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Good morning all of my Friends, and Modelers..when i was commissioned to make a submarine, for one of the prestigious institution of my Nation, the main demand was from the officials that it must be transparent.. so, i made it all from acrylic sheets.. after that i made lots of submarines, in various scales, from dynamic to static.. but none of them was for me.. so, now i decided to add some great machines to my own craft collection, i decided to make some good submarines for me.. when we thinks about a submarine many criteria comes in to play.. and its all true.. but, here i am making this submarine with simplest ideas, and havent used any complicated stuffs including the WTC or hydraulics...

this craft is not a copy of any craft.. its based on my own design.. still i retained the shape of some older craft.. she is 24 inches long, yes to operate with my other crafts... she is powered by a simple 7.4 Volt ECM, and can operate her about 3 hours as submerged.. after completion of my prvious projects of submarine, i noticed a fascinating thing that it was too difficult to notice the sub, when submerged.. at swimming pool it was ok, as we can see through the clear water, but at lake it was too hard to find one.. so, i decided to make one without any submerging ideas.. but, still this one dives once, and its natural buoyancy keeps her's attitude..

here i starts from foam board.. making a submarine from the foam board is very practical, as the foam board has its own natural buoyancy,
so that we can adjust the attitude simply..

every part is from foam board..

conning tower is 2mm foam board..

can see the simple drive motor and nearing completion..

now base coat painting..and i finished her in ivory black..

adding shark teeth.. and ready for actions..

now in mission...

later i added full lighting and some more water proofing method to electronic chamber.. will add an updated video later...

i spend two US Dollars, about (100/-Rs) to make this one.. but still she is effective.. and will add a mock up firing to this one like i done in my K 48... 
and here is the action video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1q7jNFa0M

Very nice Roopesh  {:)} Nice finish and she is fast!!! Are you standing inside the water or on a boat?  ;D

thank you Sam.. its too hard to walk or bend.. so, i gently drops in to shallow angles of lake, on my knees, and shot video from a circling orbit.. because controlling the TX and camera simultaneously is tougher job.. from here you can see how simple is to make one..  :salute:

WOW!

Add some scale guns fore and aft and it'll look wonderfull

Raghavjee.. i am working on a bib sub now.. will add a firing gun on it... thank you.. :salute:

Yes Roopesh, very easy to make one, for you   :giggle:  And compared to your other projects this is nothing for you! But for me, these are small wonders and I truly honestly admire your skills boss  :salute: I hope to God and pray full recovery in the shortest possible period of time my dear friend.

Sam, you are wrong.. we can simple see the steps as i posted.. whats the complication here..?  material is foam board.. anyone can get a simple brushless motor as i fixed.. and two micro servo.. an ESC and a battery pack.. done.. please do not think its all tough.. the only thing that we need is interest.. and i know you are a nice modeler..  and a million thanks for your blessings.. still no time to think about me myself.. lots more to do in modeling.. thank you..

Hehe, liked the way you made it simple  :bow: If I make one, it probably will submerge once and for all  :giggle: But I will some day give it a try when am back to my beloved homeland. I honestly didn't wanted to remind you of the pain you are going through, but felt sad when you mentioned you still have trouble bending  :( And I admire your attitude towards tough times. "When the going gets tough, the TOUGH gets going" Keep'em coming sailor!

ask any help from my side.. and never forget to meet when you are home land..  :salute:

Would love to meet you boss, but its a long way from Kottayam :(

Sam.. nice.. you can come here by train.. Vinodettan is from Trivandrum.. take two  days.. we will make a simple sub for you..

Thanks dear for the offer :) will be in touch and will try my best to meet you! I wish if that RC gathering at Santhosh bhai's place was during that time  (:|~

for sure.. :salute: