today's work

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David -
Is this the Masterpiece1/77 31” Nautilus and if so are you aware of any available wtc’s for it? I understand that they were once available but discontinued. Thank you.
Tim

No, Tim, I think it was a proper Scott Brodeen kit. Today I've assembled or examined all three 31" kits of this beast: the Total Immersion (a rip-off of Scott's work); Scotts kit; and the (currently I've only examined kit parts) Master Piece Models kit.

(contact me for a SD for this thing -- I don't do this for any schlub, I hope you know!)

And, I must say, though the Master Piece Models kit is most likely based on Scotts masters, things were much improved as to the crispness of those little things like deck grating, and plating smoothness between rivets; it shows a lot of work to produce a great product. Though no metal parts were offered, the resin versions of those smaller, thin-walled parts, were pit-free and perfectly registered.

Tim: You're not ready yet for the NAUTILUS.

Crawl... stumble.... walk.... jog.... sprint.... In that order, pal!

So far you got one rather conventional type r/c submarine running in a credible manner.

Fine.

Not enough!

You've graduated past the walk stage. You are far from ready to sprint like an Olympian.

Slow down, hobby-boy! Enjoy the ride.

Unless you're a mechanic with God-like abilities as me, You'll find that r/c'ing the Disney NAUTILUS, in a scale-like manner, involves the engineering and fabrication of a shaft gimbaling mechanism, and use of an industrial grade milling machine to substantially reduce the wall thickness of the above waterline portions of hull.

[Timothy L]

David -
Is this the Masterpiece1/77 31” Nautilus and if so are you aware of any available wtc’s for it? I understand that they were once available but discontinued. Thank you.
Tim

[Fishb0y]

Thanks for putting together that Cabin Fever video, David! I’ve been talking about the show nonstop to anyone who’ll listen… and, judging by the looks I’m getting, most of them are probably wishing I’d stop by now.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Did the Albacore running footage not make the final cut?

The ALBACORE was the first boat in the water, Thursday afternoon (show started Friday but vendors and exhibitors had the run of the place Thursday to set up and get things running for the show). Ran great, however the plan was to only trim out my boats that day as we only had a few hours of water time and I wanted all the boats, five of them, up and ready to go for Friday and Saturday. No time to video.

And that's a shame, as Friday I needed to cannibalize some hose from the ALBACOR's SD to replace two universals on my 1/96 Type-21, and that put the ALBACORE OOC for the show. No underway footage. Sorry.

But here is some video of the thing being tested at the Lynnhaven Dive Center a few years back. Note that the boat is still in primer gray.

https://youtu.be/4NIRblzfz_8

[Subculture]

Did the Albacore running footage not make the final cut?

[Subculture]

I'll put you through that f*cking wall!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Now I remember who Dave Jacob reminded me of. Frank Murphy from F is for family.

Ha! I'll make sure he sees this post.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

1. Merit 1/35 British X-craft
2. Italian CB
3. Trumpeter 1/144 PLAN Type 092 Xia class SSBN

The Italian sub for Steve, a re-built SD for Bill, and a new Type-23 SD for Don.

[Subculture]

Now I remember who Dave Jacob reminded me of. Frank Murphy from F is for family.

[DrSchmidt]

Three obligations to get out of the way first; projects I promised to complete for others before I got back onto my own. So, to answer, nothing new for the foreseeable future. Likely, for this season, I'll be running the same old boats I've been driving for years.

You have an U1 kit......

[redboat219]

1. Merit 1/35 British X-craft
2. Italian CB
3. Trumpeter 1/144 PLAN Type 092 Xia class SSBN

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Now that Cabin Fever has concluded, what's next on your build?

Three obligations to get out of the way first; projects I promised to complete for others before I got back onto my own. So, to answer, nothing new for the foreseeable future. Likely, for this season, I'll be running the same old boats I've been driving for years.

[redboat219]

Now that Cabin Fever has concluded, what's next on your build?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

How in the world did you get two driveshafts, hooked up to two propellers, in that small space? I hate you.

With skill, nerves of steel, good looks, and an arrangement with the Devil himself.

[Das Boot]

How in the world did you get two driveshafts, hooked up to two propellers, in that small space? I hate you.