Thread: german schnellboat

For a "beginner" kit the railings are a tad complex. Cannot even make a jig to hold them all in place. Did my best. You will see it at one of the shows.

Adzam
I built the graupner Wiesel about 20 years ago, it was fairly unstable then with 380's on the outside and a 540 in the middle. It was grossly overpowered for scale speed. Remember this hull is designed to slice thru the water, not plane on top of it. I cured it by getting the cg as low as possible, in fact the batteries rested at the very bottom of the hull.
The full size ship has four screws and when I start to build another Wiesel in a couple of months time (I have a complete old kit in storage) I will be fitting it with scale 4 screws and 2 rudders, if I can get enough information on correct positioning of the shafts. Using 4x380 size motors (24volt motors running on 12volts).
Your model is based on the first Zobel class with forward facing torpedo tubes, the fleet was later refitted with rear facing wire guided torpedoes and a very large radome on the superstructure (this is the fit for the graupner kit, which has recently been re-released with a few more vac formings but still with the incorrect drive train).
I would be grateful if anyone has any info on the drive system for the full size ship