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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: steamboatbob on April 05, 2009, 12:38:52 pm

Title: Voith-Schnider Units
Post by: steamboatbob on April 05, 2009, 12:38:52 pm

Hi guys

Just wondering if there are any kits out there except the Parat from graupner that uses the voith schnider system as i am interested in these as they are something quite different.

Cheers

Title: Re: Voith-Schnider Units
Post by: nhp651 on April 05, 2009, 12:46:02 pm

you can buy them seperately as a unit in their own right. see the manufacturers web site.
i always thought they'd go well on a CALMAC Jupiter model.
neil. :-))

Title: Re: Voith-Schnider Units
Post by: mike_victoriabc on April 05, 2009, 04:00:59 pm

http://www.http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=718208&highlight=voith+drives

rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=796319&highlight=voith+drives

Do a search in the RC Groups forum - quite a few threads there.
I have two in the Nanuq, Seattle and Burnaby fellows have a variety as well.

Good luck with it

Title: Re: Voith-Schnider Units
Post by: Umi_Ryuzuki on April 05, 2009, 05:39:47 pm

No other kits to speak of, but that doesn't mean other
 kits could not be modified to use the drives.

I bought the drives so that I could scratch build a tug, and
ended up building a fireboat instead.  :-)


The Gatiika VS tug is another build shown on RCgroups, and
the plans are readily available online.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=796319
The plans are hosted on a Spanish website.
http://www.modelismonaval.com/magazine/gatika/gatika2.htm

Title: Re: Voith-Schnider Units
Post by: gingyer on April 05, 2009, 06:29:15 pm

sirmar do a semi kit of a tug and a minesweeper that use them

worth a thought :-))