British WWII X Craft Sighted in Atlantic

[Kazzer]

A UPS Tracking plane has detected a WWII X Craft heading towards New York in the Atlantic.
Estimated time of arrival Wednesday.
Carrying secret documents from the X Files of Alan Poole.

Stand by!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A UPS Tracking plane has detected a WWII X Craft heading towards New York in the Atlantic.
Estimated time of arrival Wednesday.
Carrying secret documents from the X Files of Alan Poole.

Stand by!

Well .... A quality product from the UK. At last!

Wait, that's not fair: MTronic's is good stuff.

David,

[Kazzer]

Well .... A quality product from the UK. At last!

Wait, that's not fair: MTronic's is good stuff.

David,

Damned Cheek! What about me? I'm a quality product from the UK!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Damned Cheek! What about me? I'm a quality product from the UK!

Yes, with outstanding warrants and mug-shots on file at INTERPOL offices throughout the world.

I stand corrected.

David,

[Subculture]

That's not fair, Dave.

We have Sheerline, OTW, Models by Design etc.

Some of these models may not be exact scale, but they've never been sold as such. Some of the moulds (i.e the Darnell boats) date back over 40 years when information was more tricky to obtain than these days.

There may have been a few bad hulls produced by a company that will remain nameless, but that certainly doesn't reflect the normal state of affairs.

Alan Poole is a brilliant modeller,and a nice chap to boot. To the best of my knowledge there are only three or four boats in existence.

Nigel Edmonds is the best man to speak to about RC-ing Alan's X-craft, he made a nice version with ballast shifting, and it just pootles around the lake at periscope depth all day long- a very stable craft.

You can see a brief clip of it 47 seconds in on the filmi shot at a sub run a couple of years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfVMKLPofw

[Kazzer]

The boat docked today in Palmyra NY.

WOW! The hull is much bigger than the Darnell model, at 52", so methinks the scale is 1:12.
The detail on the tail fins looks perfect, and I must say, that apart from that, the Darnell hull is very similar. I see no major flaws in it.

What is just fantastic, is that Alan Poole has sent me a CD with a host of photos of his model. The accuracy looks stunning.

[Subculture]

I told you it was chunky.

What's the plan with this,are you going to kit it, or just get that one going?

[Nuke Power]

I dont know I have seen what happens when Mike trys to build a boat....

[Kazzer]

I told you it was chunky.

What's the plan with this,are you going to kit it, or just get that one going?

We are going to build a mold from this hull, make a new fittings kit and sell it.

[Kazzer]

I dont know I have seen what happens when Mike trys to build a boat....

Listen Ratty! Get back in the bilges, where you belong! Dark Pither indeed!
And it's 'tries' not 'try'.

[Kazzer]

Here is the first of several articles from the CD Alan Poole sent me.

The Midget Submarine X24

and some more model photos.

[Kazzer]

Plans and drawings by Alan Poole

X Craft Plans

[Nuke Power]

oh lord if your going to spend all day correcting my spelling on the internet you are in for a very long day old man. For some reason spell check wont turn on automatically on your board nor do I care enough to read my post twice. All I can provide you with is a nice GFY and have a nice day.

But seriously show everyone that otw boat you built :)

[Nuke Power]

Wow that does look pretty sharp. I do like the X craft.

[Kazzer]

oh lord if your going to spend all day correcting my spelling on the internet you are in for a very long day old man.

Yep! It's The American Way! No-one can spell here worth a you-know what.

But seriously show everyone that otw boat you built :)

I cannot comment on that, and it is unreasonable of you to bring that subject up.