Calling all Flower-class corvette fans

ARH · Post by **ARH** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:03 pm

Reid wrote:WOW cool ARH thx does the Big one do anything special or is it just a RC boat.

Nothing special, just sails well, it was built to do 24hr events but the life boat we raised money for was paid for early, so we never did any with it. its over 13 years old now but still looks nice on the water,

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:05 pm

Again I WOW because it is just so cool. Are u thinking of adding stuff to it to update it as time goes on like sound smoke lights and other stuff like that

ARH · Post by **ARH** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:09 pm

Reid wrote:Again I WOW because it is just so cool. Are u thinking of adding stuff to it to update it as time goes on like sound smoke lights and other stuff like that

Not rearly, to busy building new models like NORTH CAROLINA, IRON DUKE, and USS MOFFETT thats took 6 years,

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:07 pm

THE CORVETTE IS ALMOST DONE I only have so much time so it take longer when I have no vacations

Reid

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:14 pm

All I have to add are just some railings and rigging then she is all done!!!!

Reid

herrmill · Post by **herrmill** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:31 am

Reid,

Am in the midst of my Flower build after finishing several smaller projects & wondered how you did your decks. It appears from your photos that you sanded off sections of the planking to reflect a more correct deck. Can't wait to see a few more photos of your completed model once you have her all done!

I'm building a early version of USS Saucy & am curious what was used on metal decks by the RN or USN. Was non-skid used at this point by either service or just paint? Also what would be the correct color?

I've taken my decks down & am going to use basewood planking on what was wood on the bow, boat deck & open bridge, & would appreciate comments on what was actually wood for on USS Saucy at the time of her transfer from RN to US service.

Many thanks!

Chuck

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:35 am

yes i did sand off all the wood planking. i don't know much about what the U.S. used on there decks and you might want to talk to ARH.

reid

Edward Pinniger · Post by **Edward Pinniger** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:09 pm

Great work on detailing the ship! Your scratchbuilt quad .50cal is an amazing piece of work - a lot better than the 2pdr pom-pom I built for my 1/72 Flower model.

The "wave" photos are an eye-opener - first time I've seen a RC Flower-class model in a "scale" operating environment

Hope it stays afloat in the future!

psships wrote:Quad 50 cal? That is a 0.5 inch multiple machine gun, UK design.??
Not a quad US 50 cal.
Hmm????

This is a quadruple Vickers 0.5 inch heavy machine gun - it was the standard light AA mount on RN ships pre-war during the first years of WW2 (it wasn't very effective, as far as I know). Flower-class corvettes usually had a 2-pounder/40mm pom-pom in this position, a few had quad .50 mounts, maybe due to the heavier weapon not being available.

herrmill · Post by **herrmill** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:57 am

Reid,

Thanks for the reply & additional photos of your work.

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 3:27 pm

thx will u post some pics of your RC Schnellboot

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 1:56 pm

You might want to check out this book Warship Perspectives Flower Class Covettes in Would War Two by John Lambert. i got the plans for the quad .50cal from this book and it has great deck plans so you know exactly were the wood goes!!! I did find these pics of the Saucy if they are any help to you. one thing that you might want to do is when you have your hull together is to sand of the keel!! i found out that corvettes didn't have keels to late to do that to mine.

Reid

herrmill · Post by **herrmill** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:55 pm

Reid,

Thanks for the info on the book but I have been able to accrue a lot on information on the class & am at this point interested on detailing Saucy. I decided against taking down the keel, but did sand down the plating along with the deck planking.

I'll post some pics of a S-boats in the coming weeks. The Airfix E-boat kit I've built has a badly warped deck which has been giving me problems & will remain as a static model. I have two other S-boats that I'll begin once I'm done with Saucy: a Revell 1/72 3 prop rc conversion followed by TianJie's excellent 1/36 kit.

Chuck

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:33 pm

here are some detail pics and the new base i am working on!!
Railings and life raft are good to go!!

Here are the pic of the new base in progress.

that is the basic shape of it.

thats how i cut the I beams to fit each other.

there it is in place.

hers a sailor waving to me while i was taking the picture. I am not sure what he was doing there??

Heres the bottom of the stand all done. MORE IS COMING (I HOPE)

Can some help me with gear ratios for my corvette? I think my rpms are way to high for a realist corvette speed. I am getting a new prop (made of brass) it is the Robbe tree bladed type (A) 40mm prop should I get the 35mm (I need to turn clock wise is that right or left). My other question is what type of gear reduction ratio should I use and how do I read a gear reduction ratio.

Also how much weight can i add (engines, ESC, batts, servos) into my S-boot so she sits on the water line. I would like to make all the props working too.

Reid

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:17 pm

Well ready or not here's more pics. She�s basically done except for some small bits here and there. plz ignore the upside down #6 flag I realized it to late to fix I still might give it a try though.

and these are pics of my speed problem!!! Does anyone know of any good scale boat ESC that I could get to fix this

ARH · Post by **ARH** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:26 pm

What type of battery have you got in it, 6 volt or 12 volt.

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:27 pm

it is a 7.2 volt 1800mah nicd bat just like this one

herrmill · Post by **herrmill** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:01 pm

Reid,

Nice pics - look like you have a new ski boat to play with! If the RN & CRN had that speed, the Germans wouldn't have stood a chance!

Sorry to have been away - been busy with travel & work. Hope to post some shots of my Flower as well as start of the S-100 shortly.

Chuck

PetrOs · Post by **PetrOs** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:32 am

Looks damn good great! The speed is of course too high - they would ram any U-boat before it'd manage to submerge! Maybe tuning a speed control unit could help (dunno how it's called in english, I mean german fahrtregler ;o) )?

Reid · Post by **Reid** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:19 am

well i put in my translator and it said driving automatic speed controller!!!

PetrOs · Post by **PetrOs** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:26 am

I know that translation, but I mean the electronic unit connected to the RC receiver, to control the RPM of the e-motor.