Merriman's Submarine Modelling Masterclass

[merriman]

It's amazing how little weight it actually takes to mess up ship's trim.

Had a new Diving Officer of the Watch playing with hovering on the trim pump, where you get a solid neutral buoyancy and then add or remove weight to change depth. Ohio-class are 19,000 tons submerged, and +/-500lbs was all it'd take to change depth. Might actually have to bust out the gram scale for this one!

... and then some bored-out-of-mind guy organizes a trim-party and fucks the diving officer good. Just for laughs.

 

[Scott Kenny]

... and then some bored-out-of-mind guy organizes a trim-party and fucks the diving officer good. Just for laughs.

That's just part of the first watch of the new Dive or Chief of the Watch...

 

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[Scott Kenny]

Making a new Subdriver Mk1, Dave? I expected you'd be transitioning everything over to the Mk2 designs.

 

[merriman]

Making a new Subdriver Mk1, Dave? I expected you'd be transitioning everything over to the Mk2 designs.

The little Type-21 model gave me an opportunity to play with the 'motors-in-the-wet' trick. A one-off WTC and motor combination. Nothing standard or series run with this one. Just two more like it and I'm back to my basic designs of WTC's.

 

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[Scott Kenny]

3 or 4 subdriver units?

 

[merriman]

3 or 4 subdriver units?

Four. One for the already existing model, and three for models in the works.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Four. One for the already existing model, and three for models in the works.

Ah, for some reason my brain was thinking "spare subdrivers" and it wasn't grokking.

 

[merriman]

Have you seen my shop?? I've got spare SD's up the Kazu!

 

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[Scott Kenny]

For your next trick, you need to make that Flying Sub actually fly and submerge!

 

[merriman]

Decorum demands I do not tell you what I think of your 'suggestion' (or, where to stick said suggestion!).

 

[martinbayer]

Any insights on painted/sealed polystyrene hulls resistance to seawater conditions?

 

[Arjen]

Decorum demands I do not tell you what I think of your 'suggestion' (or, where to stick said suggestion!).

 

[merriman]

Any insights on painted/sealed polystyrene hulls resistance to seawater conditions?

Sorry. I don't have any experience running in salt water. If you can find a materials listing for polystyrene that address alkaline (high pH water) exposure, that would give you some insight on how that plastic will behave in that environment over time. As there has not been a need I have not studied the situation.