I’ve just received a 1/72 Revell VII C kit sub and I’m thinking of turning it into a surface-running, tank-steering RC conversion.
I'm thinking of a low-cost, fit-n-forget installation.
The deck is in 3 parts so with the centre-deck siliconed into position (emergency access) and with a 3.5mm charging socket & on/off switch on top of the conning tower (this would give me at least 3” freeboard so they should be fairly splash-proof on the lake).
I’m not going to be using a WTC, just mounting the running gear as though it was a normal surface ship. The front & rear compartments would be foam-filled and lead-ballasting used in the bottom of the centre compartment.
Running gear will probably be 12” long 2mm propshafts, 20mm props, 280 or 385 motors, twin ESC, 6V battery, 2.4GHz radio.
Has anyone got experience of these models or has anyone done something similar to this? Is there anything that I need to be careful of?
Cheers