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  • HardRock
    Vice Admiral
    • Mar 2013
    • 1609

    #61
    Originally posted by bwi 971
    Some time ago i stumbled on a website selling these things.....he explicit stated he had the permission from David to make and sell them. will try to find it again didn't keep it.

    @ Scott, congrats with the snorkel and antenna result....pictures are hard to find of those things, most of them are from a distance or are very blurry.

    grtz,
    Bart
    Thanks Mate. Mine are pretty blurry too!

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    • HardRock
      Vice Admiral
      • Mar 2013
      • 1609

      #62
      Originally posted by redboat219
      Nice. Too bad HWSNBN discontinued his 1/96 torpedo launcher, this thing would have be awesome.
      Fortunately I have some of the 1/72 version. (Currently in my Oscar). I did ask M about the 1/96 version but he said that he wasn't entirly happy with it - such a perfectionist.

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      • HardRock
        Vice Admiral
        • Mar 2013
        • 1609

        #63
        Originally posted by trout
        They are/were beautiful!
        The torpedo launcher and torpedoes, really speaks to the skills of David. It is funny how certain things move me. Owning a set of these is like owning a painting from a famous artist, imho. The same goes for the Sub-Driver. It really is a work of a craftsman (I avoided the term artist for the tongue lashing David would have given me - See I do, sorta, learn!)
        "Famous ARTIST"! You can borrow my tin hat, Tom.

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

          #64
          Originally posted by bwi 971
          I found the website..... On correction though it is not mentioned they have permission from DM but it stated

          Sorry my bad.

          David, any objection I place the link on this forum? It is after all the Subdriver forum.

          Grtz,
          Bart
          Thanks for asking. No objections. I have no proprietary control over this stuff. What you guys have so kindly described as 'my' system is simply an amalgamation of the ideas and works of those who came before me. Much of what I've done is simply a distillation of what Mike Dorey and Ron Perrott came up with decades ago.

          M
          Who is John Galt?

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

            #65
            Originally posted by HardRock

            "Famous ARTIST"! You can borrow my tin hat, Tom.
            Why don't you and Trout take a long walk off a short pier!

            M
            Who is John Galt?

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            • HardRock
              Vice Admiral
              • Mar 2013
              • 1609

              #66
              Tom, you up for a walk?

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              • bwi 971
                Captain
                • Jan 2015
                • 896

                #67
                Here is the link



                Grtz,
                Bart
                Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience.
                "Samuel Smiles"

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                • HardRock
                  Vice Admiral
                  • Mar 2013
                  • 1609

                  #68
                  Time to remove the masking and check the damage. Not perfect but a good place to start. More sanding required and then a silicon mold.

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                  • redboat219
                    Admiral
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 2735

                    #69
                    That thing looks like a midget Delta class SSBN.

                    Reminds me of those egg planes or Super Deformed Gundam kits.
                    Last edited by redboat219; 05-25-2016, 04:16 AM.
                    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                    • zhuravlik
                      Lieutenant
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 95

                      #70
                      Very nice, HardRock!
                      What's the thickness of putty buildup?

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                      • HardRock
                        Vice Admiral
                        • Mar 2013
                        • 1609

                        #71
                        About .3 mm. More than enough to mark all of the vent and hatch holes.

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                        • HardRock
                          Vice Admiral
                          • Mar 2013
                          • 1609

                          #72
                          Originally posted by redboat219
                          That thing looks like a midget Delta class SSBN.

                          Reminds me of those egg planes or Super Deformed Gundam kits.
                          Rommel, your mind definately works in different ways to just about every one else that I know. You are beyond lateral and heading for exponential.

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                          • trout
                            Admiral
                            • Jul 2011
                            • 3545

                            #73
                            Originally posted by HardRock
                            Tom, you up for a walk?
                            Hahaha, let's go!
                            I have seen Mike Dory's system, but not Ron Perrott's. David's system is refined.
                            Moving on to your sub, it came out really nice. The hatches and storage on the deck, are you planning to put inserts in there or brass etchings? I guess I am asking, what are your plans to finish the deck?
                            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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                            • redboat219
                              Admiral
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 2735

                              #74
                              Originally posted by HardRock

                              Rommel, your mind definately works in different ways to just about every one else that I know. You are beyond lateral and heading for exponential.
                              Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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

                                #75
                                OK, Hardrock, you're killing me. Who do I have to blow to get a hull-kit from you. I would prefer a hostage exchange ... what do I have that you want? I simply must have one of these little critters.

                                M
                                Who is John Galt?

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