First boat build. I'm doing the 688 Los Angeles Class, 3D printable files purchased from Nautilus Drydocks. First things first. In the mid to late 80's I was employed as a designer by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock assigned to the 688 Class project, so to the person that developed these printable files, Awesome job! The detail is great! I've already printed these in 1/96, but after some searching I've seen some that were done at 1/72 and started printing them at that size. Now for the question, is it more common to build the boat with the scopes permanently down, permanently up or movable? I've seen some folks put the antenna for the remote in the scopes because of running the 2.4ghz remote. Any advice and/or suggestions is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
Periscopes & antennas, up, down or moveable?
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I almost always have at least one scope up. I like running at periscope depth and it is a great visual aid. A plus,as David has shown, is you can run an antenna up it or it can be used to bring air into your ballast tank.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.👍 1Comment
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