1/72 Revell Gato Built with WTC - $650 in Los Angeles

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  • roberthusar
    Junior Member
    • Oct 2004
    • 160

    #1

    1/72 Revell Gato Built with WTC - $650 in Los Angeles

    Hi all. I have a built gato with dual shaft sub driver. The sub driver is for dynamic dive. I set up parallel LIPO 1200mAh packs (2400mAhr) total to avoid constant WTC removal. Trexxas ESC and futaba 75mhz receiver. You will have to replace the crystal to match your own frequency. $650 local pick up in LA or shipped for another $50.
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  • roberthusar
    Junior Member
    • Oct 2004
    • 160

    #2
    If the $650 is too high, can someone suggest the proper pricing on this? thanks,

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    • salmon
      Treasurer
      • Jul 2011
      • 2340

      #3
      IMHO $650 is not too high! It seems like a great price.
      It may be a timing thing, so close to Christmas, I even thought could I afford it?, but that would mean my wife and son would not get any presents, not good for family dynamics. If this has been running add more pictures. Show your boat in action. The sub-driver is an unusual color being white (most of David's are a bluish green color and if this is not a Merriman/Caswell unit it should not be called a sub driver). If you got this sub dialed in, show more photos.
      If you need to sell this in a hurry, then you could drop the price, until it does sell.
      Peace,
      Tom
      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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      • roberthusar
        Junior Member
        • Oct 2004
        • 160

        #4
        Thanks. Included is a WTC twin drive but may not be a caswell unit. Price readjusted to $550. Thanks for the feedback.

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        • ccontrol
          SubCommittee Member
          • Mar 2012
          • 186

          #5
          Could you throw up some pictures of the inside of the hull all the way aft and all the way forward? Looking to see how much is done/needs to be done with the control surface linkages and shafts.
          Thanks!

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          • salmon
            Treasurer
            • Jul 2011
            • 2340

            #6
            Ahhh, I see. As I look closer, I do not see a ballast tank, am I missing it? If not is there any ballast system installed in this WTC?
            Adding more photos will help too. Thank you.
            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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            • thor
              SubCommittee Member
              • Feb 2009
              • 1479

              #7
              Tom,

              I believe he stated above that the boat is a dynamic diver with no ballast system.
              Regards,

              Matt

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              • southern or
                Junior Member
                • May 2014
                • 484

                #8
                That's a good looking boat. I hope she finds a good home.

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                • salmon
                  Treasurer
                  • Jul 2011
                  • 2340

                  #9
                  Originally posted by thor View Post
                  Tom,

                  I believe he stated above that the boat is a dynamic diver with no ballast system.
                  I must be blind, I do not see that or interpret it differently. All I see is "The sub driver is for dynamic dive", nothing about ballast, Matt. All Sub-Drivers are dynamic, (both the ones with ballast and the new EZ Driver ones that do not have one). Since he mentioned this is not a Sub-Driver, I was getting more clarification.
                  Last edited by salmon; 11-23-2015, 08:16 PM.
                  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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                  • thor
                    SubCommittee Member
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 1479

                    #10
                    Technically, Tom a dynamic dive requires forward momentum to submerge. A static diver takes on ballast to submerge. While a static diving system can be trimmed to use dynamic motion to completely submerge, it is a static not a dynamic system. By inspection, you can see there is no static dive system present with this system making a totally dynamic system, which is why I interpreted his listing it as a dynamic dive boat literally as such.
                    Regards,

                    Matt

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                    • salmon
                      Treasurer
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 2340

                      #11
                      O.k. Matt
                      I am not going to debate this and truly it takes away from this posting.
                      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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                      • roberthusar
                        Junior Member
                        • Oct 2004
                        • 160

                        #12
                        No movement, perhaps $450 + postage is more appropriate. Thanks for the inputs - Bob Husar

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