DELTA IV Russian submarine 1/96

[bassplayer1]

Some more general vews before moulding

[Peter W]

Stunning Yannis, simply stunning.

Peter

[bassplayer1]

Thank you Peter!
So here we go, the dirty messy job starts!

[greenman407]

May I ask how many hulls do you plan to make from that mold? In other words have you thought about offering some for sale?

[bassplayer1]

May I ask how many hulls do you plan to make from that mold? In other words have you thought about offering some for sale?

I was comissioned by a new French company to build it for them, so I believe that is going to be available soon by them!

[greenman407]

OH GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS!!! I have a 1/96 Oscar already.........as you probably know. A Delta would make a nice stable mate....after all...........they both speak Russian ya know. Looking at your pictures it reminded me that this series of the Delta has the same stern as the Oscar.

[bassplayer1]

Hallo everyone

Here is some photos and a video demoulding the tower

https://youtu.be/eUbJ0Y5Fnq0

[profesorul]

Kir YANI ,

As we expected is ABSOLUTELY SUPERB .

MARIUS

[bassplayer1]

Moulding the hull

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

It's an honest to goodness privilege to watch this careful, well thought out work. This is how to mount a mold-board! Great stuff, sir. You're taking me back to school.

M

[Davidh]

Wonderfull work.

blows my resolution class out of the water. I will echo the chorus please put up heaps more photos! This build is fascinating. A boat I have also thought about doing

David h

Australia.

[bassplayer1]

Thank you guys for the nice comments but David I'm the last one in here to take you back to school!!!! Thanks anyways !!!
Here is some photos of laminating the rear end and putting up the parting board on the upper half

[Peter W]

Yannis I want to ask a stupid question, but what is the hull master made of ? How did you build it up ?

See told you it was a stupid question !

Peter

[bassplayer1]

Peter, I use blue foam for all my masters, I find it easy to work with. I use the hot wire technique(as the airplane guys do for the wings) or a bandsaw and then I cover it with glass and epoxy. To achieve a smooth finish I use bondo and a couple of coats of two pack automotive filler sanded between coats. I tried to find some photos of this project at the early stage but I couldn't find any but here is some of another project using the same technique( this one is a "target" haha ) I hope they help !

[profesorul]

HELLO Kir YANNIS ,

You apply the resin and fiber glass directly on a blue foam ?
Doesn't melt it ?.

Do You have a picture or can You make a picture with : "... bondo and a couple of coats of two pack automotive filler ... " , PLEASE .
There are so many types and I want to see witch one You use , maybe I can find something similar in my country .
THANK YOU .

MARIUS