Kamehameha - Naval Cookup

[Ken Pugh]

I have carved and planed the hull to its maximum beam/circumference.  My planing technique leaves a lot to be desired as it is not as straight as I hoped for.  I marked where the hull narrows down and the stem and stern.  I will drill some holes to align the tail fins and sail, then carve/sand down the stem and stern.

Ken Pugh



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[Oceaneer99]

Ken,

This will be really neat to see.  I've always wanted to carve a modern sub.

Garet

[Ken Pugh]

I wanted to make alignment pins for the tail surfaces.  It would have been better to do this while the hull was still square, but I didn't have a drill press then.  I mounted the hull in a vise and carefully aligned everything and drilled the holes.  They looked okay at the time, but I later found they were off.  I will have to glue the tail pieces on without reinforcement or re-drill the holes.  Big disappointment either way.



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[Ken Pugh]

Using my cheap Harbor Freight sander I roughed in the shape of the hull.  Later I used a palm sander and sanding blocks to get rid of the nicks and get that poplar nice and smooth.  Poplar sands to a nice, hard, finish.



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[Ken Pugh]

Now that the hull is finished she needs a superstructure.  Using the top view I cut out the superstructure outline and used this for a pattern.



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[Ken Pugh]

I gouged out the bottom so the superstructure would fit down on the hull.  Because I had some gross conceptual errors cloggin up my brain, I did not do this correctly and dug out too much.  Oh well, that's one of the uses for filler putty.



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[Ken Pugh]

Now the superstructure is glued into place.  I lot of shaping is yet to come along with lots of detail carved into the superstructure.



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[Kenny Horne]

This is going to be a great build Ken,

can't wait to watch it progress.

Kenny

[lastvautour]

She definitely looks seaworthy from where I stand. Are you carving the tube doors into the deck area? What is that elevator/tailplane I see in the background?

[Ken Pugh]

The parts in the background are from the monster Hellcat, 1/16 scale.  The tail is bigger than some of our wings.  The submarine is 18 inches long.

Ken Pugh

[Ken Pugh]

The superstructure is shaped and I started carving in the detail.  Part way through I decided it just didn't look scale so I filled it all in.  I not only considered actual scale calculations, but I remember the days I looked down on the ship from the submarine tender and you just can't see the grooves.  There is a slight color shadow on the missile hatches, but otherwise this is one smooth baby.  It has to be to be quiet in the water, which is what it is all about.  So, no scribed detail.

From here I cut up the plans and made the smaller parts, such as the fairwater planes, stern planes, and rudders.



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Ken Pugh

[Ken Pugh]

Back into the vise she goes.  I need her stable so I can get the stern pieces to look square and in the right place.  The sail is glued on and she looks like a submarine.  The stern should be thinner but I am not going to try to go through sanding all that down and circular.



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Ken Pugh

[lastvautour]

Looking good Ken. Yours is the first modern sub we have seen so far.

[Ken Pugh]

It's been a while since I have posted and progress has been slow.  I have been having troubles with my disability the insurance company says I don't have.  Doing better now and chomping at the bit.

It's time to install the stern planes, rudder, and fairwater planes.  The stern is in a cruciform arrangement and will show off any misalignment.  I will use pegs to keep the planes in place.  The toothpicks are to align the drilling of the holes and check that everything is okay.



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[Ken Pugh]

All the planes are in place and she really looks like a modern sub now.



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