today's work

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Mother of invention...ya you are a Mother!

I. Are. Torpedoman!

[trout]

David,
The air blaster with cup, I am assuming it is for paint. Does that give a splatter pattern? If not why this design?
Peace,
Tom

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David,
The air blaster with cup, I am assuming it is for paint. Does that give a splatter pattern? If not why this design?
Peace,
Tom

Nope. It's for blasting globules of masking material against the surface of a model. The water soluble mask (PVA or cut tooth-paste), once painted over, is washed away with water revealing the mottled finish desired.

[Rick Teskey]

Torpedo man you are ,dry cleaner you not! look ,at that shirt did you sleep in it and those shoes oh my God what are they doing giving you a medal for dressing your self?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Torpedo man you are ,dry cleaner you not! look ,at that shirt did you sleep in it and those shoes oh my God what are they doing giving you a medal for dressing your self?

On a diesel-boat that's high fashion, pal. **** you!

Just qualified I got my own rack in the barracks -- this is my usual evening attire and play toys:





DBFMF!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[redboat219]

Maybe you can weigh the mass of all the plastic kits above the waterline yourself and then make an estimate to get a reasonable ballast water volume , it's really not that hard.
Mr. Merriman has done this operation tens of thousands of times and is probably tired of answering such questions, because you can do it yourself and it is not difficult.

Well for what's it worth, I just got a Type 092 Chinese SSBN I weighed the upper hull sans the sail, sailplanes, rudder and missile hatches and got 0.19kg or 190 gm.Let's over-estimate and put it at 250gm.

So the Type 092 needs around a 250ml ballast tank. With a 2" diameter wtc, the BT section would be around 5 inches long.



Noticed with David's build the front fixed stabilizer with separate rudder control surface and not a full flying rudder. Would such a small surface have the turning power?

[Ken_NJ]

Just paint em grey! Less mess. And make them interlock so they are stackable. Need a lesson???

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Just paint em grey! Less mess. And make them interlock so they are stackable. Need a lesson???

Need to kiss my fat, diabetic ass???!!!!!.....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[redboat219]

1 5w light bulb in the kitchen vs 4 15w in the workroom.

[Albacore 569]

David? What do I use to thin Bondo body putty out of tube to apply a thin coat? Lacquer thinner? Won't that attack the styrene? Or Isopropyl alcohol? Thank you in advance.

[Subculture]

Have you considered getting a 2k glazing putty?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[rwtdiver]

David,

Once again your mastery shines through! I really envy you sir... I am blessed that the good lord is giving me this time and place to admire a real craftsman at work. It is such a pleasure each morning for me to grab a nice hot cup of coffee, sit down, and go over your wonderful photos for the day.

Thank you David! You truly inspire me and give me that reason to keep moving forward (and using the tools I have at hand) to enjoy this wonderful hobby!!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat.".