Topic: Z37

[Mark]

Fantastic details, how long were these pieces being built?

Mark

[karlgalster]

Hi Guys,
Oliver - I bought this book some time back. It has quite a good account of the activities of the German destroyer force and torpedo boats as well. Photos are not bad particularly of the AA weapons and torpedo tubes but "German Destroyers of World War II" Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke ISBN1-85367-540-7 is better with outline diagrams of each destroyer and its history and masses of photos.
On the torpedo tubes - they are excellent. I am a bit envious of tubes that accept actual model torpedos!!!!
Robin
PS Maiden voyage of my Z38 (nee Z37) yesterday. Absolutely brilliant. Once again Deans Marine demonstrate the excellence of their basic design in producing a practical model of a very tricky model type. If anything more stable than HMS Kelly - possibly due to my replacement of many heavy white metal fittings with styrene equivalents.

[hotjava]

Robin,

Congratulations on the maiden voyage!  Look forward to pictures!

Oliver

[colin]

@ Mark,

with pauses the torpedo stands took about 6 months to build.

heres one of the main searchlights from Z6

[Mark]

Hi Colin,

Thanks for the information, I have had to dig my spare euro's out to show the Belly dancer the true size, she is very impressed.

Mark

[Mark]

Are there any pictures of the first sailing, or were the hands to shaky?

[colin]

the Z6 is still being built, will take about another couple of years befor she is finished, i must say the hole ship is being scratch built, so i should not realy post here..!!

[karlgalster]

I have some photos but I am hoping for better ones tomorrow as I am taking Z38 to our club's larger lake which is better for photos although a bit exposed to wind. Took Z38 to the Wing's and Wheel's show last Saturday. Seemed to go down quite well. Had a lot of trouble getting both props to work at the same time. I have spring clip fuse holders and one had become faulty - took ages to sort it out. I changed long Futaba extension leads for two 150mm ones purchased at the show only to find one drive no longer worked  - plug pin not not locked in! Then when finally we got onto the water one of the couplings become disconnected, much clunking from the boat and an emergency retrieval. Finally got it all together and it certainly goes well. In hindsight I should have used 7.2 volt batteries not the 8.4 volt fitted as the model is a bit too fast at full throttle - I must program my transmitter to limit the output. I suppose I will have to read the manual! Trouble is the Futaba 6EX 2.4Ghz system is primarily for aircraft/helicopters so the manual takes a bit of deciphering.

[karlgalster]

Here are some photos. None are of Z37 at speed - the wife's camera work was not up to it, lots of bits of the model!

[karlgalster]

Two more. Second was taken on the Wings and wheels artificial pond

[karlgalster]

Two more - on our small lake at Mountnessing

[karlgalster]

And a nice profile. Finished at last after 700 hours work. Thank you for all who gave help to me in this project. I hope to enjoy many hours charging around lakes with this and the Kelly.
Robin

[Mark]

Hi Robin,

She looks wonderful on the water.

If you can still alter the fusing use in line car style blade fuses, you will get a lot less hassle.

Keep on with the 6EX, it is a clever peice of kit and you can certainly cut the throttle channel back.

Mark

[karlgalster]

Cheers Mark. On the 2.4Mhz sustem - Z38 seems fine but what is your opinion of the reliability? In particular resistance to interference or picking up stray transmissions? My other boats are all 40Mhz and one has a fault which might be down to receiver problems. Does not appear to be related to the aerial location. I am thinking of inserting a 2.4Mhz receiver.
Robin

[Belgium Crazy Team]

A "Z" always looks nice on the water.
Have fun with it.
Kurt