So your suggestion would be to say arm one barrel on a forward gun and then two in the same turret in the back?
For plans of the Prinz Eugen, try this site: http://www.prinzeugen.com/PGplans.htm For some reason, I keep opening this site and contemplating the possibilities.
If I were building a PE I would do all three aimed to the rear, that said I did have a bow gun on my rookie cruiser for a battle or two, you can always change it if you dont like it.
Which lay out (all aft or two aft one forward) would you say is easier/cheaper from a co2 system standpoint?
Dunno how the poppet setup would run so I cant comment on the cost and if it would be any different. If you have all three fire at the same time you only need 3 servos(throttle,rudder,and guns/pump) so there might be some minor savings there. (maybe $10, but hey $10 is $10 right) The rest of the CO2 system would be the same. The bottle and regualator are going to cost you at least $50 total, probably closer to $100, more is also possible. Not much you can do about that, least not that I know of.
Well, I didn't decide to try this hobby to save money I figure cost wise: I just spent ~$200 on a six channel radio, six servos, gears etc. so I am set for the radio system. I figure if I can build the basic structure for $75-100 and the guns for $100, I can get away with the propulsion for not to much more and hopefully not overextend myself financially too much. Hopefully I can find somebody locally to help me out with some old gun parts or something.
paint , epoxy, props, wire and etc it all adds up. so expect to spend double what you think you are going to spend.
I found a scroll saw much better than a saber saw. Even the little 15" type that I have. You can find them cheep used. Band saw blade twist can be minimized by carefull setup of the guides, and blade tension. But the narrow ones do twist more. The wider the balde the larger the min. radius it will cut. What do you do with that lathe? And which one do you have? I can think of a few things to do. And would could find more, but it just seamed a waste of $ that could be spend on more usefull tools.
Actually I have a new 18 inch depth Dremel scroll saw, sorry, called it the wrong name. I make all my own stuffing tubes, with bearings, for both rudder and propulsion. On my Kumano, I have went with a smaller diameter stuffing tube to save a little weight, and so that it looks more scale. I make gun parts also, I just find its easier, and faster to set up on the lathe, thsn using the mill or drill press. I made my new outlet, which is pretty time consuming, but what a difference it makes, 30% improvement in water flow. A nice Aluminum servo mount for the rudder servo, actually I use the mill on that one. I have a belt sander with the sanding disk on the side, also a very high use tool. After I used Rick's a few times, I had to have one of these. I got a mini 12 inch lathe, from. Visit this site For the price for a 7x12 you cannot beat it. I have spent a couple of hundred more on it, buying a quick change bit kit, and the tailstock clamp kit, I did not like having to tighten and loosen a nut everytime I wanted to move the tailstock, so now it has a lever to do it.
Your ship is going to cost around $1000 when all done, just no way around it. You could go cheap and maybe get to $700, for a cruiser but you might sacrifice somethings that would make the ship better. But once you have it build it cost less to maintain then other hobbies. No one stops at just one ship, we all start building the 2nd as soon as the 1st is done.
I did wait 2 months Bob, before I started a second one, it took that long for the hull to arrive from Australia. []
Now if I did find an old ship that I could buy from someone, how much do you think it they would want for it (a small one, not a big battleship or anything) and how much to fix it up?
I would go on some of the individual club sites and look for links to "For Sale". Most clubs have them.
