| Tiger before you get too far you need to do some ballast trials in the bath. This model actually needs quite a lot of ballast and the best place for it is as low as possible. I put lead strip inside the models keel but lead shot or even sand epoxied in would be just as effective.
Those motors are significantly heavier than mine so will have quite an effect on the ballast so, along with all the other gear especially batteries, need to be accounted for. I would get your hull together now and have a play in the bath to see just what you need.
The exposed shafts are the only way to go and look so much more realistic than fitting full length tubes. She's coming along very nicely.
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