I finally started work on my next model, this will be my second submarine. The first one was the USS Marlin. The SJ is a 42 inch LOA by 5.5 inch beam styrene kit by Moebius. This will be a full working model like the Marlin. The sub-driver was provided by David Merriman and most of the specialty electronics were purchased from Nautilus Drydocks. The sub-driver is also available from Nautilus Drydocks. The sub-driver is an internal acrylic tube which houses batteries in the forward section, ballast tank in the middle section and an electronics compartment in the aft section. I'll be adding a few 'working' items to the model, namely navigation lights, and in place of scale torpedoes, the torpedo doors will open and very bright LED's will give me a set of essentially headlights. If you want to see info about the Marlin, just mention something.
https://www.rc-submarine.com/
Upon opening the box I found one section to have a longitudinal warp. I'll show you in the next post how I eliminated the warp. I opened up flood holes on the 2 hull section bottoms in order let water enter the model, last three pictures.
Why this picture is so large on a computer screen I have no idea, ok on iPad. Uggg!
https://www.rc-submarine.com/
Upon opening the box I found one section to have a longitudinal warp. I'll show you in the next post how I eliminated the warp. I opened up flood holes on the 2 hull section bottoms in order let water enter the model, last three pictures.
Why this picture is so large on a computer screen I have no idea, ok on iPad. Uggg!
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