Drydock Shelter

[navy2000]

Has anyone ever built a drydock shelter to go onto their model and do submerge operations with it on the model.

If so did you have to have a larger ballast tank for this to work.

I would guess that the drydock shelter would have to be made so that it can fill with water and drain easily as well.

Duane

[salmon]

It has been modeled before. I do not believe as a ballast tank, but a good running sub would not need that and it complicates things more than it needs to. However......you might be the first.

[wlambing]

I think Pete Piekerski put one on an Ohio class boat a few years back.

[chips]

I got one at the Indianapolis Sub Fun Run Raffle this year. Pete made some hinged left and some hinged right. The one I have is 3.6 ounces of solid cast resin. I plan to hollow some of that out.

[navy2000]

Thanks for the photos of the one you have. I plan on making mine in two parts so that I can hollow it out so that it can free flood.

Duane

[wlambing]

DDS = Dry Deck Shelter. A Drydock shelter would be a shed inside some big hole in the ground that occasionally gets filled with water and ships or boats.
Thank you and have a lovely Saturday!

Bill