Compression fittings on plastic tube without an insert sleeve don't work well, at least on this tubing. With a sleeve in place bb's will not feed. I'm going to test some alternative adhesives. Tonight it will be JB Weld. Steve
Steve, Not sure what kind of tubing that Rick Schultz used but the only stuff that seemed to work then was the armored stuff. Marty
According to the postage scale at work, the gun as pictured weighs .15 pounds or 2.4 ounces or 68 grams (your pick).
That's a good weight, especially since my stock BC cannon weighs about 4.5 oz. I'll wait until you figure out the glue for the magazine before I copy your design.
Believe it or not it appears that E6000 adhesive may be the ticket. After a two day cure the magazine appears to be solidly attached to the tee, I'm going to pressure test this weekend.
WOW! I love that little boat. I still have a Mogador hull laying around. I may have to put that on my list of builds. Very nice. Mikey
Steve, let us know how that Spartan solenoid works out. I've been meaning to get a few to test, but hadn't needed any yet.
Steve, Excellent build. i have been watching all year. Have you made any more progress? A question on the Garolite: what part number did you use to order? I used this thread as refrence on my 1/96 build and will be starting a 1/144 build soon. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, I'm proud of the way it turned out. The ballistic nylon makes it bb proof! The three way switch and ESC provides a cool off/half/full speed function to the pump. I'm trying to get Frank to program a pic that can do a Bellagio fountain show with this setup... Steve
" I'm trying to get Frank to program a pic that can do a Bellagio fountain show with this setup..." Fountain shows always scare the pants off most captains, next is music to co-ordinate.
Ahhahaha! Can see it now, a program to pump random pump streams to fool other captains into thinking you are in trouble! Allied Captain #1: "Hey, is that Mogador in trouble? Looks like it is having pump priming problems." Allied Captain #2: "Sure does. Lets go put it out of its misery!" Sounds of rapid cannon fire ... Sunk Allied Captain #1: "Uh ... what just happened?"
Excellent work! The only thing I have found that sticks to that shelf liner is E6000. I used that liner in my big Mogador and it has held up pretty well so far.
E6000 is great stuff. Though I've found it doesn't stick to whatever BC is using to mold their turrets out of.
I've got most of the bits for the Mogador either installed or available (with the exception of a super structure) and it's approaching the scale target weight of 3.2 pounds. I decided to test float it to check stability. As I've yet to sheet the model, I wrapped the hull in aluminum foil as a temporary stand-in for the balsa. She floated close to the scale water line but stability was lacking (I bet in real life the Mogador was a fun ship in a storm). I need to address topside weight so will be replacing the copper mag with an aluminum equivalent. The superstructure and turrets will be 100% foam (say goodbye to the BC turrets). I can carve out some of the foam channeling and get the batteries down an 1/8" or so. The extra pound allowance that DD's get may end up as lead sheet glued to the bottom of the hull.
