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Thank you very much Frank. Some times when I think the rendering
looks really fuzzy and bad, I realize I've been steering at it to long and my
eyes are shot and it's 4 am. It can take hundreds of adjustments to get it
just the way you want it. Then you might notice some odd thing that makes you
have to start over. Sorta like seeing a Nike shoe in a wild west movie. I was
zooming in on a rendering done on a Uboat-Worx boat the other day, and had to
laugh when I saw a reflection on a part that showed a type of .hdr file picture
that I use in my rendering engine. So very possibly they are using
SolidWorks PhotoWorks rendering software as well. So you can get a even better
idea of what can be done on your assembly. But unless I upgrade my CAD computer
first I'll have to use just the parts of the assembly that show on the outside,
and then also that the same thing in the interior renderings.
That gel coat will really clean your fairings up visually, so
you can really enjoy your hard work. Just tell your grandsons that they can play
with the real one while our gone, if they let you borrow the model. ;}
I'll be adding some resin coats to the outer surface of my original FRP MBT's
today to fill in all the little bubble voids that are there because no gel coat
was used before they were formed in the molds. I had to sand blast off the last
gummy coat of paint that was applied to them so I could sand them down to the
surface I want. I'll then do some filler work, then gel coat the whole works,
sand, then coat again. Then I'll be making molds off them, for those that
want that type of original K-250 MBTs. Then I'll make a set of parts in those
to be used as the upper part of the mold plugs for my new MBTs with the
curved under, partly capped bottoms, like on Persistence.
Yes I'm still planning to install a acrylic cylinder above the
existing conning tower. I'm still of two minds of how to attach it. Either will
work, but one is old school and stronger, while the other gives a much better
view and is much much lighter and easier to fab. The heavy one is much
like the bar type used on the S101, and the lighter one is using a bonded on rim
ring on top and the bottom, and no prison bars. I'm working on assembly models
of each configuration so I can better show the design and get some solid feed
back on them. I could put a domed hatch above the acrylic cylinder
section. But I don't need it for the head room and I'll get a much more accurate
view with a 3 inch thick flat window as the main part of the hatch. I'm having
trouble making my original ideas for a hatch that can be opened from inside or
out work with such a large window hatch, with no metal to speak of in it. So I
might have to go back to the metal one I had worked out with a large window in
the center, and a three dog locking means that operates on a single lever from
inside or out.
The other issue was I wanted a large valve in the hatch for letting
out the remaining air in the sub after flooding it during a wet exit exercise or
the real thing. With the metal hatch that's an easy configuration to make. But
for the almost all acrylic hatch, I wasn't seeing how to work it out, without
adding a short steal collar cylinder section above the acrylic cylinder. But I
think Alec might have the solution with using the bungee cord attached to the
hatch.
Cheers,
Brent
From: ShellyDalg@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Original KL-250 Blown Dome
Specs Brent. You are surely a computer whiz! That rendering looks almost MORE
real than real. Very impressive.
Great data on the blown domes. Are you still adding the acrylic ring to
your sub? I wonder if a dome is needed if the ring is installed.
I finished the rear fairing FRP work last night and it's
ready for the final gel/color coat. I need to finish the front ballast tank so I
can finalize the front fairing. That glass work has taken a VERY long time and
turned out to be quite expensive. Still, I'm happy with the result.
I'm thinking I might make a new scale model for the
convention, as my old one is with my grandsons and they don't want to give it
up. Sure would be nice to present my sub at this year's convention, but
looks like the Florida convention will be the target date for club
"show-and-tell."
Keep up the good work. That kind of data is priceless for the guys
planning/building a psub.
I'll get those pics and measurements to you soon.
Frank D.
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