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  • redboat219
    Admiral
    • Dec 2008
    • 2735

    Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named

    The brain is the second thing to go

    David
    Let me guess the first.
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    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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    • trout
      Admiral
      • Jul 2011
      • 3545

      I can't remember the first.
      If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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      • He Who Shall Not Be Named
        Moderator
        • Aug 2008
        • 12256

        Originally posted by rwtdiver

        No apologies required, sir! I am having this same brain dump as well, and that is why I am on the yellow legal pad now! Geez, it's crap getting old!!!

        OH, and what was the first?? I think mine is missing!!!

        Rob (not Ron)
        "Firemen can stand the heat"
        Decorum prevents further amplification on that, my friend. Yeah. Gett'n old is a *****, but it beats not gett'n older.

        David
        Who is John Galt?

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        • rwtdiver
          Vice Admiral
          • Feb 2019
          • 1770

          Time to get back on tract!

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          I have the new stern section printed out, and the top rudder section cut away in order to give more room for the installation of rudders and dive plains linkage systems.

          As per the photo you see the new brass sleeves cut and ready to install. This will be coming tomorrow. Right after I unpack my new Arkmodel 1:48 scale German type Vll submarine kit, and the new 80 mm WTC that I will be using to power this sub. This is the new sub and WTC that I ordered from Bob (Nautilus Drydocks) Can't wait!!

          Just got word, UPS said I have to wait until tomorrow, Wednesday!!! Weather issues! Another sleepless night!! :-))

          Rob
          "Firemen can stand the heat"
          Last edited by rwtdiver; 02-08-2022, 01:36 PM.

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          • SubDude
            Captain
            • Dec 2019
            • 803

            Squirrel!!!

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            • rwtdiver
              Vice Admiral
              • Feb 2019
              • 1770

              Originally posted by RCJetDude
              Squirrel!!!
              Steve,

              I guess I will have to draw on my retired Librarian wife to help with "Squirrel" ??

              Rob
              "Firemen can stand the heat"

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              • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                Moderator
                • Aug 2008
                • 12256

                Originally posted by rwtdiver

                Steve,

                I guess I will have to draw on my retired Librarian wife to help with "Squirrel" ??

                Rob
                "Firemen can stand the heat"
                Who is John Galt?

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                • SubDude
                  Captain
                  • Dec 2019
                  • 803

                  Yeah, it's from the movie UP. A Squirrel being a sudden easy distraction to the dogs in the movie. So to is the Type VII. Lol.

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                  • rwtdiver
                    Vice Admiral
                    • Feb 2019
                    • 1770

                    Originally posted by RCJetDude
                    Yeah, it's from the movie UP. A Squirrel being a sudden easy distraction to the dogs in the movie. So to is the Type VII. Lol.
                    Steve,

                    OK! I got it!

                    I have managed to get more done on my third attempt on the Alfa stern section.

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                    Photo above shows the bushing installed.

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                    This photo shows the bushing cut to size and glued in. Also, pre-installed shafts to make sure they fit properly and move cleanly with no binding. Now comes the control surface fittings, prior to the dreaded shat glue up!!

                    Rob
                    "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                    • rwtdiver
                      Vice Admiral
                      • Feb 2019
                      • 1770

                      Update on the Alfa Stern!

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                      The linkages and the control surfaces (rudders and dive planes) work great! The Vaseline trick worked! Now will come the propulsion shaft and pro install.

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                      SIDE NOTE: My Arkmodel 1:48 German Vll arrived today, along with the 80 mm WTC! I purchased it from Bob (Nautilus Drydocks) My plan is to start a build blog on the Nautilus Drydocks forum. I realize there are a few builds of this boat, but I feel it's best to keep them separate because we all have different build styles. My build will not be complicated in the least, but I will be doing a weathering paint scheme on this boat, and it will be in line with the video that Bob has out on how he accomplished his.

                      Rob
                      "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                      • Das Boot
                        Rear Admiral
                        • Dec 2019
                        • 1149

                        Originally posted by redboat219

                        Let me guess the first.
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                        Oh good God.
                        Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”

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                        • rwtdiver
                          Vice Admiral
                          • Feb 2019
                          • 1770

                          Common you guys!! I think enough is enough! I would really like to see us get back to building submarines! If we are trying to get more people involved with this hobby, I do not think this is really the way to do it! If this post PO'S some of you, so be it!!

                          Rob
                          "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                          • rwtdiver
                            Vice Admiral
                            • Feb 2019
                            • 1770

                            I am now getting ready to install a screw (propeller) shaft!

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                            The shaft itself back to the WTC will be 1/8" dia. I cut a brass sleeve that fits inside the propeller, and my thought is to solder the brass sleeve and the shaft into the propeller.

                            Question: Is there a better way? "SUB" Ed mentioned using a high end epoxy, or would soldering be better?

                            Rob
                            "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                            • rwtdiver
                              Vice Admiral
                              • Feb 2019
                              • 1770

                              I made the decision to solder the prop to the shaft!

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                              After scuffing, and cleaning the interior of the prop, and cleaning the brass sleeve and the shaft itself, adding my flux and using my Dremel torch, we soldered it up! The solder did a good job of sweating into the prop and around the shaft. I am letting it cool naturally and with no water. I think we have it!

                              Rob
                              "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                              • rwtdiver
                                Vice Admiral
                                • Feb 2019
                                • 1770

                                The prop is now part of the shaft!

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                                Using the correct heat source and heat along with the right flux and solder, it works every time! The prop came out true and lined up perfectly with the shaft.

                                Next will come the stern section along with the control surfaces and the propeller shaft installed and then the attachment to the hull stern.

                                Rob
                                "Firemen can stand the heat"

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