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No need to switch over to anything else. It looks like this configuration will accomplish pretty much the same thing only better. The large servo controls the direction or cyclic on all three rudders and the small servo controls the collective in the outer rudders without affecting the center rudder operation. The only limit I see is what you said before. The distance between the outer rudders and the transom could severely hinder their movement. Much cleaner installation as well. Congratulations.

At 17 I HAD to fix everything. I couldn't afford to pay someone else to fix it and most of the vehicles I could afford to buy needed fixing now and then! I think that is the current version of the right stuff jct. They change the label so often it is hard to be absolutely certain. What you might do is spray or brush a undercoat, it makes little difference as it smooths out pretty well on its own. When it dries place an old decal from your spares and apply a topcoat. Another pretty nice test is to take a clear piece like a cockpit or window while still attached to the sprue and dip it in the floor gloss and without brushing off the excess, let it hang and drip dry. If you have a dust issue you may want to cover it as well. When it drys you should have about the clearest window you have ever seen.

Hi Piet I said that I would LIKE that kind of view. Unfortunately, or possibly fortunately, as our waterfront is not quite as scenic as the one in the above picture, my house is located about 12 blocks from the cliff that overlooks the Navel station and docks. Even if I could see it my house is facing in the wrong direction, (east)! I can see the mountains though. The tugboat race/ride was LONG ago, almost in a another life it seems. I wish I had the contacts /means to do it again. But then I suppose I did it at least once and that is one more time than some people.

Like CDW said, Great looking mini Camaro body but the aluminum engine combined with the cylinders, that were also aluminum with steel rings! Most aluminum engines used iron or steel sleeves but not the Vega. I suspect you got about twice the milage most people did from the average Vega Mark. Some of them used oil from the day they left the showroom.

ir3 Have you considered running two links from the sled servo arms to each of the outer rudders with both arms at opposite directions, (Pointing toward the centerline) that way when the servo sled moves forward and sternward while the servo arms remain neutral it would make the outer rudders operate in opposite directions creating your Lurrsen effect, or as I look at it the collective pitch. When you turn the arm on the sled mounted servo then the rudders would work in opposite directions and act as conventional rudders while still maintaining their collective relationship to each other. This could also be referred to as cyclic pitch control. These are all helicopter control terms but I see no reason why they would not work in your application. I suspect that you would not even need the center rudder but if you did I think you would be able to run a flexible cable between the outer rudders with two additional arms aligned parallel to the centerline of the hull. Make another about half length rudder arm on the center rudder and run the cable through it. Install two adjustable collars on each side of the center arm that allow for the movement of the collective while still pushing or pulling the center rudder in the cyclic movements. You may have to install dampening or centering springs on the center rudder as in straight ahead travel it will not really be supported by the outer rudders. You would of course have to remove the extra center arm linkage from the fixed servo to the center rudder. Another possibly easier way would be to add another fixed servo just for the center rudder. I suspect that the only time you will possibly need it will be at slow speeds anyway. Hope that all makes some sense to you.

Nice explanation ir3 When I was looking at the picture I had some doubts as well, and thought you were going to run into some problems. But your description makes it a bit more clear and much more logical. Can't wait until the water tests!

Think of it as eighteen or twenty hours flying time, or six or seven time zones. It seems much closer!

Nice job Jack your paint looks fantastic and your doors are straight! You must be a happy camper. I agree on measure 21. One would have to look pretty hard to find a more boring paint scheme. The measure 32 is MUCH better looking and your rendition looks great. As for England vs. Slater and Buckley vs. Cannon, or for that matter turbine vs. diesel, that's pretty easy to fix. One way would be to change the stack. Fairly easy if a 3D version was available, (It's not) but a much easier way would be to look over the list of Buckley or turbine DEs that served in the North Atlantic convoys and it is almost certain it was dressed up in measure 32. Change the name and all is well! But no matter what you call her your work so far is looking good.

Nice looking work OC. Moving right along.

That's some nice looking work.

I agree Mark It may be best to think of something simple and relatively mindless that can progress at a pace that is enjoyable but not demanding. The Licorne and us will still be here when it is time again.

Thanks, that's why I keep following you guys around. Pick a crumb here and there.

