Build your own U-boat.

Fish · 12-15-06, 03:36 PM

Nice pics for U-Boat fans.

http://home.planet.nl/~oldeh030/

U-533 · 12-16-06, 07:18 AM

to cool...

Will it fire the Torpedos?

Camaero · 12-16-06, 07:34 AM

wow that guy is an artist

CCIP · 12-16-06, 12:21 PM

Just look at the last page. The torpedoes even have their own electric motors.

That guy is insane! Building a sub like that from scratch, and with a complex ballast tank system... that's just an incredible effort.

Abraham · 12-16-06, 12:46 PM

Very interesting project.
Reminds me of the company 32th Parallel which used to make 1/32 r/c controlled models of submarines like the Gato and the U-VII.
The company suddenly disappeared - like me - and during a search action on internet I hit a site called subsim.com.

bookworm_020 · 12-17-06, 07:11 PM

He'll be the terror of the model battleships that fire ball bearings at each other! He just has to add a warhead to his torpedo's and away he goes!!

I wonder if he's married or has a girl? I wonder what they would think about this!!!

fire-fox · 12-18-06, 01:29 PM

arrrr, this man has my respect. he's even modeling the lesser nowen Drafted Grolsh Snorkel. page 3 thered on the right colume.

http://home.planet.nl/~oldeh030/

Melonfish · 12-18-06, 05:22 PM

ok, i'm going to become a millionaire. then i'm going to get this guy to build me some type VII's then i'm gonna buy lots of big tankers and DD's then i'm going to arm the sub with those torpedo's with impact detonators and some explosives.
then i'm going to get a BIG pool and sink me some ships.

THEN i'm going to take it out to a club, where people sail their carefully crafted boats and sink some of them. (then pay them off with loadsa money just for sh*ts and giggles)

i wonder if a camera system would fit in the sub too? fiber optics used in the periscope say?, that would be SO kewl. you could actually pilot the sub whilst viewing from the periscope......

k i want to build one of these now.
pete

XabbaRus · 12-18-06, 06:39 PM

Seeing how this guy builds his sub compared to some I've seen at subpirates and subcommittee, this guy's way is the one I'd have gone. A good sized hull and water tight junction boxes to hold all the electrics.

I see many sub makers even when making big subs use a Water Tight Cylinder which seems to really limit you.

Deimos01 · 12-19-06, 03:55 PM

I just love how creative he got with materials. Anyone else notice that his torpedoes are made from old cigar tubes?

Bungo_Pete · 12-21-06, 07:47 PM

He's the man!.would be kinda nice thou if it was a IXB.

kiwi_2005 · 12-22-06, 12:05 AM

I can't understand the language but im guessing is it a tutorial on how to build one or is he talking about something else. Great job, wish i could do something like this.

lesrae · 12-22-06, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fire-fox

arrrr, this man has my respect. he's even modeling the lesser nowen Drafted Grolsh Snorkel. page 3 thered on the right colume.

http://home.planet.nl/~oldeh030/

Even more impressive, in the same column - he has a beer font in his workshop

12-15-06, 03:36 PM	#1
Fish Eternal Patrol Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,923 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Build your own U-boat. Nice pics for U-Boat fans. http://home.planet.nl/~oldeh030/

12-16-06, 07:34 AM	#3
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	wow that guy is an artist __________________

12-16-06, 12:21 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Just look at the last page. The torpedoes even have their own electric motors. That guy is insane! Building a sub like that from scratch, and with a complex ballast tank system... that's just an incredible effort. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

12-16-06, 12:46 PM	#5
Abraham Eternal Patrol Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Build your own U-boat. Very interesting project. Reminds me of the company 32th Parallel which used to make 1/32 r/c controlled models of submarines like the Gato and the U-VII. The company suddenly disappeared - like me - and during a search action on internet I hit a site called subsim.com. __________________ RIP Abraham

12-17-06, 07:11 PM	#6
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	He'll be the terror of the model battleships that fire ball bearings at each other! He just has to add a warhead to his torpedo's and away he goes!! I wonder if he's married or has a girl? I wonder what they would think about this!!! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

12-16-06, 07:18 AM	#2
U-533 Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: On my Boat Posts: 594 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	to cool... Will it fire the Torpedos?

12-18-06, 01:29 PM	#7
fire-fox Chief Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Peoples Republic of West Yorkshire Posts: 326 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	arrrr, this man has my respect. he's even modeling the lesser nowen Drafted Grolsh Snorkel. page 3 thered on the right colume. http://home.planet.nl/~oldeh030/ __________________ Running subs aground since SH1 and Silent Service Running SH5 @ 100% difficulty + TWoS 2.2.19(RealNav + BDU + port smoke + food) + Carotio_IntercontinentalRadioPack tweaked + The Little Ships of SH5 - Coaster Pack

12-18-06, 05:22 PM	#8
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	ok, i'm going to become a millionaire. then i'm going to get this guy to build me some type VII's then i'm gonna buy lots of big tankers and DD's then i'm going to arm the sub with those torpedo's with impact detonators and some explosives. then i'm going to get a BIG pool and sink me some ships. THEN i'm going to take it out to a club, where people sail their carefully crafted boats and sink some of them. (then pay them off with loadsa money just for sh*ts and giggles) i wonder if a camera system would fit in the sub too? fiber optics used in the periscope say?, that would be SO kewl. you could actually pilot the sub whilst viewing from the periscope...... k i want to build one of these now. pete

12-18-06, 06:39 PM	#9
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Seeing how this guy builds his sub compared to some I've seen at subpirates and subcommittee, this guy's way is the one I'd have gone. A good sized hull and water tight junction boxes to hold all the electrics. I see many sub makers even when making big subs use a Water Tight Cylinder which seems to really limit you. __________________

12-19-06, 03:55 PM	#10
Deimos01 Frogman Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St louis Posts: 304 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I just love how creative he got with materials. Anyone else notice that his torpedoes are made from old cigar tubes? __________________ "No matter where you go... there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai

12-21-06, 07:47 PM	#11
Bungo_Pete Medic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Santa Barbara,calif Posts: 159 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	He's the man!.would be kinda nice thou if it was a IXB.

12-22-06, 12:05 AM	#12
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	I can't understand the language but im guessing is it a tutorial on how to build one or is he talking about something else. Great job, wish i could do something like this. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.