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Wow! Incredible. Thank you for posting your progress.
Wow! Incredible. Thank you for posting your progress.
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If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub. -
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One can already guess from the pictures above....it's going to be tight in the stern section:
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DAVE I thought You sow Me and make a picture of my Face when I seen these Magnificent piece of works . THANK YOU for expressing my thoughts .I need to hire a crane to pick my jaw up off the floor after seeing those props. Wow, this is going to be absolutely beautiful. The sail top and insert look awesome as well.
Cheers,
Dave
@DrSchmidt believe me when I say I hold my breath every time before open You thread . THANK YOU for showing Your work .
MARIUS
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Thanks, but it's not finished yet.
Really not much space in the stern section, but just enough to get conventional hook ups in there:
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The bow planes are not quite trivial, too. Right now I plan to keep them fixed. The whole alignment will be done with a single bulkhead:
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The decks and a few smaller parts are going to be photo etched. Hell of a work to draw all that.....
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Small update. The moulds for the hull are done and only minor adjustments have to be added. The moulds for the sail will be ready by end of the week...hopefully. And to avoid boredom, I've started to fabricate the silicone moulds for the smaller pieces. All cast in PU resin:
top of the sail, mast support, bridge, sonar dome, hatches etc.
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This is some beautiful work you're doing here!Comment
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Thanks. Your metal VIIc rocks as well. I wouldn't have the patience for this approach.Comment
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Well, the moulds for the sail....done.
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Looking at your molds, I am puzzled.
I only see pins and no sockets.
Can you explain how the alignment pins work?Comment
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That's what I use:
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Thank you.
And that is a very good looking system.Comment
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O.K., getting the first parts out of the new moulds. The sail is laminated and in its vaccum sack.
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The design is getting close to finalization as well.....
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