After a long time I am back trying to get a boat in the water, I have an old 32nd Parallel kit in mothballs unfinished. So to take an easier route I am converting an S 100 Italeria Schnellboot . Very slow going as there is little to no support locally so with out the net all would be lost......Given my current disability, this will be a 90/90 build , she will look good at 90 feet or 90 mph which ever works best....

Not much progress of late , taking care of life matters and a limited cash flow has all but stopped forward movement. Hope to get a bit of free time soon to paint details , she will never be close to what is viewed here but it will be the best I can do ......stay tuned

Happy Cruising All
Bill

After building the mine laying rails I then purchased scale German mines , only to find out that they are 4mm wider than the rails on the boat, ...what to do , cut the mines (8) down and rework the base and wheels to fit the boats rails or move the rails wider ..... moving the rails ... slow going , found that the motors I have are more aircraft/drone use per the esc, , no reverse .... Hobbyking does have esc that will work , still need a couple of servos and a radio , just not sure if a 6 Chanel land/ boat radio or get a large channel stick radio would be better ... as always $$$$ is an issue .
Work on the messy table as I fit cut and replace fittings and supports ...
Smooth sailing to all...
Bill G

Well things have been very slow either due to tight budget or health issues but progress has been made and so just final trimming and the last major build problem of getting my torpedo doors to open and close has been solved. Many Thanks to builders on YouTube that share their solutions to how to make work. Once I have everything fit ,trim and work ,I will start setting up for water trimming and testing. She will see the water this summer ...😊👍

I must give credit to where credit is due, I found this on a short YouTube posting by A Greg Frost .....he is due all ...the others I found posted I found a bit more of a challenge for linkage that I could not do easily . ...The best part is if down the line I want independent door operation, it is easily done but for now they are Y cabled to one channel.

After some very painful and unhappy times I have finally gotten back to my project she is almost ready for trim out and water tests . I am looking forward to her first maiden voyage at a local pond . I am having to scale back my expectations due to limited skills and my physical limits …she will never win at a show , nor pass a navy inspection for an orderly crew and ship . So I include a few photos of the current state and lay out .

The stern 37 m gun and crew will swing 180’ …..the quad 20 m anti aircraft will rotate 360’ in either direction , the bridge will be manned as will both torpedo tubes with crew and last the torpedo doors are operational …I may at some point split them to independent operation but currently they open and close together , I also may redo the rudder system to include the Lurssen Effect but now have all 3 rudders locked together …I may add led lights also …

Not kit and not totally to photo real….but best I can do given what I have and can do…she will look fair at 9 feet away or 90 knots …

Adding bits of detail and touch ups …

Happy days , I had a bit of trouble getting the radio to work and it required me to call in a friend’s help …between the two of us we got it figured out ,,,I had missed wired the 3 ESC ‘s On switch’s ..polarity is important ……Second Water test with full electronics operating reveled water linking past the center prop shaft ..addressed with both RTV and with CV glue …it also reveled a slight list of about a quart bubble to Starboard. All in all a great day and hope to have the maiden voyage soon…