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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2012, 12:25:47 pm »

Thank you very much Ken....it WAS beginning to grate slightly

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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #26 on: July 04, 2012, 12:28:35 pm »


My pleasure.   It wasn't easy and I'm sure there are some omission's.  I've removed irrelevant comments.  Feel free to add corrections if the thread doesn't flow right.

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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2012, 05:48:51 pm »

Cheers for the KK - nice to see you back on the job.

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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2012, 07:09:14 pm »

Now you're cooking.

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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #30 on: July 04, 2012, 08:15:13 pm »


I like the rust lines. Very authentic.    :-))


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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #31 on: July 07, 2012, 10:43:05 am »

I went to get some of ubn pics and the ones I wanted sent there where are they ??
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Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #32 on: July 07, 2012, 11:18:03 am »


    Can you explain a bit more please.

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Re: Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #33 on: July 07, 2012, 02:04:40 pm »

Well, it went on the water at our display last weekend, and you know what? It didn't sink ( mind you it didn't submerge either, but that is still to come. ).











i can see these ones but the post with me and the other submarine isnt there  {:-{  oh and when i said sent i meant arnt my phones predictive txt must of kicked in
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Re: Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #34 on: July 08, 2012, 05:03:53 pm »

These need to be ballasted down to decks awash to dive realistically as a dynamic diver.

Any higher and they need stupid amounts of speed to get under. Unfortunately the waterline shown on the  box art is highly misleading.
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Re: Re: Weathering a Robbe U47 type 7 sub.... first attempt!
« Reply #35 on: July 09, 2012, 08:56:44 am »

These need to be ballasted down to decks awash to dive realistically as a dynamic diver.

Any higher and they need stupid amounts of speed to get under. Unfortunately the waterline shown on the  box art is highly misleading.

More ballast added yesterday, in a fresh water tank. followed by a trip to the local salt water lake. The model nearly submerged on the one working motor. It should have more than ample power with both motors working. We needed to be sure the model was waterproof before adding any more ballast, now those pesky leaks seen to be sorted we can get a bit more ballast on board.
The missing photos from our last display.









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