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Title: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: uboatbuilder on July 30, 2006, 10:59:42 am

Anyone wanting any info I will be happy to help as i have built one and runs beautifully if i may say so myself, also done tamiya bismark, tirpitz, yamato, musashi, new jersey, pt-15. WARNING gearboxes have been removed from the kits.

Title: Re: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: Daryl on July 30, 2006, 09:50:00 pm

Hi how did you get on with the COG on the Enterprise, I have seen 3, one with a 8oz brass keel 6 inches long 2 inches below the hull, one with a fixed keel and the other with extended bilge keels. I have the CC Lee version and was wondering how stable I could get it without keels etc.

why did you remove the gearboxes?

Regards
Daryl

Title: Re: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: uboatbuilder on July 31, 2006, 06:03:29 pm

HI Daryl, I didnt remove the gearboxes Tamiya have fairly recently. Luckily I bought the kits long before they removed them. However the Enterprise never came with a gearbox I used one from the tirpitz kit. the COG is fine without a keel provided you run at a scale speed (which is quite slow), and so long as there arent very strong winds which luckily at our lake isnt much of a problem. A keel would probably stop any pitching but I havent tried because i am happy with the way it performs and i think that they ruin the appearance.

You can see pictures of it in the sales section. its an old ebay listing from voyager, he used the pictures to show how the kit could look when built.

Title: Re: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: Turbulent on July 31, 2006, 07:24:03 pm

Not mine, but dad's. No gear box, twin screws/rudders.

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Title: Re: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: Daryl on July 31, 2006, 09:50:11 pm

Hi Uboatman,

The gearbox that came with mine is two pieces of tin bent at a right angle with some cogs slopping about in the middle. i havn't tried it yet but it does look a bit noisey and lots of play in it.

regards
Daryl

Title: Re: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: uboatbuilder on August 01, 2006, 11:37:16 am

HI Daryl. Sounds like a similar if not the same gearbox as mine, they can be quite noisy until you run them a few times and they get a bit better, running at a scale speed and keeping them oiled helps keep the noise down. Every now and then I just put a couple of drops of normal 3 in 1 oil in.

Title: Re: Anyone converting a Tamiya Enterprise
Post by: Daryl on August 01, 2006, 12:47:47 pm

thanks I'll try that before i bin it.

Daryl