Submarine Works 1/96 Ohio

[Rogue Sub]

you should talk Ive seen

you should talk Ive seen your leash.. its huge. At least mine doesnt have a choker on it. Besides bailing on the wifes birthday is a permission based item.

[tony g.]

Be careful Kevin you will

Be careful Kevin you will be out on the deck eating with the dogs.
Tell that young lady Happy Bithday from me.

I like the new avitor but you still have kingsbay there.
Tg

[Rogue Sub]

oh good lord are you

oh good lord are you happy now? I swear I think its raining here from all your crying!

[tony g.]

Careful Rocky the first bounce

Careful Rocky the first bounce is all that hurts. After that you feel nothing.
Tg

[Rogue Sub]

Just so you guys dont

Just so you guys dont think I have given up on this thing, I havent. It just takes twice as long to do body work on because it is twice as long.

I just put some primer on tonight and low and behold it pointed out more blemishes. It is starting to get close to final paint though. I have also finished constructing my WTC.


Shes pretty big. Takes nearly the whole garage.

[polaris]

http://www.subcommittee.com/forum/icon_eek.gif that thing is GINORMOUS!

that thing is GINORMOUS!

hope you have a trailer.

[Rogue Sub]

No but it does just

No but it does just fit in the truck bed thankfully

[Rogue Sub]

I have been making a

I have been making a detailed Missile Hatch and its coming along fine. I do however need a few more shots of the assembly. I have maybe a total of 3 pictures I got of the net. If anyone has some pictures they would like to share, I would appreciate it very much.

Kevin

[anonymous]

What about the display tube

What about the display tube outside of the museum?

[Rogue Sub]

Yup did that yesterday. That

Yup did that yesterday. That is off a Lafayette class boat I believe. If all else fails I am going to just use it to fill the gaps.

[KevinMC]

Hopefully this falls under the

Hopefully this falls under the categpry of "better late than never"...

Here's how I did the Granit missile doors on my OSCAR.

Door closed:


Door open:


And here's a closeup of the innards. (I can't believe how dusty this thing looks!)

I tried to replicate the real OSCAR's hinge and actuation assemblies. The outer two pivots are the door hinges, the center piece is the actuator. The actuator connectes to a bellcrank in the bottom of the missile bay so that a pushrod (moving forward/aft) will cause the door to open and close.

[pirate]

HOLY CRAP, KEVIN! That's a

HOLY CRAP, KEVIN! That's a picture of the real thing. You can't fool me.

What did you use for the hinge pins. Man, that's small.

Pete

[Guest]

Just need the missle launchers!

Nice

Just need the missle launchers!

Nice work!

Dave

[KevinMC]

Thanks guys,

I made the hinge

Thanks guys,

I made the hinge pins from very short lengths of 1/16" brass rod secured on either end with a tiny dab of silicone. I actually started out with small lengths of music wire, but they had a tendancy to rust and then didn't want to come out when I needed to get them out.

Don't worry Dave, the Granits (Shipwrecks) are coming...

[Rogue Sub]

Well Kevin dont forget to

Well Kevin dont forget to show us how you make your missile system as it is something I am working on aswell. I am almost glad, in a way, that the US missile hatch is not so complicated.

That being said, I have begun painting the boat with the exception of the missile deck. It still requires some work in the missile hatch area. This is going to be my area of focus tomorrow, as well as the prop.

Here are some pics of what I have so far.

I am starting to question weather I want to put the towed array tubes on the stern of this boat now. It is such a long thing that when you are handling it one wrong move and whack something is broke. I have already broken a prop due to negligence and I am afraid the tubes will have the same fate.

Ow word of advice. Dont dry the paint on a white metal prop infront of a heater fan. It will start to melt