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Ever since Romel got me to make the kit adaptable as a camera platform I was stuck on the problem on how to hold the removable line-locker door in place -- doing so in such a way that did not ruin the scale 'look' and was also easy to achieve. Magnets to the rescue!
The circular strong-back on the inside of the sail jams into the taper that transitions into the circular flange on which the line-locker door seats. Put a magnet in the center of the strong-back, put a magnet in the center of the doors inboard side, and you're in business!
When using the video camera-transmitter you take the strong-back and line-locker door and put them in safe storage so the camera can shoot through the resulting hole. Operate without the camera-transmitter and you make up the strong-back and line-locker door. Simple
So, when Ellie does not have me playing Plumber, I'm claying up the Bronco 1/35 Type-23 fittings kit masters. I'll finish that work tomorrow. Rubber should be in by Friday and I want to be ready for that.
And I'm working up a 1/35 'generic' figure. From that tool I'll cast up a bunch of blanks -- those little figures will be dismembered, reassembled, and detailed to represent a proper bridge crew at work up high in the sail. Time permitting, some deck-hands.
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Looks great Dave. Didn't the 23 have a 4 blader?????????Swearing Smiley
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OH, GOD!!! You'll never let me live this down, will you?
For those looking over our shoulders: That's Darrin Hataway -- one of the finest model builders I know. He's referring to the propeller I made for us to drive his excellent kit of the UDT/SEAL delivery vehicle, the MK-8. Damned thing is I read the documentation wrong and supplied propellers of the wrong blade count. I'm such a dope sometimes!
Darrin's done a lot of master work for OTW and others. He's a professional at this game and is not to be messed with!
DavidWho is John Galt?Comment
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Last time...I promise. I really like the amount of details you are providing on this kit. As most know, the type 23 in this scale is one of the best all around boats. Easy to transport, excellent handling and still a ton of available detail. Nice work as usual Dave and thanks for the kind words.
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While awaiting the big order of mold making rubber from BJB, I took what was left here to make the metal casting tools for the propeller and bell-cranks, and the tool needed to cast up a bunch of resin 1/35 U-boat crew figures -- from those castings I would individualize each in either in the winter officer or enlisted garb appropriate for a late war German submarine crew. Once I have a hand-full of Type-23 ruffian's I'll use those to make the final crew production tool.
As an example of the figure work yet to be done on the blanks, I submit these shots of the work I did in support of the aborted 1/72 FOXTROT effort. Gotta tell ya: it's a lot easier working 1/35 figure masters than 1/72!!!
With all the major surgery done on the hull time had come to rebuild the weld-lines lost to file and sandpaper and I cleaned up the split between upper and lower hull. The weld-lines were built up of air-dry touch-up putty and the big 'bricks' near the stern formed from a two-part automotive filler followed by some careful work with knife, file, and sanding squares.
In the gap between the 'bricks' can be seen a short length of weld-line. I'll likely re-establish those like what I did on the 1/12 KAIRYOU:
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Blimey David,
I 'm loosing it, you even have two boats accourding to the pics, i ordered a bunch of stuff from the shop, it will pay your salary for this month, i'm financially ruined!!!!!!!!!, thanks.
Manfred.I went undergroundComment
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I was trying to think what that little red guy in the conning tower reminded me of, then I remembered.Comment
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Though the BJB TC-5040 silicon mold-making rubber is not advertised for high-temperature work, I find, in a pinch (when I run out of TC-5050), that it will work fine with white-metal work. This evening I made some test shots with the tools, and they are holding up just fine.
Now to make some holding fixtures for the bell-cranks so I can drill and tap their set-screw holes. Time permitting I'll shape the propeller dunce-caps, bore and tap the set-screw holes, and work out how the production propeller shaft and bearings will go. Another long night/early morning ahead of me ...
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Hey David. Along with the camera in the conning tower why not make another part of the kit functional- the Balkon Gerat. Maybe fit one of those wireless fish finders inside the bow http://luckyproducts.en.made-in-chin...r-FFW718-.htmlMake it simple, make strong, make it work!Comment
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