today's work

[ffr2608]

Small spray of WD40 in the can will preserve them for some time. I used to build tiny rc boats as a kid by putting the prop directly on the shaft and gluing the motor to the bottom of the hull.
Hull looks great Dave...

Darrin

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Very short. some nasty sound indicates need for replacement. I did that with revell models as a kid. Would not do that again.

This is not a promising engine installation.

Romel, you need to do practical work. Build a boat from the start and run it. Find solutions instead of asking what might work or what could work better. Trial and error it is!

Jörg

As an unschooled 'practical engineer, the only way I can get a mechanism to work properly is through the process of try something and alter the arrangement till the system works as intended. Elon Musk has made popular the word 'iteration'; his method of achieving flight-qualified hardware. Same thing -- build it, run it till something breaks, fix the broken part, run it again. Keep up the process till the desired performance is achieved and call it a day. I've run these cheap ass little can motors in the wet for years. When they ****-the-bed I just pop a new one in there. I got hundreds of these little things, left over from our Caswell days.

As for our friend, Romel. "Yeah!, what Jorg just said!"

David
Dumb-Ass Torpedoman with good hands

[JHapprich]

Very short. some nasty sound indicates need for replacement. I did that with revell models as a kid. Would not do that again.

This is not a promising engine installation.

Romel, you need to do practical work. Build a boat from the start and run it. Find solutions instead of asking what might work or what could work better. Trial and error it is!

Jörg

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

How long would these motor last before needing replacement running in lake, pond or swimming pool (chlorinated or salt)?

Would "motor in the wet" be applicable for a 1/72 Revell Type VII or IX?

Yet to be determined.

[redboat219]

How long would these motor last before needing replacement running in lake, pond or swimming pool (chlorinated or salt)?

Would "motor in the wet" be applicable for a 1/72 Revell Type VII or IX?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Okey guys, on the count of three...

LOL (touché)

[redboat219]

How about I stick the pointy-end of a broom-stick up my ass so I can sweep the place as I shuffle out the door?

Okey guys, on the count of three...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

How about a towed water proof camera housing disguised as a V2 rocket submarine barge Prüfstand XII?

How about I stick the pointy-end of a broom-stick up my ass so I can sweep the place as I shuffle out the door?

How about YOU finishing something and getting it to work credibly in the water???????

[redboat219]

How about a towed water proof camera housing disguised as a V2 rocket submarine barge Prüfstand XII?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Too bad you no longer have 1/96 torpedo launchers. .

To much of a handful at the lake.

[redboat219]

Too bad you no longer have 1/96 torpedo launchers. .

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A trick I use for marine growth:
Black RTV silicone tinted green with enamel paint. I use a short stipple brush to push it on. Very similar to oil painting Bob Ross style.
Don't expect paint to stick to it later but it has stayed on for years with a nice "softness" to it.

I like it! Got to give that a try.

[ffr2608]

A trick I use for marine growth:
Black RTV silicone tinted green with enamel paint. I use a short stipple brush to push it on. Very similar to oil painting Bob Ross style.
Don't expect paint to stick to it later but it has stayed on for years with a nice "softness" to it.