I have owned and used a couple of these types of programs but the one that for me had the shortest learning curve and did EVERYTHING I needed was this program. https://www.amazon.com/Better-Homes-Gardens-Designer-VERSION/dp/B0013MCZRK They have a newer version, ( https://www.amazon.com/Chief-Architect-Home-Designer-Suite/dp/B079M2VVTD/ref=pd_sbs_65_1/147-6239223-8724702?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B079M2VVTD&pd_rd_r=cc78429f-3580-11e9-bebf-15ead0be056d&pd_rd_w=Vwudq&pd_rd_wg=7Tr82&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=RSPQQJAS10T8X5YX5GPC&psc=1&refRID=RSPQQJAS10T8X5YX5GPC ) but for what you are doing you may not need one.

http://gatorsmask.com/ddde.html He lists them under Buckley.

Like so many other things in modern day plastic model building I have never worked with sculpting clay so I thought I would ask. No mileage for reference on my part at all!

You need to get your little helper in your avatar to do a little less sleeping and a little more helping you out by pointing out where you have not done it like in the book!

Totally dumb question Craig. (But you just need to consider the source) Would it not just be easier to cut out the decals with your scalpel and just install them paper and all? or stick them to an old blister pack cover and after dry cut them out and again install in place? I do agree though that the results of your method do look nice.

I have been wondering for years why Model Shipways didn't do the same thing to the carved hull? So are you doing plank on frame or plank on bulkhead?

Glad to see you doing the England Jack. I always thought sub #6 was an outstanding story. The England stood aside and watched the other DEs work over the sub for over 25 hours with Hedge Hogs and depth charges. Then at last Commander Hains told her "Oh hell, go ahead England" and she made one pass and sank the sub with one pattern of Hedge Hogs! The kit looks really nice. I wonder how much nicer it will be compared to the older and bigger Revell Buckley would be with GMM photo etch? Are you going to look into 3D guns and stuff?

I could enjoy a view like that from my front room window.

That is a great picture Kurt Tug boat races! Several years ago a friend and I were invited on board the Shelly Foss for our annual tug boat race in Puget Sound. When we started out the Shelly was pretty much in front of everyone but was being closely pursued by a Crowley tug. I forgot which one but she was newer, more powerful, and faster than the Shelly and was catching us fast. For those who have never been on a tug at high speed, (Probably only 14-16 Kts but feels much faster) it becomes obvious that you are soon pushing half of the ocean in front of the boat and dragging the rest behind you with nothing in between! As the after work deck is only about a foot above the waterline anyway it looks like a tall wave is following the boat trying to swamp you. In fact if the captain was to throw the engines into reverse that would in fact happen! Just imagine a fat 85 foot ship with over 3000 HP and two six foot props trying to get on plane and you start getting the idea. The local tug people take their once a year race VERY SERIOUSLY and this race was no different. The Crowley tug was NOT going to let an old Foss tug beat her under any circumstances. We were standing by the winch looking back as the other tug kept closing the distance. We began to realize that the other tug was getting so close that she was starting to surf our wake and all of the sudden made a lunge at us! At the last minute with what seemed to be inches to spare, the tug vered off to one side, but we were certain that we were going to get a tug over the stern and in our lap! They may look small when you see them up against the side of some ship but from our view that tug was anything but small! We ran up to the bridge and told the captain what had happened and he just said in a level tone, "It happens once in a while, happened last year to one of the other tugs". I don't know if he was pulling our leg but he sounded like he was telling the truth. I would do it again, although I would probably stay on the bridge but I suspect those days are long gone for me just as my contacts so there is probably little chance.

It's not the assembly so much that I follow. I can throw together a kit. It is watching you guys work with your painting and even more so with your shading and weathering that fascinates me. I have not done much of one, and none of the other in my years of modeling, and I pick up something in every one of your builds. Most of the time I feel like a mechanic hanging out with designers and artists. A little out of my element and possibly just a bit jealous.

Looks like this one will take a little more than a week! Think I will bring my more comfortable chair.

Looking promising and like you have it well under control.

You threw me for a minute there! Until I scrolled down! You actually had me thinking that it was some east coast tug or inland tug company. My Tug knowledge is pretty much west coast, (Especially Foss and Crowley) with some branching out on ocean going tugs, mostly British. The only east coast tug company I would possibly recognize would be Moran, which is what I thought you were building based on the colors. Almost all you would have needed would be a big "M" on the funnel. Still a nice job even if you did fool me.