USS CALIFORINA BUILD

I have looked at several of the boats. It does give me ideas for a layout of the ship.

 

Here are some more pics.

 

Paul look at these links. Looks good so far. I think a different rudder style will fit better. Maybe a Bismarck style rudder would work better here. Props are lined up pretty good.
btw. Check out these links please. There's one on a ship build. Check out how the throttle mount is made .

 

props look good, Rudder shapes can be played with, you just have to stay in the allowable square footage for the class

 

I think rudder can be adjusted based on performance when it is completed.

 

Paul I would go with 1.25 in 25 pitch 3 or 4blade props running on Gears. That would give you lots of wash over the rudder, plenty of thrust to move the weight and overcome the hull drag and amke the beast stop better.

 

Thanks Curt. I will see how the gears line up with the shafts.

 

One of the linKS I sent you shows a gear setup with a universal coupling.It is very similar to what I have set up in Yamato. If you want I will send you a pic of my set up so you can see what I mean. Basically connecting the U-JONIT to the prop shaft was easy. The part that connects from the other end of the Ujont you have to cut another shaft that will connect the other end of the Ujoint and run through the gear mount where it inserts to the large gear wheel at the base. This will allow your gear mount more flexiblility when mounting and allow your prop shaft a better aligment. Once set up it is extremely reliable(Yamato) And very strong.

 

if you could post a picture it would be great.

 

Ok Paul I will post a pic . I will have to do it tomorrow. At Fayes right now.

 

Not a problem. I did see one pic from thos links. so it is one end of a universal on the shaft attached to a piece of rod that has one one end the other universal and at the other the gear.

 

Right. The prop shaft goes into the universal. The other end goes into a shaft that goes through the gear mount and is attached to yourlarge gear wheel inside the gear mount.The large gear wheel is secured at that end there. The Graupner U-joints you can get longer extensions to insert in the middle to lenthen the universal. Of course with all shaft connections you want to bevel a flat on the shaft for the set scree to wedge into and anchor. Once done it rarely ever comes loose. The Shaft insert should be sleeved at the Motor mount stuffing tube to prevent wobble. Just insert a sleeve through the mount. You willl have to make adjustments to get it right but once set use the same measure for the other side.

I nearly have the B turret sidemounts mounted .

 

Good work curt. Update. the deck and deck kit for the Tennesee ha been ordered from Strike models as well as the plans. I will pick up some brass rod this week to see how it fits with the gears.

 

Great.

 

More progress made today. I assembled the gear boxes to get an idea of how much they may have to be raised to be inline with the shafts . I am about 1/8 below where I should be. I have sintra thin enough to raise it to the requires height. I have also created a tube to hold a 1/8 brass rod that goes from yhe gears to the shafty. it will connect to the shaft using dog bone and collars. Tommorow I will create a motor mount to support the motor.

 

Great Paul. More pics please of your work. Still working on the radio box. No time to work on it today.

 

Here are some pics of the Motors and gears. I intend to create a channel in the bottom of the wooden block so I can use a tie down to keep the engine secure.

 

Looks good so far Paul You want to channel a slot con-caved to fit the motor in snuggly. You would need to drill through the mount 2 locations or one to run a twist tie through to secure the motor. Check our PE and see what I did there for your motor mount. That seemed to work good. BC sells the mounts now for 2 motor sizes. The slots are already there to fit the motor and the holes are already pre-drilled to accomodate twist ties.

 

I will be creating a channel under the wood block to help hold the motor down. Also on the side I will be adding some smaller pieces of wood to keep the motor wedged in. The one good thing with the space between motors is that I can place the pump in the middle and start creating a water channel to the Pump. The next thing will be to resin in the shafts. Once that is done. I will create the rudder post and then wait for the deck to come.

 

Just a further update. I have also started cutting the hull for the Graf Spee. Obe side has been cut.