Russian Rocketboat OSA II

[HardRock]

They sure do. Outstanding detail - they look like a pair of malovelant Daleks!

[MFR1964]

Thanks,

In the real live they are much more deadly as Daleks, and i'll post the last part about the turrets.





Finished up both turrets by painting the railings and barrels black, on some of my archive pics they have a stainless steel tip, so i also added that.



This was the goal with the front turret, more scale-like, and i can remove it, to reach in for the powerswitch of my boat.



By removing the rear turret i can reach in for the flatheadscrew, this keeps the deckpart closed, which conceils my rudder-servo.



At the back on the upperstructure are some wall-closetts present, made a drawing and started cutting styrene plate, the parts needed to build up the closetts.



After a few days playing around with some glue and stainless steel rods you get this, ready for some primer.



First glued them down, and painted them later, simply because i had some colour difference, it turned out well, this ended my adventure of modifying my turrets, it turned out into a total rebuild, but it was worth it,
after that i turned my attention on the lights in the radarmast, this turned out to be a bit of a nightmare.



I'll start with the beginning, got me some very thin magnetic-wire extracted from proximity readers (luckely part of my real live job) this would become the insulated cables for my lights.
Next step was looking at the mast, in the past i had no intention to get some lights onto the mast, my luck was, i've builded up the mast from two brass tubes, the biggest one houses the radardrive, the smaller one was empty, i was wondering if the smaller one could house my lightcables, in the next update i'll enjoy you guys with some more hair raising fun.

Manfred.

[trout]

Manfred, could you possibly use the brass tube as one of your conductors and run only one wire up the tube?

[MFR1964]

Tom,

That was my plan B, but when using that method i had to insulate the complete radardrive, i guessed wrong that the path i followed would be less work, but it's done, and in working order, perhaps the biggest reason why my posting was low the last period.

Manfred.

[trout]

Manfred,
Nothing wrong just different. You do great work and I learn all the time from you.
Peace,
tom

[MFR1964]

Finally some time to update about the lights on the radarmast, i tried to discard my lower rightleg at work, don't try this at home, today a check-up at the hospital, i'll survive, or i'll build myself a brand new bionic leg.



I managed to squeeze two 3 mm leds into this piece of sandwiched styrene, this was my start.




It has to be placed at this position, this was a dryfitt to see if the size was right.



The birth of number two, at this point i had two sets, one white/red and one white/green, time to get the mast of my model.



I Always try to make my components in such way that they can be taken apart, same story for my radarmast, i studied the inside, the smaller tube inside the mast could be used for my wires, first drill some holes into the mast.


Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

What a bunch of fiddly, delicate, magnificent looking little parts! I love it, Manfred.

What did you do to your leg? Share the gory story with us, pal.

M

[MFR1964]

Thanks David, they do look nice, at that moment i was full of optimism i could pull this off, i did not know Mr Murphy was looking around the corner, this will be shown at a later moment.

Ahhh, the leg!!!!
I was at a mission far below the surface of the earth, had to save some lifes, crawled through different caves and found the poor souls, while evacuating them i was attacked by a cave frog, a monster!!!!!!, tried to protect them and fell into a dark pitt, made the frog a little bit flat and survived.
So, back to reality, missed a step in the dark and fell into a drainage pitt, my right leg was locked by some tubing, so my knee twisted in a way which every ballarina can make, since i'm not a ballarina, my knee hurted like hell!!, sprained my knee-bands on the inside, if you like pain i can recommend it, it has to heal by resting, sorry, no blood involved.
For now a old man with sticks!!!!, i hate youngsters jumping around with their unhurt flexable bodies!!!!

Manfred.

[trout]

For now a old man with sticks!!!!, i hate youngsters jumping around with their unhurt flexable bodies!!!!

Manfred.

Amen, brother, Amen

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks David, they do look nice, at that moment i was full of optimism i could pull this off, i did not know Mr Murphy was looking around the corner, this will be shown at a later moment.

Ahhh, the leg!!!!
I was at a mission far below the surface of the earth, had to save some lifes, crawled through different caves and found the poor souls, while evacuating them i was attacked by a cave frog, a monster!!!!!!, tried to protect them and fell into a dark pitt, made the frog a little bit flat and survived.
So, back to reality, missed a step in the dark and fell into a drainage pitt, my right leg was locked by some tubing, so my knee twisted in a way which every ballarina can make, since i'm not a ballarina, my knee hurted like hell!!, sprained my knee-bands on the inside, if you like pain i can recommend it, it has to heal by resting, sorry, no blood involved.
For now a old man with sticks!!!!, i hate youngsters jumping around with their unhurt flexable bodies!!!!

Manfred.

I'm with you: 'youth is wasted on the young'. Hey, idiot dance moves are not for us old farts, pal. Rest up, use those sticks! And get well, you bum. Loving this current project -- and I'm not even a Dr. Who fan!

M

[bwi 971]

I Always try to make my components in such way that they can be taken apart, same story for my radarmast, i studied the inside, the smaller tube inside the mast could be used for my wires, first drill some holes inside the mast.


Manfred.

This is wonderful stuff Manfred…….......take care of that ballarine leg man.

Grtz,
Bart

[MFR1964]

Thanks for the support guys, next time i'll try breakdancing.

With my leg resting on a chair i can continue my posting, first i drilled a 1 mm hole at both sides into the mast, and managed to get some wires in, pictures



This was a bit tricky, by using a mini-drill i managed to make those holes, allready got one pulling-wire inside.



By repeating this on the other side i managed to get in both pulling-wires.



Getting all four wires in took some efforts, used some other small gauge wire to bind it to the mast, i must say, after each step i tested the leds if they still where in working order.



Slapped some paint on the wires and glued down the drilled hole inside the mast.



Last thing todo was, adding some shrinkhose at the base against shaving, my only insulation on those tiny wires is varnish, don't like a shortcircuit at the base of my mast.
Tested again all leds, at that point everything was in working order, untill Murphy came around the corner, to be continued.


Manfred.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Thanks for the support guys, next time i'll try breakdancing.

With my leg resting on a chair i can continue my posting, first i drilled a 1 mm hole at both sides into the mast, and managed to get some wires in, pictures

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This was a bit tricky, by using a mini-drill i managed to make those holes, allready got one pulling-wire inside.

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By repeating this on the other side i managed to get in both pulling-wires.

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Getting all four wires in took some efforts, used some other small gauge wire to bind it to the mast, i must say, after each step i tested the leds if they still where in working order.

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Slapped some paint on the wires and glued down the drilled hole inside the mast.

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Last thing todo was, adding some shrinkhose at the base against shaving, my only insulation on those tiny wires is varnish, don't like a shortcircuit at the base of my mast.
Tested again all leds, at that point everything was in working order, untill Murphy came around the corner, to be continued.


Manfred.

Using (what we call) armature wire for this application is pure genius -- and its practical use as wire bundles, as it's seen on the prototype, is both functional and a near perfect to scale representation.

What's this about Mr. Murphy (Oh, No!......).

M

[MFR1964]

Be patient, you bum!!, first build up the suspence, then enjoy the failures, don't you have to start with the V80, it has to be cured by now.


Manfred

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Be patient, you bum!!, first build up the suspence, then enjoy the failures, don't you have to start with the V80, it has to be cured by now.


Manfred

LOL. You did everything right, even the shaffing heat-shrink at the base. What went sour?

Your V80 hull halves are in the over-head looking down at me. As soon as I can get out from under all this other stuff Manfred. I'm loving this rocket-boat thread of yours. Again, you're taking me back to school.

M