bradjack99 wrote:
It has been a marathon effort but I am now ready to pay for the freight for this beast. It is not cheap. Lee suggested that I could cut the hull to reduce the cost but I am not quite confident enough to put it back together.
Hopefully it will be here in the next month and I can get started.
The next step after it arrives is to figure where to start any suggestions?
Regards,
Brad.
H Brad Glad to hear that you will be taking delivery of the Bismarck Hull soon. As a general first move plan your build before you even start. There is so much available on this board that will answer a host of your questions. But as a tip engineering first and foremost , shaft , A frames, rudders and linkages Servos , motors R/C equipment , speed controllers and if you want revolving turrets , lighting or any other working feature consider the wiring, looms .Plan where you intend to remove the superstructure for access as this will effect the positioning of the batteries . Always prepare for the unexpected so access to the tiller flat is essential. Make sure you are able to remove the speed controllers; if they malfunction nothing is more frustrating than having to remove hardware that is covered over. Then once all the hardware is installed conduct ballasting trials . Its best not to fix any of the deck that can come later once you are satisfied that the engineering has been well tested and the vessel can be ballasted reasonably well even with out the superstructure.
These pictures show the hull of the G3 Battle Cruiser under test .Here the batteries provide much of the ballast . Try to avoid trim ballast that you can’t gain access to.
So there is the answer to your question as for the building of the model that’s another question . Hope this helps
Dave Wooley
There is no such thing as an accurate model only degrees of interpretation
DW