Be able to get at the electronics,...lighting...etc?

I'm asking this as I "finally" seal up the Flying Sub bay/under bow area.

The fit is good but, hot glue or white won't hold well enough to give a good seam line. I will leave the tail fins unglued (the fit there is nice and tight.)

I'm just betting on Finagle's law...or maybe, Murphy's....the secont I get her all sealed up.....

Steve

I have seen this done by another modeller,and that's the way I will do it.The whole top portion of the hull,just below the ballast holes was scored and removed,glued together to form one long piece with the sail attached to it,like a radio control boat.

I like that. I was hoping for less modification, but that makes goos sense.

(I tried to bullet proof my lighting, led christmas strand..lol)

The lower hull is drying as we speak...

Steve

I have been working on installing a simple battery-powered light system in my Seaview. I cut the Diving Bell/Minisub hatch out and glued the two pieces together. I plan on holding it agains the hull with a magnet. The area above has a space the battery pack fits into. I will have to add some very thin plastic sheet to the edges of the hatch to create a smaller seam line than the cutting blade left.

Looking at making mine rc with lights.
I saw a build by Steve Neills that has very little glue.
Its mainly working with magnets and the existing joints.


http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1682/av1jsm8jcae850b5bdced4bpz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2939/pq1vkeo9cae850b5bdced4bah1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

As opposed to cutting the superstructure like Dave Merrimans design.
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9598/mantafinsstingfly7wc1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks guys!

What I finally ended up doing was using Testor's Liquid cement (sparingly)
and tacking the lower bow on, then I filled the small seam with thinned white glue. It shows a slight seam, but I'll be able to repair any future breakdowns.

I'll shoot some pics in a bit...

Steve

My Fiber optic cable showed up Saturday...20 minutes later I had the tailfins lit...lol. I'm setting up some pics so you can see.

I took 1/4" evergreen tubing (it fits snugly over the Christmas tree LEds, like a bayonet mount) The I took smaller and smaller diameter heat shrink tubing untill I had a size that was close to the diameter of the fiber optic.

I used low temp hot glue to build the bulb socket/fiber optic adapters.

The folks at Fibre optic Products Inc. were great! I ordered on wed. had my cable on sat. And it was cheap! (less that 25 cents a foot.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/stev123/DSCF0283.jpg
This is the connector I built to attach christmas bulbs to the fiber optic cable.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/stev123/DSCF0284.jpg
The rear fins are the only place I used fiber optics. I did use stretched clear sprue in the sail to light the compass binacle and the Nav. lights.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/stev123/DSCF0287.jpg

Here she is, I spent about 16 bucks to light her up

Steve

Control room: I put the bulbs on top of a piece of clear plastic that I had buffed to diffuse the light.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/stev123/DSCF0279.jpg

Steve

Nice stuff and thanks for the explanations, inovations and pictures.
:thumbsup:

Thank you.
I build for myself...but it's a hoot when I can take a pic of something I love.

And I don't hate it...lol

Steve