Paul Cook - A few of my boats..... |
I have attached some
pictures of my latest project, its one of the
Palaform
hovercraft, but as you can see it has been slightly modified!! |
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Also, I have now finished the X Craft,
she is finished as X 7. |
Kyosho RC surfer. |
Type IX U-boat, Academy plastic kit with 3 channels and a Sub leveller |
HMS Satyr - Royal navy "S" class submarine based on the Darnell kit |
HMS Satyr - Royal
Navy "S" Class Submarine ( Pennant number P214) Royal navy "S" class submarine based on the Darnell kit ( Now kitted by Metcalf Mouldings) 5ft 8ins long (1-40 scale) 7 inches in beam, 14inches from keel to periscope down, 17 inches with scopes up Working features are:- Throttle on twin 385 motor Rudder Rear hydroplanes on both manual and auto control Main compressed air ballast system Secondary ballast blow system Navigation lights Morse lamp signaller Working search & attack periscopes Failsafe on main ballast system, with high intensity strobe in case of sinking to locate boat. Power is supplied by 2 x 7.2 volt 2000 mAH nicads for main drive, 1 x 6 volt 2000 mAH NiCad to run compressor, 1 x 4.8 volt 2000 NiCad to run RX navigation lights & strobe. Radio TX on all my model subs is the Robbe/Futaba FC 16 computer radio, 22 function set with 102 model memory on "CAMPAC" - this is not full you will be pleased to know!!!! Satyr had a good war career, she survived to be scrapped after the war, was involved in "Operation Source", to bring back the X Craft after the Tirpitz attack, was never needed as none of the X Craft returned. The model was originally finished in 1992 and still sails at many shows to this day, had 4 refits during this time. My current project is X -7, which was commanded by Lt. B.C.G. Place, who was captured - will supply you with info soon. |
Paul Cook Norwich, Norfolk, UK www.users.waitrose.com/~paulcook |
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