New Project - What am I?

[trout]

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?

[HardRock]

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.

[HardRock]

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

[zhuravlik]

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

[redboat219]

That thing looks like a midget Delta class SSBN.

Reminds me of those egg planes or Super Deformed Gundam kits.

[HardRock]

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.

[bwi 971]

Here is the link

http://www.modelbrass.com/torpedoes/torpedoes.htm

Grtz,
Bart

[HardRock]

Tom, you up for a walk?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

"Famous ARTIST"! You can borrow my tin hat, Tom.

Why don't you and Trout take a long walk off a short pier!

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

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

[HardRock]

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.

[HardRock]

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.

[HardRock]

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!

[bwi 971]

I found the website..... On correction though it is not mentioned they have permission from DM but it stated

He builds them from a design that David Merriman published in a 2000 issue of The Subcommittee Report.

Sorry my bad.

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

Grtz,
Bart

[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