Progress continues...
Here is my version of the water intake. I take a plastic pipe, put a curve in it, cut at an angle, and then attach it to the hull.
After that dries, I attached a plastic strip between the pipe and the hull. It also keeps the pipe parallel to the hull (the pipe is a little flexible and tends to arch outwards. Then I just puttied and sanded the area to blend them together. The result looks like this one on the other side.
Progress also continues on my side projects...
I see that Hobbysearch now has pictures posted of the parts for the Hobby Boss Yasen class. I could be wrong, but it looks to me like the entire forward section of the hull (torpedo tubes all the way to the bow) is shaped wrong. If so, the error extends back to just a little ways under the conning tower and will be a mess to correct. As a result, I haven't fully decided whether or not to get that one, or skip it and just have 3 subs.
I've started correcting the Bronco Borei class. The first problem is the propeller shaft. This picture shows how they intend for the stern of the hull to blend into the propeller shaft and using the PE prop. The gap would be partially hidden by the shroud but is still visible at some angles.
I've added epoxy putty to fill the gap.
Once dry, I've sanded down the putty and finished the taper of the hull back to the prop.
So far, no major concerns on this one. It wont have any where near the number of corrections as the Akula Gepard.
Dan.