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  • coryhenry
    Lieutenant Commander
    • Jul 2020
    • 156
    #1

    Skipjack fittings kit

    Does anyone happen to have a Merriman Skipjack fittings kit? I got ahold of a Mobius kit and wanted to put it in use.
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    • Das Boot
      Rear Admiral

      • Dec 2019
      • 1488
      #2
      Originally posted by coryhenry
      Does anyone happen to have a Merriman Skipjack fittings kit? I got ahold of a Mobius kit and wanted to put it in use.
      Check with Bob. He still shows them for sale. I think he makes them up after you order.
      Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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        • coryhenry
          Lieutenant Commander
          • Jul 2020
          • 156
          #3
          Unfortunately he is out and no plans to make more :(

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            • Das Boot
              Rear Admiral

              • Dec 2019
              • 1488
              #4
              Originally posted by coryhenry
              Unfortunately he is out and no plans to make more :(
              In that case, go to https://www.rcgroups.com/boats-fs-w-104/
              and place a wanted ad.
              Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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                • redboat219
                  Admiral

                  • Dec 2008
                  • 3381
                  #5
                  R & R Model Engineering has fittings kit for the Skipjack
                  holding
                  http://www.rcsubs.co.uk/revellskipjack
                  Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                    • Das Boot
                      Rear Admiral

                      • Dec 2019
                      • 1488
                      #6
                      Originally posted by redboat219
                      R & R Model Engineering has fittings kit for the Skipjack
                      http://www.rcsubs.co.uk/revellskipjack
                      Not really. No dive planes, rudders, WTC cradles that will work, etc.
                      Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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                        • redboat219
                          Admiral

                          • Dec 2008
                          • 3381
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Das Boot

                          Not really. No dive planes, rudders, WTC cradles that will work, etc.
                          Skipjack build
                          http://www.cliffhangershideout.com/Skipjack/Skipjack-log.html
                          Skipjack build
                          http://www.cliffhangershideout.com
                          Last edited by redboat219; 10-04-2022, 07:35 AM.
                          Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                            • Das Boot
                              Rear Admiral

                              • Dec 2019
                              • 1488
                              #8
                              I was just going to mention this article. Using the provided parts will work with slight mods.
                              Of the approximately 40,000 men who served on U-boats in WWII, it is estimated that around 28,000 to 30,000 lost their lives.

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                                • jphatton
                                  Lieutenant

                                  • Jan 2021
                                  • 88
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by redboat219
                                  R & R Model Engineering has fittings kit for the Skipjack
                                  http://www.rcsubs.co.uk/revellskipjack
                                  I converted a Revell Skipjack using the R&R conversion kit, which was my first RC sub build.

                                  On the whole it is a reasonably complete conversion kit for RC, using the Revell/Mobius kit dive planes and rudder and includes all fittings and a WTC with pumped tank and snorkel. I had one of the earlier production conversion kits, but the design has been improved with time including a polycarbonate ballast tank along with some added items such as magnetic hull closing in the nose (I made a similar setup using styrene sheet and small magnets). At some point when I find time I will try to post a retrospective build log.

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                                    • coryhenry
                                      Lieutenant Commander
                                      • Jul 2020
                                      • 156
                                      #10
                                      Thanks for the suggestions. I already have a WTC so its really the dive planes and the connections but it looks like the model parts will work so I will just build from scratch.

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