Whats on your workbench?

**tmsmalley** · 12-20-2005, 09:46 PM

Being that a lot of

Being that a lot of the folks who come here don't look at other forums - I encourage everyone to "Let Fly" with whatever ya got going or are considering, even if you have it up somewhere else.

I am toying with doing a scratch model of one of Simon Lake's boats. I think it would be fun to have an RC sub that would crawl across the bottom on wheels. As a kid I was often fascinated by Argonaut Junior - Simon's pitchpine flatiron shaped first sub... On the other hand I have a Revell Type VII and a Trumpeter Kilo to do as well!

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**seahorse** · 12-20-2005, 09:58 PM

Finished my first R/C submarine

Finished my first R/C submarine "Kilo" about a month ago (but...are they ever really finished? ) Recently purchased a XVII from Steve Neil and started cutting the hull last week...hope to be doing more work on her after the holidays...

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**novagator** · 12-21-2005, 02:26 PM

Still working on my Alfa,

Still working on my Alfa, between the Bar exam, finishing law school, and Polks hobby taking a year to send me my radio, maybe I can get it working soon.

**pirate** · 12-21-2005, 10:24 PM

Just started work on one

Just started work on one of my 1/96 Seawolf kits for a customer. Have the kit parts complete, now I'm working on a full hull build for him, including painting and detailing. He'll provide the mechanics.

Heard some interesting news about this boat on another site about the blade count on the propulsor. How do people find out these things when our propulsion technology is supposed to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in our military? And then it just gets published in a web site posting like it's nothing. I don't understand. I know they still cover these things in drydock so they can't be seen.

Is this boat so old now that they figure the russians have already gotten the info so it doesn't matter anymore? Anyone know?

Pete

**jeffrey j** · 12-22-2005, 01:10 AM

hey Seahorse, thats a neat

hey Seahorse, thats a neat boat stand you have made, nice and simple.
Subs on the bench.. wow, If I told you guys what I actually have in work, you would think I was BS'ing you.. lol... I need to figure out how to post pics. here so I could show you. On the RC submarine forum, I posted several photos, very simple to do there.
Anyway, heres a list of whats going on in my workroom.
1. 1/24th scratch built type II
2. 1/48th Debour Nautilus SSN-571
3. 1/48 scale XXI
4 1/32nd type XXIII 32nd P.
5. British Sub "P" class from Metcaff hulls, i think, going to SpongJim, if I ever get up to the post office to mail it to him....sorry Jim for delay...
6. Revell type VII with brass deck, and limber holes cut out.
7. 3' flying sub, basically a plug, started by a fellow club member.
8. 1/12th scale V-80 hull mold, waiting to pull a hull from it...
Boats running,,,,,,,,,,,
1. 1/32nd type IX u-boat
2 1/32nd scratch built type II u-boat
Past subs I have built and sold..
1. 1/24th Scratch built type XXIII
2. 1/48th fleet boat SSY hull

**himszy** · 12-22-2005, 07:46 PM

Just started work on one

Just started work on one of my 1/96 Seawolf kits for a customer. Have the kit parts complete, now I'm working on a full hull build for him, including painting and detailing. He'll provide the mechanics.

Heard some interesting news about this boat on another site about the blade count on the propulsor. How do people find out these things when our propulsion technology is supposed to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in our military? And then it just gets published in a web site posting like it's nothing. I don't understand. I know they still cover these things in drydock so they can't be seen.

Is this boat so old now that they figure the russians have already gotten the info so it doesn't matter anymore? Anyone know?

Pete

Pirate,

Unfortunately due to the VERY lax security standards during the Clinton administration, it is not as highly classified as one might think. There are pics of the entire impeller assembly and propulsor covered in a very light blue shroud. Look close and LOTS of detail pops out at you. If you hunt hard on the net, you can still find them. In addition, in 1998 there was a Russian book released on American Submarine design. If you look towards the back, there is a picture of the SSN21's rear end looking right into the impeller uncovered. Poor picture quality, but if you can count on 10 fingers you can figure everything out in about 10 seconds.

Michael

**pirate** · 12-23-2005, 12:12 AM

Thanks Himzy. That's a sad

[color=#000F22]Thanks Himzy. That's a sad commentary on the state of certain politicians in our country. Some of a certain persuasion will do anything for a buck, or for power, no matter who gets hurt or killed, as long as they can keep their power and the effects don't hurt them personally. You would swear that some of the rhetoric coming out of Washington lately was coming straight from America's enemies, when it's coming right out of congress. Here's something interesting I heard the other day.

In World War II, Tokyo Rose was told what to talk about to lower American G.I.'s moral. These things were discovered through psychological studies done by the Japanese. See if these top three sound familiar]

**anonymous** · 12-23-2005, 04:07 AM

Lax security during the Clinton

Lax security during the Clinton administration? Don't be silly. It is never that uncomplicated. If you follow that analogy, then Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan were then all responcible for the lax security during the Walker spy case.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/walker/1.html

I refrain from building the most modern American subs, simply because I love my country and our allies, and in my quest for authentic detail, I (we) inadvertantly might put our boys and girls in harms way needlessly. I like to win. Seems silly, but there has been more than one admiral that has yanked props off of display models at defense trade shows.

My tastes lean toward building modern foreign designs, and older American designs that push my buttons. Besides that, the lastest American boats, outstanding as they are, are very ho-hum visually.

Steve Reichmuth

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**Guest** · 12-23-2005, 04:47 AM

Deep Quest submersible
HMS Vengeance
Nautilus
Disney

Deep Quest submersible
HMS Vengeance
Nautilus
Disney Nautilus
Proteus

**himszy** · 12-23-2005, 09:37 AM

Lax security during the Clinton

Lax security during the Clinton administration? Don't be silly. It is never that uncomplicated. If you follow that analogy, then Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan were then all responcible for the lax security during the Walker spy case.

Steve I make no claim to know what I am talking about. Just a simple copy and paste]http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4180875&postcount=12[/url]

Michael

**pirate** · 12-23-2005, 02:06 PM

Sometimes it is that simple.

Sometimes it is that simple. During the Clinton administration the responsibility for foreign trade of technologies that had the potential to be used in a military application was taken away from the State Department and given to the Commerce Department. What does the commerce department know about national security? As a result, vital rocket/satellite orbit and re-entry technology was sold to the Chinese. In six months they had launched a rocket that put a mock warhead into space and allowed it to re-enter, thereby advancing their ballistic missile program 25 years from where it was previous. Coincidence? I think not.

This is the same result of the information Walker turned over to the Russians in the 80's, as there submarine quieting technology advanced to equal the United States' within one new submarine generation. Their boats were ten to fifteen years behind our in this respect, and in a matter of a few years they were caught up. That's how we discovered the leak. It was too obvious that they got a hold of our secrets.

I like the latest model U.S. subs because they're the baddest things out there, and represent the awesome creative power of our free, capitalist society, and the incredible dedication and pride of the men and women in our all volunteer military. Hoo-yah!!!

And there's detail there if you want to add it. Obviously there aren't all kinds of bumps and humps like the WW II boats, but they're still cool.

Pete

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