Revell VllC U-boat RC conversion

[anonymous]

Good luck Mark! I'm sure

Good luck Mark! I'm sure you'll be ok.

Got all the small details done on my boat. Riggings and small parts that I hope they do not come flying off under water. Soon I'll post some pictures of her in the water after I get her balanced. Then some video.

Steve

[turbobearcat]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/Turbobearcat/UBOAT11-6-2004.jpg

First time out and it



First time out and it sailed fine, the only problem was the battery died within 5 minutes and I was ticket off because of that problem.
will try again Sunday and this time I will have a backup battery plan

but check out the picture!

Mark

[jeffrey j]

Steve, that is one fine

Steve, that is one fine example of a u-boat paint job,, super job. Very nice, very cool........ Jeff Jones hope mine turns out half as nice.

[anonymous]

Mark,

That looks sweet! congrats!

Jeff,

Thanks a

Mark,

That looks sweet! congrats!

Jeff,

Thanks a bunch! I'm sure yours will turn out as well. Have some faith! Please post pictures in my thread when you start.

Steve

[turbobearcat]

Thanks, I hope to have

Thanks, I hope to have better pictures today if I get to go, I just hope that darn battery holds up better or it's a 6 AA NiMh 2300 batteries pack I will try next.. I'm beginning to believe that might be my best bet.

Mark

I will shoot some video if I can.

[anonymous]

Well I couldn't stop the

Well I couldn't stop the leaks on the first WTC I made so I did it the right way.

2 inch OD acrylic tubing did the trick. Just fits. I used Bondo to make the end caps. I used a cut piece of the tubing. Glued it to ply. I wrapped some PETG around the outside. Waxed it and then a little PVA and poured the Bondo.

It released well. It shrinks a bit but i plan to use some silicone to seal the ends.

It was a bit of a trick to get the parts all inside but only took an evening to do.

Tomorrow I'll test for leaks. The whole WTC can be removed and everything inside has easy access. This is a much better way to go.

Soon we should see the boot in the high seas.

Steve

[anonymous]

Well I just tested the

Well I just tested the WTC at 1 ft. for 20 minutes. No leaks! Finally. Added the cap in case it did to help it dry out. Didn't need it but a may come in handy one day.

Now to place the unit back in the boat and test her.

Steve

[turbobearcat]

Steve that look and sounds

Steve that look and sounds great!

that's a sweet idea with Bondo, just make sure that the bondo
is sealed because I was told that bondo absorbs moisture so you know where I'm going with that but never the less a darn good idea! I'm trying to get the finial testing of my Uboat done and a relaunch of my Kilo sub as well.. Heck I still have 1 other Uboat to finish up so I'm saving it until Winter really kicks in!

Good luck on the testing!

Mark

[anonymous]

Mark,

Thanks a bunch. I'm not

Mark,

Thanks a bunch. I'm not worried about the bondo. It's water proof enough considering it's on polyester resin and filler. No problem with leaks at all.

I got the idea from Big Daves little WTC.

http://www.rc-submarines.com/BigDave/

Steve

[turbobearcat]

My Kilo will have some

My Kilo will have some new ideas built into it, the end caps are the weak link in all my subs so far because of the "soft" ends are made from very flexible plastic/rubber, I add the tool dip inside to make the ends more harder and keep flex down to a min, but I need to make something alittle more stronger
so I will work with my Kilo on this and when I'm ready my next
VII is still in the closet waiting to be built.
So many projects...
Also have three small Alfa,Akula and Seawolf from CN models
and two not so small Revell models of the U99 and some trumpeter XXI uboats that are good canidates for RC upgrades
and one revell XXI Uboat I'm packed with projects.

Mark

[torsten]

Gents,
i just returned from the

Gents,
i just returned from the 2004 Hamburg model-fair and among other subs i took three pics of a nice Revell-conversion in the making.
Thought it might be interesting to take a look!






Torsten (...love that Lotus Esprit it's converted from a 1/24 scale cast-metal car !)

[turbobearcat]

I'm not too keen on

I'm not too keen on cutting the hull in two pieces, it makes thing easy I admit but I like being able to lift up the deck and pull out the whole WTC.

The Lotus Espirt looks AWESOME!


Mark

[fung pang]

find this one.

http://rcsubmarine.jp/040905.htm

Skip, could you

find this one.

http://rcsubmarine.jp/040905.htm

Skip, could you post yours, or still classify.

fung

[turbobearcat]

NOw that looks good!!!!

NOw that looks good!!!!

[anonymous]

Great stuff guys! Thanks for

Great stuff guys! Thanks for posting.

I tested mine late last night in the pool and after awhile she sank straight to the bottom. I didn't run the RC gear it was just a static test to see if she sits right in the water. She did for awhile and then down she went.

After I got her back up I found the WTC to be completely dry so she's a bit heavy is all. I cut and added some white foam and now she sits perfect. So tonight I'll test her running. I'm sure it will turn and the motors will run. I just hope she dives.

I ended up making my own props from brass and wheel collars. They came out pretty well.

I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

Steve