A recent 1/96, 688-I turn-key job

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I've been working the last two weeks to get a very tardy turn-key build out the door. The customer approached me over four years ago to repair and get operational a turn-key 1/96 I-688 model he initially commissioned another Builder to work up for him.

Anyway. I let things slip... four years worth of slip! Very poor performance on my part. So, finally, I finished up the work, corrected the initial builders mistakes, fixed the shipping damage initially suffered by the product (the idiot shipped the hull with the WTC and battery in place -- inertia did its job of turning that WTC into a jack-hammer which cracked and otherwise destroyed the hull and appendages) and got the model off to my long suffering customer.

Here are the results, yesterdays final trim session in the local Dive Center training pool, along with some beauty shots of the completed model:

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A recent 1/96, 688-I turn-key job

These pictures were taken at the shop and the local Dive Center training pool. The good looking gal there is, Ellie.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A recent 1/96, 688-I turn-key job

And this is how to properly crate a model submarine and its peripherals for shipment. Note that the heavy SubDriver/WTC is NOT shipped within the hull -- instead, it goes into its own tube container, which in turn is double-boxed, with peanuts between the boxes, to keep things from slamming around as the goons and monkey's of the UPS/FedEx/USPS do their best to destroy your pride-and-joy.

Plan and package for the worst and enjoy the good feeling of winning when the product arrives undamaged! Good things don't happen by accident.

[Slats]

Nice job David.

The client should be very happy with that.

I am envious of the Dive pool.
J

[junglelord]

I appreciated the information and pictures of how to pack the individual items....and a very beautiful sub. Great stuff Mr Merriman.
Cheers

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I appreciated the information and pictures of how to pack the individual items....and a very beautiful sub. Great stuff Mr Merriman.
Cheers

Safe storage, transportation, and packing for shipment are three unappreciated areas of the hobby. It only makes sense, after investing so much time, money and effort into the submarine, to protect it during storage and while it is moved from point A to point B.

Each and every one of my r/c submarine models has a shipping/transportation box. Yet, each year I go to the SubRegatta I see guys who do no more than wrap their model in a blanked and lay it across the back seat for the trip to the event. Stupid.

David,