Submarine Works 1/96 Ohio

[Rogue Sub]

Well the UPS man smiled upon me today and delivered my Ohio from Pete. Did I say Ohio? I meant USS Rhode Island! Yeah baby. I am now filing for a divorce so that I can legally marry this boat! I love it. If you want a super accurate 1/96 Ohio boat this is the way to go and I think I know what I'm talking about. The shipping was double thick cardboard, a butt ton of peanuts and bubble wrap. Needless to say it arrived unharmed.

This thing is big. If size matters then this is a good choice. I can fit several wtc's inside this thing . Cavernous rings a bell.

Well here are some pics enough words.

[Rogue Sub]

Well got all the holes

Well got all the holes on top done an did some weight reduction.
Sorry bout the pics but its difficult to get everything in one frame.

[bigdave]

I saw the hull at

I saw the hull at Carmel. The detail is amazing!! BD.

[anonymous]

If one of those showed

If one of those showed up on my door, it wouldn't be *me* filing for divorce...
Looks real sweet Kevin.

[Rogue Sub]

The trick is to tell

The trick is to tell her a year in advance that you are getting it because you love the real boat soooooo much. After she has eaten that steaming pile and the time comes to buy iut she just fold immediately.

[Rogue Sub]

started the rough cuts on

started the rough cuts on the vents with the dremel today.

[Rogue Sub]

Rough cut the aft ballast

Rough cut the aft ballast vents and started cleaning up the forward one.
Also I cut off the tail and am waiting to get some fiberglass to affix it.

[ricknelson]

They are not "Vents" if

They are not "Vents" if they are on the bottom, they are "Floods".

[Rogue Sub]

Well I call them vents

Well I call them vents even when I tell them Im going into the #6 mbt through port aft vent. Its habit now and I cant change it.

[Rogue Sub]

Off with his head!!!!

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I decided

Off with his head!!!!



I decided not to do a Z cut on this boat because it was my opinion that it would have been a pain in the rear to put a boat this long together that way.




Re attached the tail cone and have begun fitting the dive planes




Ok the head is back on

[Rogue Sub]

more fun
made the indexing lip

more fun
made the indexing lip out of one of the lids i cut out of the top

[Rogue Sub]

Pete you need to make

Pete you need to make this thing a bit more difficult to assemble. At this rate I am going to be done in a week or 2.

Finished the rest of the hardware to attach the hulls together today, including a moving hatch to hide the screws. Took all day to do because epoxy takes to darn long to cure to the point where i am happy with it.














I have also started working on a micro processor program to control 2 missile doors and 2 missiles.

[shadowpeo]

Interesting circuit, home built or

Interesting circuit, home built or from a store??

[Rogue Sub]

This one is part of

This one is part of the parralax discovery board with a bs2 processor. If I get everything to work I will t ry making my own board next.

[u-33]

At the risk of sounding

At the risk of sounding like my girlfriend..."man, that thing is BIG"!!!

Nice work, it's beginning to look good, I like the idea of the movable hatch to hide the screws. Clever thinking...

Rich