Ok cool, I did pretty much that, but with a likely inferior tape. See how she turned out. the timing for the rudder rule change was right when I ripped out the shafts, so I'm gonna get the most out of both now. Hopefully this'll cure the Puking-Dog Turning radius problem!
Haven't been able to put much time in recently, hopefully will turn that around. Working on smaller jobs - Bilge keels on today
Drew up barbs and turrets today, will need some tweaks epoxied deck rim post for pump mount also coated deck pieces with same batch, got deck magnets in Will be printing remaining turrets and barbs tomorrow, benefits of work from home. Once those are in I’ll make up and mount guns
Printer was banging away most of the day. Same mounting setup as Kongo, magnets in turret and barb always like getting barbs and turrets staged Had to pull spacing in based on turret shape forward barbs, relatively quick change from Kongo files I like the way the turrets came out, large turrets are convenient Next step is gluing barbs in
Haven’t been able to spend much time working on the boat, but I have been getting the SS printed. Used the files on this site, modified to reduce plastic and for ease of printing. Hopefully will get to spend some time actually working soon
Gun making time replenished inventory recently, making guns at about $8 cost each Everything soldered up elbows test fit next step will be magazine bending and mounting
Played around with gun magazine routing, then decided to drop some components in to see how the balance and weight stern mags look like they will snake together down the Port side to avoid the stack of two solenoids on Starboard side Filled her up, most of the SS printed balance point at 32.5" from the bow (WL level), just about right 25 lbs 1 oz - about 4-5 lbs below target weight, but that weight will disappear quickly Funny how these boats fill up quickly. The 3rd pack might have to go depending on how the weight works out Next will be more magazine bending, printing up mag mounts, checking gun hose routing and solenoid mounts
looking good, with everything so close to the sides are you going to have room to mount the inner armor mesh to protect all those goodies.
Yup, no concerns about that, this boat will probably have more space than most of mine between components and internal armor - the pet-resistant dog screen has held up great on all my boats
I have a question about those LiFePo4 M cells - how do you charge them? I mean, are they semi-permanently connected, with additional wiring between cells (I think I can see extra wires coming from the terminals) to allow balance charging, or do you unscrew all the cells and charge them separately each time?
They are wired as a 2s pack with the appropriate balance lead. They connect to the charger the same way any multi-cell lithium pack does. The terminals are coated in tool dip to prevent shorts, and they would only be disassembled if one cell died or a balance lead broke and needed re-soldering. I only balance charge occasionally because I keep the depth of discharge below any value of concern. Some other captains wire them up all individually which works too - many ways to skin the cat. The 2s 15Ah packs work well across all of my capital ships, with the larger ships having multiple packs wired in series, parallel, or a combination of both as needed
Thanks Rudder factory is up and running printed up a vertical solenoid mount Prepping for internal armor first side down
Previously I had a simple frame glued to a scrap piece of plywood that I put wax paper in to use as the potting form, now I just print up a box because it’s easier
Productive weekend. Stern gun aimer Swapped out barrel in B turret for more down angle Rudders ready to go - two different styles with two different pivot points. Traditional rectangle and the semi-circle version that worked well on other boats aft deck magnets glued with e6000 barrel holders for sidemounts Dummy barrels in pump ready to go internal armor drive motors in solenoid mounts also in rudders drying, epoxied together
