Merriman's Submarine Modelling Masterclass

Scott Kenny said:
Man, I can smell those pictures. All that dying gunk on the hull... *gag*
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LOL. I'm with you. All of deck-gang worked with the drydock crew when two of the ships I was stationed aboard went up on the blocks for cleaning, inspection, and preservation. That first couple of days out of the water.... JeeZZus!!! A stink that lingers to this day.
 
As an experienced R/C surface boat builder looking for a new challenge, I think I will get into a submarine project.
My learning curve at the moment is very steep
With this in mind I will be attending SUBEX in a couple of weeks and wonder if you plan on being there.

Thanks

Bruce M
 
BESM said:
As an experienced R/C surface boat builder looking for a new challenge, I think I will get into a submarine project.
My learning curve at the moment is very steep
With this in mind I will be attending SUBEX in a couple of weeks.
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Maybe a place to start?
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Nothing to short out with a rubber band at least.

If memory material gets cheaper, maybe a temperature differential between water inside and outside the model…dive planes that don’t need typical electronics one day?

An R/C command just has something flex a bit…several rubber bands along the length with gears? One rubber band unwound—it goes to the next?
 
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BESM said:
As an experienced R/C surface boat builder looking for a new challenge, I think I will get into a submarine project.
My learning curve at the moment is very steep
With this in mind I will be attending SUBEX in a couple of weeks and wonder if you plan on being there.

Thanks

Bruce M
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Me and Jake will be there, Bruce. Looking forward to meeting you, sir.
 
martinbayer said:
It is a pure pleasure to discover an artist finding true, complete fulfillment in their craft.
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No! I'm a Craftsman. If it ain't photo-real, it ain't real. Duh!

The word 'Artist' has become so overused and highjacked by crayon, spray-can, computer, and poop smearing hacks that it has lost nearly all its former import.

Craftsman... call me a Craftsman! Damnit!
 
merriman said:
No! I'm a Craftsman. If it ain't photo-real, it ain't real. Duh!

The word 'Artist' has become so overused and highjacked by crayon, spray-can, computer, and poop smearing hacks that it has lost nearly all its former import.

Craftsman... call me a Craftsman! Damnit!
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I still think you are *both* - after all, Photorealism *IS* a recognized art genre, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism. You are just exercising it in 3D rather than mere 2D, thus literally taking it to a whole next level. Now, have you ever fancied yourself sporting a beret...
 
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martinbayer said:
I still think you are *both* - after all, Photorealism *IS* a recognized art genre, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism. You are just exercising it in 3D rather than mere 2D, thus literally taking it to a whole next level. Now, have you ever fancied yourself sporting a beret...
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The beret -- the purple hair, hoodie, and nose-ring of a long past era. Such uniform patches the mark of the pseudointellectual.

Nope. I live in my own skin, working things out for myself without much need (or want) of group-approval.
 
merriman said:
The beret -- the purple hair, hoodie, and nose-ring of a long past era. Such uniform patches the mark of the pseudointellectual.

Nope. I live in my own skin, working things out for myself without much need (or want) of group-approval.
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I can relate - notice my tagline immediately below...
 
Scott Kenny said:
Clear tabs, huh. Needed how much more control authority?
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Had to read that twice, Scott. You're talking about the rudder extension.

That rather ugly solution needed to tighten the boats turning radius, as all boats with fixed vertical stabilizers (and humongous pump-jet ducts) are inherently over-dynamically stabilized about the yaw axes; such fixed structures tend to fight a deliberate force working to yaw the boat into a turn.

The commie boats are beautiful beasts, but those vertical, fixed structures make them piggish in the turn.
 
Scott Kenny said:
I guess even water full of pond slime is non-conductive enough to get away with not sealing up all the wires?
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Bingo.

Now that it's nearing the end of these motors first season, they still run fine -- I bet the insides look like a tropical rain-forest, but as long as the brushes keep cleaning the commutator pads, we're good. Here's to another season with these awful looking things!
 
a bit off topic
but good reference photo of Submarine after 200 days on sea
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Scott Kenny said:
I'm not sure which I'd hate more, hand-making those railings, or dealing with photoetched brass parts...
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Photo-etched parts are as useless to the task as the original plastic railings -- two weak for an r/c submarine subject to handling and the occasional collision. Soldered brass rod is the best solution here.
 

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