MadModder
The Craftmans Shop => Radio Control Models => Topic started by: boatmadman on October 10, 2009, 05:37:43 PM
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I have been told by a member of this forum some of you might be interested in a model ship I built.
Its a semi submersible ship, ie, it sinks the main deck below the waterline in order to load a cargo - a ship or oil rig, then re floats and lifts the cargo clear of the water.
There are no plans available to modellers for this ship. I started out with a set of hull lines on an A4 sheet of paper and a load of pics off the interweb.
This model, at 1:200 scale, is 1.4m long, 300mm wide and weighs about 15kg dry.
I used 4 reversible gear pumps, 4 pumped ballast compartments and 4 free flood ballast compartments.
This boat requires 7 channels to operate, 1 for each pump, one for main drive, 1 for rudder and 1 for the bowthruster.
Anyway, here it is. And just in case anyone starts wondering, its not for sale as I have just sold it to fund a milling machine from one of the members here.
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Boatman
Nice work.
http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/sea-giants_07.html
may be of interest, quite startling some of them.
BR
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Br,
Thanks for that, yes these ships are quite amazing. The stability of them when they submerge becomes a nightmare, its a really risky operation that doesnt take much to get wrong.
Ian
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Cracking work Boatmad thanks for showing
Cheers
Stew
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Top class work :thumbup:
CC
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Nice model. I've seen pics of the real thing. Amazing.
Bernd
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nice work boatmadman..........thanks for showing the photos :clap: :thumbup:
chuck :wave:
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Very nice indeed.
I have seen TV shows on these types of ships but I had never considered what would be needed to make a working scale model.
Thanks so much for sharing.
cheers, Graham in Ottawa Canada
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MV_Blue_Marlin_carrying_USS_Cole.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MV_Blue_Marlin_carrying_USS_Cole.jpg)