Submarine School

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Obviously, the SubFest event is not the venue to 'build stuff'. It's a four day fun-run of r/c submarines we've assembled/built. No time or facilities...

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You've identified this disturbing trend in our hobby. I see it everywhere on this side of the planet. Hopefully, through proactive efforts of the Elite,...

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Excellent, Steve. Would you shoot me an e-mail (dmeriman@aol.com) so I can fill you in on the program specifics as this thing matures.

I'm...

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OK, no tag-along potential mud-puppy's you know of from your neck of the wood. But how about you, Ken. Wanna be a sea-daddy?...

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How does a participant, new to the game – a 'mud-puppy', who has some r/c vehicle experience; who knows little about the intricacies of r/c submarines;...

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More to be posted today: I start laying up the glass laminates this morning. The initial trial is three laminates. This first hull is for Jake so no big...

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So? She picked you out of a police line-up? How romantic!...

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This is David... Duh!

After the first cuts on the template (a word Nazi recently 'corrected' me by insisting its a stencil) -- not always...

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Steve summed it up. Why invest time in something stupid looking?...

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Sounds like the perfect interface. I'll give it a go when I can source the cotton flock. Thanks again.

David...

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That's right, Steve. Today I rough sand the hardened gel-coat then get on with four (maybe more?) laminates of 7 ounce cloth. Should be popping out two...

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A cheapy Harbor Freight touch-up gun with a 1.5mm nozzle....

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Perfect, Doc. Smooth as butter when using the proper gun and nozzle size. Thank you so much for the tip.

David...

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Sounds like the perfect interface between gel-coat and laminates. I'll give it a shot. Thanks again, Doctor.

David...

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Good tips, I'll file them away, Andy....

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Nope. It was yet another semi-successful attempt at producing a 'gel-coat' for my glass layup work; this time using micro-balloons.

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