Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Christmas Catch Up

Merry Christmas to all who have visited r/c sublog this past year!

It's been neat to monitor the visitor activity and it occurs to me that many of you have been dropping by and coming away empty. Was August really the last time I posted progress? Rest assured I've been working on the boat -- just haven't had time to post.

The bottleneck is the images. If I were only writing about the work that would be one thing. But if you can't see pictures it really isn't all that fun to follow is it? And the extra steps to shoot good images, download them, work them up in PhotoShop, and stick them in with the text is what has slowed things down. Nevertheless, I'm going to try to get back up to speed shortly.

So, hang in there and I'll get the images together for a series of posts: my final solution for side keel fastening; ready made rivets; phosphoric atomizer installation; rudder rack and pinion components; dive plane bearings; and more.
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About Me

The first movie I saw in a theater was Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1971 re-release). The first grown-up book I read was "War Fish" by George Grider. Built hundreds of plastic kits growing up. Saw an article on The SubCommittee in the mid 90's and joined. Began first foray into radio controlled subs in 1998.

Current Projects

1/32 scale Disney Nautilus (Custom Replicas kit).
1/96 scale USS Helena (SSN-725) (ThorDesign kit).
1/72 scale USS Permit-class (HMK kit)

Completed Boats

1/96 scale Permit-class modeled as USS Thresher (SSN-593).
1/96 scale Los Angeles-class modeled as USS Jefferson City (SSN-759).

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