The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

[bigdave]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

Are those red LED's?
If so, why? BD.

[Wheelerdealer]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

No those are the Posilock connectors. I have used them before getting electrical cables through bulkheads before and they work well. Pressure tight too.

[vasily]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

Very clean build. Those PosiTite connectors are new to me, and I want them! I notice that the smallest size PosiTite is rated for wire gauges 20-18, and I bet that your wires are smaller than that. Do you do anything special to the smallest Positite to seal round smaller wires, do you use 20 gauge wire as a minimum, or do the standard PosiTites work fine on smaller gauge wire?
Jim

[Wheelerdealer]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

Opps sorry wrong picture. I am using the new tiny red Posilocks Minis. Have put a drop of silicone sealant to make it water tight (for electrical purposes), but there is hardly any cross current in fresh water if you maintain some separation between the connectors. Not really suitable for connections that need to be made and broken often if you use silicone.

[bigdave]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

Thanks.
Interesting item. BD.

[Wheelerdealer]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

Bonding the WTBox into the lower hull is probably the most important step in building this model. Naturally the box needs to be level and at just the right position so the motor output shafts line up with the prop shafts (though if you use universal coupling rather than the ridged couplings supplied you have a little leeway). However more importantly if the box is bonded in too low you won’t be able to get the piston tanks in, and if it’s too high you won’t be able to submerge from a scale waterline. The instruction say that the top of the box should be 26mm from the top of the lower hull, and its well worth measuring this a few times.







Once I got the water tight box into a position I was happy with I spot glued it in 4 places to hold it whilst I went about bonding it in with Polyester resin.

[Wheelerdealer]

Re: The 1:100 Project 941UM Typhoon Build Thread

The WT Box bonded in.

[JWLaRue]

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I finally found the energy to clear up the garage now the weather has got better and get down to cutting out some of the bigger holes. Hopefully I can some regular work done from now on.

[Wheelerdealer]

[southern or]

I've been meaning to ask, what all have you done to the WTC? Looks nothing like the two stock ones I have also, how much ballast are you using?

[Wheelerdealer]

Some more work....




Do we all read the same books?

[Wheelerdealer]

Still a bit more work to do on the hatches....

[Wheelerdealer]

[Wheelerdealer]

Haven't done much for a few months. I'll get back on it over the winter.