Friday, July 06, 2007

Ballast Tank Blow Up

Since the Sun N Fun run I've been working on a major redesign of the ballast tank mechanism which goes in my 1/96 scale boats. I could not get it to blow in College Station and the servo seal has leaked repeatedly. So the time has come to replace the head and handle on my trusty D&E Miniatures axe. After some disassembly, I found the tank would not blow because the Propel tank's internal discharge tube was plugged. The external fitting was removed and silver soldered closed. A new brass barbed...
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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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