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That picture of the engine makes it very clear: the machines make model parts better than any human hand could. The ghosts of the Krell beckon!
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I've been snowed under with recent work, but have not forgotten to work up a little primer on shaft extensions and related stuff. I'm so happy to see...

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Thanks, Tom. I've always been fascinated by what can be done with sheet-metal. Particularly today, when you watch how their working stainless steel plate...

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Sheet metal work today.











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Yeah! Back when photography was chemically based. Only visuals I have from those days are scratched and faded emulsions on 'film'. Mid-80's was when we...

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Temper my comments by knowing that I'm new to the black-arts of brushless motors.

So far my only practical experience is with the D3548-6....

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I don't know. Considerably less than the design-depth of the boat, that's for sure. Somehow 300-feet keeps popping into my head.

The McCain...

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I use direct drive brushed motors on my 1/72 Type-7.






And a single brushed motor driving a gear-splitter...

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I get the 36-tooth spur gear from Stock Drive. I have the brass pinion gear made, in two, three-foot lengths, for about three-hundred bucks -- special...

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Place them in a watertight enclosure.

David

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Yes.

CA.

Duh!

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Point well taken, Tom. I should have taken care to exempt you and a few others from my fiery wrath. With you in after-steering the SC is on the proper...

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YEAH! … what he said!

You want The God of R/C submarining? That would be Norbert Bruggen, pal. Other than painting that guys got it...

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Hey, without these back-and-forth what fucking use is a forum?! You have no ideal how many people looking over our shoulders are inspired and informed...

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Naw, not stupid. Those wax-like transfer markings have a shelf-life. They dry out over time and won't transfer off the carrier film when burnished down...

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How did that Monk get in the shop!?…

No dress-code here!

An alternative arrangement to the motor-bulkhead is

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I put in a few hours on the 1/96 ALBACORE and SCORPION models. The deck hatches – hatches that are pretty much of the same type for these boats...