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13-12-2006
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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| I love the open aircraft canopies and the figures really give it some life and scale. That is an amazing kit and you have done it proud.
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14-12-2006
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| | Scale Model Member | Thanks Richard, its the result of 7 months straight work and its my favourite out of all my boats, and im planning on doing the trumpeter nimitz (same scale) to go with it.
Just found these pictures of the enterprise' electrics
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14-12-2006
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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| Now that's very interesting!!! I am currently struggling with the couplings on my U-boat. The ones I got with the motors were horribly big and out of balance so I made up some brass bushes and linked them with electrical flex sheathing. The trouble is it keeps slipping!
What is the flexible material you have used for your couplings? Your shafts even look to be of a similar size, mine are 2mm, so if I can get hold of something similar I will be in with a chance. My next experiment was going to be heat shrink.
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16-12-2006
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| | Scale Model Member | The props, shafts, and shaft sheaths came from prop shop.
The couplings are by Robbe but ill have to check what exactly they're called and get the part number.
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16-12-2006
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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| Got it, many thanks. I'll give them a go when I get home. | |
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| | Hi I'm New | Great job!! I joined the group just so I could see these pictures. I plan to do the same thing and I have a couple of questions. How are you attaching the decks to the ship so you can remove them? Is this a stock build or did you use aftermarket parts? I am having a hard time fiding out what the ship looks like stock.
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mougins on the french Riviera Real Name: Alan My Models: I go for greek war ships, I've made A 1/125 scale of the Velos Destroyer that is in Athen port Visit Averof's Gallery
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| Very keen job !
And as I made a certain number of plastics kit convertion to RC I know how difficult it can be. I just cant wait to see it on the pond. Best of luck, and please keep sending photos.
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