Ray Mason Nautilus Article

[Davjacva]

Last Fall, I e-mailed back and forth with Ray Mason about his version of developing his Nautilus submarine. 'His version' is part of the motivation for...

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Those cans that hold the Lipo firebombs are labeled 'Zombie'...must mean something..? Damn, on the upside, you needed a New Year's cleaning anyway,...

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Forgot, this is U-188, hence why it's all weathered to hell.

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DONE!!!! This is the last build post for this model which started in 2006 (restarted in 2022). Thanks a million to Merriman for helping out in needed...

[Davjacva]

Manfred, all I can simply say is that you have not exceeded our high expectations of you. I get to watch Dave do his dirty work, and then I see your's....

[Davjacva]

Manfred, about 20 years ago I thought it was bonkers, but we got some RC car and truck people involved with tanks, and they always break-in their motors...

[Davjacva]

Ken, you can probably get away with just doing your pre- and post-mission maintenance with nothing more fancy than a light oil like 3 in 1, or even something...

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Just about done with this sub. Trial-fitting the cables and insulators. To make the forward one, had to scratch out a bracket in brass and use the resistance...

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This model is getting together remarkably fast. This week, the motors and mount were installed, the WTC saddles and indexing mount and alignment pin...

[Davjacva]

Ken, that's the other submarine famous saying, 'Damn, thing worked yesterday...:) Is that snorkel on your Marlin or Skipjack?...

[Davjacva]

I think I'm posting this in the correct place. Anyway, during last Saturday's 'Dive Tribe' I was discussing with Bob about using aluminum with brass...