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Hi
Today Bob came to pick up his baby .Here is how she turned out .








Here she is in Bob's van .I miss her already .



Now Bob Takes over .

great job richard.. ....by the look on bob's face he's happy.....

joe (aka WCWS)

Bob sent me some photo's he took .Here are a couple of the sharp spine at the stern .It was acompleshed by inleting wire in the plug .This was a charecteristic of the T3s and had to be put in .

Hi All
Bob did a float test ,it didn't capsize .

He drilled out the prop shaft housings and the rudder post .

hi richard,bob should be very pleased that is a fine looking hull.and it is amazing it floats so level right of the bat

Hi Richard,
Nice work on plug, mould and final product!!
And when can we expect to see your new topic on Slava class cruiser.
Regards,
Mayu

Thank you for your comments .How did you know about the upcoming Slava build ? Do you have spies ?

outstanding hull

Richard J OMalley wrote:Thank you for your comments .How did you know about the upcoming Slava build ? Do you have spies ?

Hi Richard,
No spies, but just the eyes.
You had mentioned about your plan to build one under topic 1/72 scratch build Slava class cruiser by Andrew (Ticonderoga)
Regards,
Mayu

Hi
Bob has done some work on his T3

Here are some fittings he has received .

Hi Richard my appologies for not responding sooner but I have just caught up on your T3 hull , you make an excellent job and when fully fitted its a model that will generate some considerable interest.
Dave Wooley

Hi
Had some problems getting the rear part of the mold off hull #3 so it was time to build a better mouse trap .I had to cut up the stern mold to get it off the hull .It was getting beat up hitting it with a hammer to get it to slide back .The new back half will be in two pieces making it a four part mold .I will be putting in cylinder head alingment dowles to keep it all square .The new hulls will also have the prop shaft housings pre drilled and a brass tube all ready installed .
My friend Nelson came over to help and brought his camera so here are some photo's .


This is were the new stern will be split making it a upper and lower mold . Nelson cut out a template then I transferd it to two pieces of formica .

Dear Folks,

Richard sent me this picture to post:



He will be adding descriptive words in a subsequent post. Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Nelson

Bob did a running test on his T3 tanker
Displacement about 41 lbs
Hull and motors 16 lbs
Electronics 1 lb
Batteries 16 lbs
Lead ballast 8 lbs
Bob says it will twist within it's own length,has a large turning radius using rudder alone and is quite fast for the amount of weight .

Richard,

This certainly is a nice tutorial on how to make molds - and problems to avoid.

Please post more photos of how you solve this problem.

Phil

Hi Phil
My camera is MIA and to top it off I can't post pictures on to photobucket .Nelson comes over now and then and brings his camera then post for me .Thanks for checking in !

Hi All
The new mold has come out very well .I am going to a fleet run at Rocky Mount this weekend so there will be new pictures .

Hi Richard looking forward to the pictures