR1964]

Well, this was interesting,
I took the Ko Hyoteki for her maiden trip, before launch checked all functions, during her first trip i had no rudder response, due to the wind she got out of course, ended up about 30 mtr from shore, had only forward response on the throttle, only solution was getting her out by swimming, enjoy

https://youtu.be/wXoiPxWFGXU?si=wQrvpHxejl0kmwsv

It all looked good

https://youtu.be/HA0v9zAnQlw?si=JrXxk6VUDvYt7x_V

Well this was the result of the first drive, jumped in to get her, she rammed the buoyes marking the deep area and damaged her netcutter, rudder was disconnected from the steeringrods, the netcutter i have to repair, next thing on the list is the steeringrod and poor signal reception, have some homework to do before she can launched again.

Manfred.

[MFR1964]

For now the plate is full with the preparations at the house, building will start after a month or so, i can show you guys what i did last summer and some minor work this winter,



Trimming with the new amount of lead inside, she lays straight at last



All the foam strapped with elastic bands, yes, sometimes i listen to you David.




Aimed to get her slight positive, less than a inch above the surface, good enough for me.





Marked down the foam at the hull, the letters where noted down on the foam also to get them at the right place.




Stuffed down the foam inside the hull-parts, had to tinker it a bit because the two-shooter gave some problems with fitting the front part, cutted away some foam and replaced a few pieces under the big pieces, front-part fits like a glove.

For now she is ready for her maiden voyage this spring, when succesfull i will slap some paint on her and will play around with the torps, crawl, walk and run.

Manfred.

[MFR1964]

Thanks Tom,

Detailling your boat makes it stand out in the crowd, and this japanese puppy will be finished.

Manfred.

[trout]

as for details i have one rule, if it's possible i'll make it, why?, because it can be done.

Manfred.

Which is why when I add some extra detailing to one of my subs, I tell myself that it is time to Manfredize it. Sure enjoy your work!