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What’s Next for the Evil Doctor?
Continually updating this one post until the cows come home?? :confused2: Yes, rather than make new posts, I've just been revising this one until a new one is warranted...
I’m somewhat disappointed in the reception the mini hydros and mini cats have received, but it's not unexpected; minis and mircos occupy a VERY small niche in the hobby, and boats are a VERY small niche in the RC Universe. The designs I've developed are well thought out and will produce excellent results with skilled building. No, they're not for the novice builder, but most anyone with a modicum of experience can build a masterpiece. Everybody likes to look at them, but no one really wants to build one. Is everybody really that hung up on bigger, faster, and meeting some class specification? What happened to “Fun”?
The Atlas Prototype II is nearly done, it just needs the remainder of the graphics and final assembly (Hurry up and wait...:olleyes:). The four kits I created only need the turn fins to be complete (Hurry up and wait....:olleyes:). I'll let the folks here know before I list them on eBay in case someone actually wants to build one. :noidea: The 1:20 Short Circuit and Hawaii Kai III prototypes are in the hands of Mike the Laser Guy #2, but he's been dragging his feet for weeks now (Hurry up and wait.... :olleyes:). The shovelnose builds should progress rapidly once the parts are cut and in hand. I have the ability to make kits out of these as well, but based on the interest in the Atlas kits, I think I’ll just build the two of them for myself and call it good.
When the SC and HKIII are done, I’ll finish the Atlas Prototype I (currently barely sealed in white primer) with some form of whimsical scheme (Maybe the BatBoat with Batman in the cockpit and a laser-Batblaster behind him or maybe some geek-seeking missiles :spy:). Then, I’ll go back and to finish the 16” Twin Cat Prototype II that was started earlier.
I've been tinkering with a 450mm 'rigger based on the KEPs design with the design concept of maximum weight reduction in mind, but that may never get past the preliminary AutoCAD sketches phase.
I have enough early prototype laser-cut parts for the 16" cat and the Atlas hydro do do one of each. I believe these are the early prototype versions and will need some tweaking to make them work. Send me a PM if you want one of these.
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1:20 RR Merlin DLP printed
Earlier in this thread, I showed a photo of FLA 3D printed Merlin and Allison engines. FLA printing leaves a lot to be desired in the resulting surface finish. DLP printing yields a MUCH finer resolution. Here's what I'm working on having printed at 1:20 scale that will open up a whole lot of possibilities with the 1:20 scale hulls.
I talked with my production laser guy and he's going to be on vacation until the first of April. There's just a couple of parts still "in the mail" so there's a good chance the Short Circuit kits should be ready to go by April 15th. I can't finish the prototype before that because laser guy #2 supplied 1/64 ply instead of the spec'd 1/32 ply for the sponson bottoms :doh: and that just won't work. It's too flimsy.