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Hey Keno,

There are a few options depending on the size of submarine.

For very small stuff 500mm long upward RCsubworkshop make some ready made watertight compartments to suit the plastic revell models, gato, type ix etc. In the states subdriver (now owned by nautilus drydocks) do an excellent range of gas systems for all manner of subs.

For bigger stuff in the U.K. you have r&r engineering from Ron Perrott who do a conversion for the revell skipjack and do modules for various boat sizes.

Norbert Brugen in Germany does a nice cheap conversion for the revell type 9 (I think)

The is also maximum modellbau doing various sizes of wtc

ausf wrote:

keno wrote:Good morning all, ausf, is that the workings of a submarine? Where could one purchase a decent sub for the pool that would look authentic to a real one? I didn't know there were some but thought it would be Kool...!

Yep, that's for 1/72 Revell Type VII.

In terms of buying a kit, I'm not sure, I know Engel makes them, you can start there first.

Is that a snort system ausf? Looks like it works nicely

tomhugill wrote:

ausf wrote:

keno wrote:Good morning all, ausf, is that the workings of a submarine? Where could one purchase a decent sub for the pool that would look authentic to a real one? I didn't know there were some but thought it would be Kool...!

Yep, that's for 1/72 Revell Type VII.

In terms of buying a kit, I'm not sure, I know Engel makes them, you can start there first.

Is that a snort system ausf? Looks like it works nicely

Yeah, I made rotating brass chamber at the highest point in the WTC to work as a valve, the servo pushrod aligns a series of holes to vent, an air pump draws in from the tall brass tube which connects to the periscope to draw from surface air.

Under the surface, the water shouldn't move to far down the tube, but even if it does, the pump will just move it out as it draws in air. I don't plan of diving deeper that periscope depth anyway, so I wasn't going to go with compressed air.

I need to get back to this with summer approaching. I started to build the 1/35 Merit X-craft as a dynamic diver and got sidetracked, then something else shiny came along.