Recent content by NavyShooter

Canada was a nuclear weapons user, not a holder back in the day. We got weapons from US Stock piles, and they were only to be issued to us to basically put on the planes, or on the Honest Johns. I recall in the late 80s the hype of the 'Nuclear Submarines' that were in the offing to us, there...

Um. Observation. The RCN has a group called "Route Survey" who retain high quality Klein tow-fish side-scan SONAR systems that are capable of generating high accuracy bathymetry. This group sailed somewhat regularly on MCDVs, and would focus on Q-Route surveys (harbour entrances mostly) to...

Y'know, A deep thought part of me wondered a while back if the X-32 was really all that bad... The funny chin scoop and Delta wing was not going to be how the aircraft would look in the final design form. If Boeing had actually won, they'd have had separate tail plane, and a nicer looking...

We may have installed a Media Server in the EBR that was then connected by hard-wired LAN (CAT6) cables to all 4 messes (CO/Wardroom/C&PO/MS&B) Then we noticed that the 8 port switch used had 4 empty ports....and we had some extra cabling....so there may have been runs to the CSE Mess decks as...

I'm printing one at 1/144 right now to compare with my RCD. Also - I think it's actually pretty much 1/72 scale - the dimensions on the scale model as listed don't include the length of the prop, so adding that in makes it really really close to 1/72. (Or at least, close enough that no-one's...

Modules are pretty close in terms of fit - I had to do a bit of sanding to smooth the mating surfaces between the upper and lower hulls though. Like, 10 minutes of work with some 80 grit. The holes along the length of the mating surface are for magnets that you glue in to hold the upper hull...

It took about 1.1 Kg of Filament with supports (just into the 2nd spool) and no, the files were not free. Cost me $100.

I was on my PLQ when the fire happened. One of the other candidates on course was pulled and flown over to meet her husband as he was one of those medevac'd. As for speed runs on a Frigate, I was on CHA in '00 when we did a speed run from Norfolk to Roosevelt Roads in 2 days. We followed 2x...

I do have an enclosed printer (H2S) but haven't taken the step to ABS yet.

PLA is very susceptible to heat - ie leave it in the sun (particularly a black model like this) and things will warm, and warp. PETG is less temperature sensitive. I'm doing some experimentation with ASA which is even less sensitive to temperature shifts, but is a bit messy to work with in the...

I realize that we're on our way to new subs and all that with the 212CD having been selected, but we're going to have these boats around for a while longer. I found a set of STL files from Nautilus Drydocks and decided to print one to see how she looks. I used Matte Black PLA to give a better...

Stories get better when the statute of limitations expires....

So it was your fault that the only spare periscope control Circuit Card was put away in High-Bay not packaged, not sealed, sitting loose for approximately 8 years collecting dust before Edmund found it and brought it to me one day? I first had to identify it, then we had to send it to Babcock...

And then Canada went cheap on the spare parts - and said we didn't want to buy the ones that the Brits offered us....so they sold them on the open market. Which then sold them back to Canada at a considerable mark-up in cost when it turned out we actually needed them.