today's work

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The new box in the first few pics, input power and a socket so output power, perhaps for a vacuum connection. Holes, maybe for a vacuum suction? Adding screens possibly for vacuum forming.

Other older pictures show a vacuum forming setup. Hot plate to warm styrene with an old vacuum forming setup. And an older box that looks close to the newer box.

So, must be a new vacuum forming setup. Same pictures on Facebook with no other information.

The refinished 'box' is a Barber's vacuum. Ellie pulled it out of pier side Dumpster when I was aboard the YOSEMITY AD-19, working as a Diver. We had just started the business and outfitted much of our shop (a single-car garage in Navy housing) with tools and consumables from midnight dumpster diving at the piers and adjacent base machine-shops. I was a master Scrounger and identified all the model builders and kit assemblers aboard the Yo-Yo and SIMA facilities -- I spent a lot of time digging through metal and plastic discard bins in those shops.





That vacuum machine -- covered in coffee grounds and God-knows-what-kind-of-slim (Ellie was fearless!) -- was liberated from the base over forty-years ago; God knows how long it was aboard a ships 'services' Department before that. It's ancient hardware, but runs good. I modified it by plugging the vacuum inlets, punching a hole in the side (later, as illustrated in my recent post, the hole transferred to the top of the machine) and attached some expanded plat and chicken wire to form air evacuation channels on the plenums face.

Yeah, it's a vacuforming machine. Duh!

[DrSchmidt]

OK. That's a load off the table. Thanks. Can I keep the set as parts for my boat? (tooling -- though doable for those items -- would have been, ah, ... Interesting).

Time for my hideous nap. After that, onto the spin casting tool.


David

Sure, those were for you right from the start. I have mine already here on my side of the pond....

[Ken_NJ]

The new box in the first few pics, input power and a socket so output power, perhaps for a vacuum connection. Holes, maybe for a vacuum suction? Adding screens possibly for vacuum forming.

Other older pictures show a vacuum forming setup. Hot plate to warm styrene with an old vacuum forming setup. And an older box that looks close to the newer box.

So, must be a new vacuum forming setup. Same pictures on Facebook with no other information.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I think there's no need to make masters for the mast boxes. Those can easily be 3d-printed....

OK. That's a load off the table. Thanks. Can I keep the set as parts for my boat? (tooling -- though doable for those items -- would have been, ah, ... Interesting).

Time for my hideous nap. After that, onto the spin casting tool.


David

[DrSchmidt]

I think there's no need to make masters for the mast boxes. Those can easily be 3d-printed....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Lovin it.....

You have been so patient with me. Time for me to fulfill my obligation, made over a year ago. In the intervening months I've been able to ready my boats for regattas and do some one-on-one training of local talent.

Tonight I put all the U-1's tiny masters onto the first half of the spin-casting tool embedment, and start in on the ugly job of clay-masking those open framed 'box' do-hickies.

The objective is to produce parts for you and me -- with three extra sets for you to pass out as you please.

At the conclusion of my work I will send you all master, tools and assembly jigs (if any, don't know if any will be needed at this stage).

David

[DrSchmidt]

Lovin it.....

[redboat219]

Doesn't the 2" subdriver for the 1/72 type vii have a 7 oz ballast tank volume? If that 6.7 is in ounces then you're in luck.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

https://youtu.be/VOZYY5kIQqc

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Just wondering if the British XMS X-Craft had any special meaning to you

Nope. Just another modeling project.

[biggsgolf]

Why not. Small for little pools, only four-channels required, easy to take around as carry-on, and I like the smalls stuff.

Just wondering if the British XMS X-Craft had any special meaning to you

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

here's mine with a 40mm tube.


diy endcaps made from plastic plugs and orings

See that you glued the saddle charges to the hull.
Have this idea of using magnets to make them removable to show an unarmed boat. They also help hide the seam if you're going with a longitudinal hull cut.

Talk'n parts done.

[redboat219]

here's mine with a 40mm tube.


diy endcaps made from plastic plugs and orings

See that you glued the saddle charges to the hull.
Have this idea of using magnets to make them removable to show an unarmed boat. They also help hide the seam if you're going with a longitudinal hull cut.