Thought that I would share What I have going on with the VDT getting it ready for battling. Here are some pics of it on the bench. I am working on doing a lot of tidying up such as sealing exposed wood, and just getting to know how all of it sits in the ship. The solenoids I am using are sourced locally, I got these from Mark Roe(Huge Thanks to Mark for solving the solenoid problem.) 3 plus a spare. When i got it on the water to run it around I found out that it does all the things you expect a boat to do on the water including take on water Which led to me finding out that my pump works great(thanks Johnny A). All of that led me to find out that i could run for a couple hours on 2 fully charged batts with the pump going constantly with no apparent loss of power in the boat. If anyone has any thoughts and suggestions, I would love to hear them so i can probably misinterpret them and otherwise totally screw things up. At which Point, I will get with, Mark Roe, Kas Gaigalas, and Will Cover to get me straightened out. So plz KNOW this, not a greater group of guys around exists, Big shout out to Mark, Kas, And Will for all they do for others to help! speaking of which, Will Cover is stopping by tomorrow to help plumb my guns.
That is next on the agenda after it works and even if it winds up working poorly but sinks really good I will start adding non-relevant bits and pieces and crew and hatch covers and chocks and bits and boats and cranes and nets and rails and lines and rivets and port holes and crew members and admirals staff and a brewery(it is german after all) and jack staff and more searchlites Etc. ,yea i can get carried away or maybe should be carried away.
oooooo.... Shiney, Shiney Well, the good news is I have a battle Capable boat, will continue to improve upon it as needed. The other good news is that means i can put superfluous items on it legitimately
Nick you are the BOSS!! Amazing stuff! LOL, My envelope of Poo arrived today in pristine condition. I opened it up and there was no poo in it for me but these awesome spotlights!!! they even have detailed faces representing the bevels on the glass face so they shine brighter!! Okay, I am amazed! pics for your viewing pleasure
