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ToraDog 🇺🇸 Basic

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ToraDog’s harbour

6 boats

USS Fletcer, 1942

1/48 scale destroyer, lead ship in a class of 175 built.

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USS Eastwind 1/48th scale

USS Eastwind, a US Coast Guard operated icebreaker, circa 1944. !/48th scale plank on frame with F/G coveri…

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V4-MA-1 Tug

My V4-MA-1 US maritime Commission tugboat. 45+ built in WW2. Based upon the the Dutch(at the time the HMS) …

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USS Jimmy Carter

USS Jimmy Carter, based upon a 1/48th scale F/G Seawolf hull. Lengthened and modified. High pressure( Scuba…

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USS Diver

A WW@ US Navy salvage/rescue ship. Built from a F/G hull and scratch, except for fittings, from there on. W…

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USS Halford

My 1/48th Fletcher class destroyer. One of three converted to carry a catapult mount amphibian. Controllabl…

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ToraDog’s build blogs

3 blogs
A new build

I will, most likely, have to rename this Blog, at some point. In the mean time...please do not expect much for a while as she is in her v…

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USS Fletcher DD-445

Well, while I have been laying low since finishing the USCGC Eastwind, I have not been idle. I actually started this build about a year a…

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USS Eastwind 1/48th scale icebreaker

This may ramble a bit as I am not that straight forward. I have always loved icebreakers and thought that they were a very under represen…

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Forum reply HMS Dorsetshire Norm, I found your address in a previous chain of messages we exchanged. Check your e-mail. 6 179 Forum reply HMS Dorsetshire Norm, Two possible sources. British Cruisers, Two World Wars and After, by Norman Friedman British Cruisers of World War Two, Alan Raven and john Roberts. The … 6 192 Forum reply Model Recovered from Davey Jones Locker Incredible weathering! The ghouls are amazing. Very glad that you recovered her and yes, your sequencing in correct. If in doubt, do not turn off your x-mitter… 22 264 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft Alesandro, To be honest with you, I would only use a cup seal or an o-ring seal if the model's stuffing box were really deep. Maybe 6 inches or so. All other t… 11 271 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft Allesandro, In your drawing of the shaft seal, if you were to mount an 0-ring between two of the bearins, your water leakage would be nothing. 11 300 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft Alessandro, Here a a couple of links: You should be able to find comparable items on your side of the Pond. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/u-cup-seals/ http… 11 307 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft LewZ is on the money with his description and drawing. In almost all cases his system will work beautifully. To help keep grease in the tube, one can add a was… 11 373 Forum reply LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries) Allesandro, I am not the person to ask your question of. I do not know. I have head that connecting LiPo's can be tricky, be it in series or parallel. I would … 7 244 Forum reply Sealing a horizontal prop shaft Grant, My post was an extreme example, but having run rc subs for 20+ years, and I am a new comer to the hobby, it is easy to seal a shaft without excessive dr… 11 266 Forum reply LiFePO4 BATTERIES (Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries) Allesandro, The batteries I mentioned have the following dimensions, all mm, 149.225 long, 90.4875 high, 65.0875 wide 1089 gm for weight. As I mentioned, they … 7 254

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