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I know I'm looking forward to that. Thanks, Ed.

David...

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Heart stopingly good stuff!

David

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Judging by the foul-weather gear on the deck-gang, I would say New London in Winter.

Ben there, done that, got the frost-bite.
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To be fair: at the time of the Nautical Commanders introduction it was the ideal transmitter for r/c submarines -- particularly the two-stick (two-throttle)...

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Nope. (Say someone still uses one, so what?) AM modulation, no easy pre-sets to the channels, clunky transmitter stick and slider arrangement .
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I put things on hold till I get back from the Fleet-Run next weekend. Then it's back to the shop to catch up on Nautilus Drydock work, the ALFA project...

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Ask away anytime, George (by now you have figured out that my bark has little teeth to it). If you employ the magnet coupler and anyone asks you about...

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Fair questions. I've not defined the metal fittings that will be supplied yet. Here goes: Propeller (should have arrived with the resin package), bell-cranks...

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No problem, George. These are good, revealing questions. Keep them coming (should you, however, hit me with a bad questions, I will eat you alive!)....

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Actually ….. we'll be there Thursday, the 10th. Kevin reminded me that we'll have a full Friday, Saturday and Sunday of play-time.

David...

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I stand corrected, Ernie. It's Friday as well. We'll be there Friday morning. See you there!

David...

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Oh! I miss understood you, George.

Those 'stubs' -- ends of temporary, long operating shafts -- are artifacts of how I assured a parallel...

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Those are the bow plane operating shaft magnetic bell-cranks. I talked them up in a recent WIP. You have been following those posts, right?
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On this little 1/96 ALFA the 1/16" diameter brass bow plane operating shafts are the sacrificial element in a collision or rough handling. It's nothing...

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This’ll be the last WIP on this topic for a few weeks: I’m dedicating the next ten days to getting my 1/96 r/c submarine fleet ready for the big North...

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I’ve learned to keep as many items that make up a model removable for as long into the building process as possible. Fit and operability of the parts...

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An often unappreciated aspect of fine model-building is the design, manufacture, selection, and use of abrasive type tools. Files, sandpaper, grinding...

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Do they still teach black-history month every month of the school year? How many paragraphs does George Washington get in the History Books, compared...

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When you farm it out, you transition from Model-Builder to Customer-assembler. I have no argument with the speed, economy, and accuracy of the robot over...

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….. feel'n good, Merlin...