| Graupner's Wiesel (Newbie)
I too am a builder of the original run (142a version) of a Graupner Wiesel. I purchased it in London in 1975 and started building it. I had to set aside for family and job reasons. Eventually I restarted building it then the internet slowly made available a number of photographs on the type 142 & 142a boats.
Now I found that Graupner produced a semi-scale model, not what I wanted to build. I have been cutting and hacking at the model to try and get it close to scale. That will not happen with me as the deck and structure are out of proportion, but at least it will be much better than following the directions.
If all goes well, I hope to get the boat in the water this fall. I wonder with the handling issues that are posted here, has anyone tried to reduce the throttle movement? The big boats had two rudders and the model has three. Perhaps there is too much over steer and if you reduce the maximum rudder throw you might correct some of the problems. Just a thought. If you try this, please let me know.
Lew |