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The valk looks great! I think it's one of the more accurate versions I've seen! - MT

That's a good build! Was that a resin kit? I think I missed that one. - MT

Nice effects Lt Zombie; styrene guts n all! @NZEOD - "Men, blow up the Scentsy box - it has to go!" My model got shafted, er ah shafts - dual prop shafts. The prop shafts are now are installed. I built boxes around them and poured silicone RTV into them as a water seal and to absorb vibration helping keep them quiet. In the last photo you can see how the props blend nicely into the prop shafts. Still need to shape the protruding rims of the nacelles. The grub screws will also be ground down so they are flush on the props. - MT

Thanks Milo, good to know! I've had to do the same - combine boxes and sprues. Box art is for people who can't read instructions- MT

Thanks Micky G! Cool mods Electric Indigo. Yeah Arbit, R/C. I mentioned to you before about some guy using Arduino, but he just used it to alter receiver signals. He had 3 motors and speed controls using Arduino to tell only one control to go in reverse. I"m using one brushless outrunner motor per linear jet. I have two sticks coupled together and two speed controls so I won't need all that extra aggravation. - MT

Thanks guys! I still need to get on the 3D printer band wagon. For now, it's faster to do it "old school." - MT

Great work guys, I gotta give you props, so here's two!!! First the hubs from last week slit to accept the blades at the correct angle. Then the blade template printed and pasted (rubber cement), then the blades cut and rough filed. Finally the prop hubs were turned to blend into the prop shaft and the blades were soldered, then shaped and angled with a jig. The blades have an airfoil (hydro foil) cut into the leading and trailing edges. The props and pods are ready for the prop shafts to be made now. 3mm set screws will attach them to the prop shaft. I can almost taste the water! - MT

The lighting REALLY adds life to it Arbit - congrats! - MT

The fan racer turned out great! - MT

Thanks for the links and info guys, I'll check them out! - MT

That looks great! I too am having to learn 3D. 2D now has it's limits. Thanks for sharing! Are you using an acetone fog to smooth it over?- MT

That looks COOL! - MT

The canopy does look a bit shallow. But hey, the guy in the green shirt gives it thumbs up! Hopefully there's a lot of panel lines to go with all that acreage! Touch n Shoot. I'm hoping it means touch the model and take photos with it. Sometimes cross cultural issues happen, like having to change the name of Pepsi in some countries because "has worms in it" doesn't sell very well in most countries.- MT

I thought you were making an anti-math statement. "Stomping out equations like the bad guys they are!" - MT

She looks GREAT Electric Indigo! Missile Boat is coming along slowly. I cleaned up the stern and machined hubs to solder the prop blades (counter-rotating; soon to be made) onto. The prop shaft is 1/16" stainless steel in the photo. I had to make my own saw blade to get that thin of a slit cut into the hubs. Making jigs and tooling is drawing out this build longer than expected. - MT

That looks cool! I thought it looks bright too, but its an easy fix. Have you guys seen all this stuff over at Hobby King? https://hobbyking.com/en_us/robotics-diy-1/arduino.html I was looking at it trying to figure out where to start! Lots of good stuff - even gas detection modules. - MT

Hikaru looks great! - MT

Looking good! - MT

That looks great! I'm going to have to do the same for my stuff. Get with the technology and go 3D. - MT

The waterproofing is not bad actually. Everything is so small it will go in little disposable sauce cups with lids. The hull will be lined with foam for buoyancy too. Nyankodevice, now I know what to do with all the stuff in my spares box Interesting build! - MT

Wasabi Kit Kat? That's why 4 martini lunches leed to no good! You're kit is coming along great Arbit! Just got the battery, two brushless motors, speed controlls and charger from Hobby King for my ship model. The equipment looks awesome! Can't wait to get things hooked up and try it out. The brushless motors are outrunners. I went for torque and quiet. The propellers will be 5 bladed and need the torque. - MT

Thanks NZEOD. I hate painting them too! That's why I paint decal paper and cut strips then apply them. I've also used metal foil like for stain glass windows, cut it then paint it. - MT

Thanks Sketchley for the links! The color looks good Arbit! The photo looks kinda purplish. FINALLY dug into some styrene work. The structure of the pods are done. It was fun cutting the angled slots into the pods for the stators. If the gray nozzles look to you like they came from an old pod racer kit, you're right! From my spares box. You can see the waterfoil shapes in the stator sides a little better in the finished product. Then I cleaned a lot of junk out of the hull to save weight and make space. The propeller channels are built into the hull from 1" styrene tube and the battery holders for the PT-15. Just waiting for the epoxy to cure now and clean it up. - MT

Awww, you guys made a VF offspring - MT

Looking good guys! Sketchley, that looks cool. Which kit is that? I looked for it and cannot find it. I bring it up because it looks about 1/350th scale. - MT