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  • rwtdiver
    Vice Admiral
    • Feb 2019
    • 1769

    Sm uc 5 u-boat

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    This is a German WWl U-Boat that was designed as a coastal mine laying submarine. Interesting subject with I think nice looking lines! I have started the printing process, and I will post up my progress as it moves along!

    Rob
    "Firemen can stand the heat"
  • neitosub
    Lieutenant Commander
    • Nov 2021
    • 129

    #2
    Very cool Rob! It’s interesting to see that the Germans experimented with quasi-teardrop shaped hulls all the way back in World War One!

    Nate

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    • Das Boot
      Rear Admiral
      • Dec 2019
      • 1149

      #3
      Progress on Holland?
      Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”

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      • rwtdiver
        Vice Admiral
        • Feb 2019
        • 1769

        #4
        Originally posted by Das Boot
        Progress on Holland?
        Sorry Casey! This is not the Holland Build!

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        progress update on the SM UC 5 U-BOAT. As you can see, I still have one more upper hull section to complete. (Which is printing as I write) I do have all the accessories (in the jars) completed. I am currently waiting on the acrylic 2.5" X 24" tube which will serve as the WTC for this boat.

        Rob
        "Firemen can stand the heat"
        Last edited by rwtdiver; 08-29-2022, 08:29 AM.

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        • rwtdiver
          Vice Admiral
          • Feb 2019
          • 1769

          #5
          Update on the SM UC 5 U-Boat!

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          I have completed all the 3D printing of the hull sections.

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          The 2.5" OD X 2.25" ID Acrylic 24" tube has arrived that I will be using for the WTC. The boat is 36" overall length with a 3.50" Beam.

          I am just in the finishing stage on the Holland 1, then I can start on the SM UC 5 build up.

          Rob
          "Firemen can stand the heat"

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          • rwtdiver
            Vice Admiral
            • Feb 2019
            • 1769

            #6
            I have finally completed the HMS Holland 1 (Except for final finish work) So now I can pick up where I left of with the SM UC 5 U-Boat!

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            Everything is 3D printed and ready to go together. I am going to get the hull glued together and then start on the 2.5" WTC, design and fabricate (3D print) the components required for that portion of the build!

            Rob
            "Firemen can stand the heat"

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            • rwtdiver
              Vice Admiral
              • Feb 2019
              • 1769

              #7
              I have made some head way on the UC 5 U-Boat build.

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              I finished up the hull section glue up and cut the 2.5" WTC tube.

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              The above photo shows the upper and lower hull sections and the WTC tube inside the lower hull!

              Rob
              "Firemen can stand the heat"

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              • RCSubGuy
                Welcome to my underwater realm!
                • Aug 2009
                • 1768

                #8
                You're a sub-building machine, Rob! Love it!

                Bob

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                • gantu
                  Commander
                  • Apr 2009
                  • 360

                  #9
                  Hello Rob where you got the stl files from?
                  Regards Gantu

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                  • rwtdiver
                    Vice Admiral
                    • Feb 2019
                    • 1769

                    #10
                    Originally posted by RCSubGuy
                    You're a sub-building machine, Rob! Love it!

                    Bob
                    This hobby is and has been really good for me Bob! It totally challenges the creative mind and I love it! The main reason I get up each morning is my wife first and the hobby second, and with the hobby comes the great people on this forum and of course the Dive Tribe. And I think a lot of people on this forum feel the same way!

                    Rob
                    "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                    • rwtdiver
                      Vice Admiral
                      • Feb 2019
                      • 1769

                      #11
                      Originally posted by gantu
                      Hello Rob where you got the stl files from?
                      HI Gantu,

                      I got the STL files for the SM UC 5 U-Boat on CGTrader! I went into the search engine using "RC Submarines" and it popped up as the first submarine on the page. The files were put up by "Karlu" he did a great job with the files.

                      Rob
                      "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                      • gantu
                        Commander
                        • Apr 2009
                        • 360

                        #12
                        Thank sou rob.
                        Regards Gantu

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                        • gantu
                          Commander
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 360

                          #13
                          Nice view of an type UC


                          Regards Gantu

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                          • rwtdiver
                            Vice Admiral
                            • Feb 2019
                            • 1769

                            #14
                            Originally posted by gantu
                            Nice view of an type UC


                            Gantu,

                            Thank you for the great photo! When the time come for doing the detail work that photo will be helpful!

                            SM UC-5 was a German Type UC I minelayer submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The U-boat had been ordered by November 1914 and was launched on 13 June 1915. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 June 1915 as SM UC-5. She served in World War I under the command of Herbert Pustkuchen and Ulrich Mohrbutter.


                            I also found this video that gives a little history on the boat.

                            Rob
                            "Firemen can stand the heat"

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                            • rwtdiver
                              Vice Admiral
                              • Feb 2019
                              • 1769

                              #15
                              Today I fabricated the two end caps for my WTC!

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                              I have not made up my mind which way to go with the drive motor yet, but right now I am leaning on a brushed motor over the brushless motor system!

                              Rob
                              "Firemen can stand the heat"

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