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A couple of weeks ago, I came across a gent who has a display setup honouring the sailors from the Bonnie (and other veterans) in a local mall, so on Monday, I'm dropping off a 'mini' air-det to him, with one each Tracker, Banshee, Sea King and Horse. There is a glass cover for the display box, so they'll be protected (which is a good thing.) Also, the hull has now dried a bit, so I've decided to put the draft markings on. I'm quite pleased with how that looks. Let that dry for a few days and I'll add a few layers of clear coat sealant on it to protect them.
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Tonight I was out in the garage puttering away at a few things - I masked up the boot topping, and shot the keel with the first layer of red. I'll let it dry a bit and shoot it again on the weekend probably. I was also puttering away with some electronic bits - once the keel is done and dusted, I'll be able to flip the hull over and start working on the guts...but wanted to get some work done tonight on some of the 'extra' channels on the receiver. I was puttering away at the Anchor Chain hoist system tonight. It's a bit finicky.
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Got caught up on some things last week, and this week I got back to some work on the Bonnie. The HMS Blackpool model is basically complete - just some minor details left to add/finish up, so This week I got the Bonnie out on the paint table, flipped her over and did the upper hull portion in gray paint. Next step will be to scribe the waterline, mask, then do the red. We'll see how that goes!
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You assume that I have a greater level of skill in 3D design than I actually have...taking someone else's 3D model and adjusting it to delete one shaft, and add 2 in place is not a trivial task. My goal from this was to see if this was a simple workable 3D print that I could use for a 3D printing course as it is. It's mostly OK for that. With the caveat that yeah, one shaft vs 2.
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OK! Float test went well! I used some white tape to seal a couple of the upper deck hatches down on a temporary basis, and my 'temporary' prop shaft solution is, truly, only temporary. I was able to get out 20 feet under power, then things stopped working - such is life. Brought her back alongside. The battery pack was all the weight needed to get her ballasted down properly. Generally pleased with the look. We'll see how she performs once I get things fixed up next week.
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OK, A temporary solution for the prop shaft is in place - the rudder works, prop will spin. Ish. I did a bit of detail painting tonight, added some foam for floatation, charged the batteries up, and I think we'll see how she looks on the pond in the morning. Oh, added a couple sections of Anchor Chain on the foc'sle as well.
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Boot topping added - looks alright! Assembled the RC side of the house - I needed a servo-arm pin/swivel thing and grabbed that at the LHS on the way home from work. Got the rudder setup and functional first. It seems to track OK. Then I decided to try and dial in the shaft line and install the motor - and....well...let me observe that the shaft line piece I had and used isn't perfectly straight it would seem...so while the motor is in, the shaft is too stiff in the stuffing tube to be spun freely. It is VERY Sticky. Good news is that I have a new shaft coming in the mail, and according to the Royal Mail tracking system, it's in Canada...we'll see if I get it tomorrow or not.
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Got home late last night after doing some enjoyable things on a range with the Army folks I work part-time with, and ended up doing a few minutes of light (220 grit) sanding on the hull, and a light overspray of the dark gray paint again. I think tonight I'll end up putting tape on and spraying on the boot topping, then tomorrow I'll start putting on the last details and getting her assembled and ready for the pond on Saturday.
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Correct! The print file was setup for a single shaft. Today I built up a 3D printed mast based on the smaller one from my Bonnie model. I added a Yardarm with some full dipole Antennas and used a Radar dish from a Gepard AA tank model. Turned out OK methinks! It is not 100% accurate based on images, but it's close enough for this project. NS
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I will do my level best to keep upper deck weight low! I've picked up a small battery pack to keep that weight down, and I'm using 9g servos as well. Overall printed weight is quite low. We'll see how things turn out! My plan for the mast will be 3D printing as well - I'm hopeful that will keep the weight down there as well!
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Hull has been glued together, sanded, and a layer of bondo putty has been applied to dry overnight. I'll do another sanding in the morning to tidy her up, and put on a layer of Fiberglass Resin to seal the hull up. This is going fairly quickly! The re-printed superstructure looks good. I also dropped by the LHS and picked up a new 4 channel receiver - added it to a couple of 9g servos and an old ESC, and I've got a functional RC system put together now. - Rudder - Throttle - Gun rotation I am pondering the 4th channel to see what I do with it. Do I get a sound kit? Or. Do I rig it up with a switch for lights and a spinning Radar dish? Hrm. We'll see!
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