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here is my type II scratch built u-boat, I know its been around a while, but these are photos I never posted. The boat fires one scratch built torpedo, has an APC 3, the rudder , dive planes, net cutter, anchor,, are made of scrap aluminum. The wires "jumper cables" are lead test line, for control line model airplanes. The deck is .040 styrene, the motors I picked up at a swap meet for 50 cents each, The boat is built with lexan bulkheads, and runs on a 12 volt 7 amp batt. that is actually built in the center ballast tank which use's propel. The deck gun is scratch built from brass tubing. It also has a subtech fail safe. The upper hull lifts off and is held on with a single screw that goes through the deck at the very aft end. The model took 1 1/2 years to build and is the 3rd type II hull in 1/32nd scale I built and the only one I built through to a working model. I had also built a 1/24th scale type II hull, thats in the basement on the to do list... thanks Jeff Jones P.S. one last note, when I had all the foam parts cut and shaped, I glued them all together over a large piece of glass to keep it flat and straight. I used a glass top off of an old pinball machine. When I glued the 2 hull half's together in foam, everything lined up perfectly.
here is my type II scratch built u-boat, I know its been around a while, but these are photos I never posted. The boat fires one scratch built torpedo, has an APC 3, the rudder , dive planes, net cutter, anchor,, are made of scrap aluminum. The wires "jumper cables" are lead test line, for control line model airplanes. The deck is .040 styrene, the motors I picked up at a swap meet for 50 cents each, The boat is built with lexan bulkheads, and runs on a 12 volt 7 amp batt. that is actually built in the center ballast tank which use's propel. The deck gun is scratch built from brass tubing. It also has a subtech fail safe. The upper hull lifts off and is held on with a single screw that goes through the deck at the very aft end. The model took 1 1/2 years to build and is the 3rd type II hull in 1/32nd scale I built and the only one I built through to a working model. I had also built a 1/24th scale type II hull, thats in the basement on the to do list... thanks Jeff Jones P.S. one last note, when I had all the foam parts cut and shaped, I glued them all together over a large piece of glass to keep it flat and straight. I used a glass top off of an old pinball machine. When I glued the 2 hull half's together in foam, everything lined up perfectly.
stainless with brass nut, If I remember right they are 4/40's. I will post an interior shot with the ballast tank lid open so you can see how the large 12 volt batt sits inside, its a tight fit. The hull is not cut at the water line but higher where the side structure would go up to the deck, doing this made the openings even narrower than if the cut would of been at the water line. But I think it gave it an over all better look. I used exacto razor saw blades to cut the hull, it gives you a very thin line, but it will eat these blades fast, and they are about 6 buck each.. eee gads! The conning tower was made using a foam plug also. If you decide to make a hull this way and use the laytex paint to protect the foam, you can soak it in warm water when you are done removing the foam to get the laytex paint out of the inside of the hull. Good luck, and thanks. 
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