We also need to remember that it was designed to be glued permanently and not as something which will be assembled and disassembled. There’s a selection of things which need to be modified to make any plastic model usable in water as a RC vessel. The model is very unstable when placed on it and I highly recommend to throw this damn thing away and get something longer, heavier and with rubber pads! …and the the last little frame with the boat stand which Trumpeter gives to it’s every model submarine… Sadly, for this particular model it’s way to short. Most likely we will be skipping those last as we will need a propeller: There are 3 frames with the elements in the box: The frame with the main hull parts, rudders, bow dive planes, periscopes and the stabilizers etc.: The frame with the sail, bow and stern – each dived to two parts and some elements for the jet drive. The content of the box of the Trumpeter Seawolf is fairly poor, but at the same time it makes it an easy model for assembly and further conversion. It’s a really good deal for a model of this size in my opinion. You can get his model for about 30$ on Ebay directly from China. ![]() Like I said earlier this is a conversion – assembling a Radio Controlled model out of a plastic display model – The Trumpeter SSN-21 Seawolf box number 05904. Both of those allow to keep the antenna inside the WTC – no need to drag the antenna outside and watch it dangle in the water during a run! It allows use a full size, dual conversion receiver. There is also some free space left in the bow and an additional pylon for glueing in a rubber bellow/gasket in the front cap of the WTC for those who would like use additional servo, pitch controller or an Arduino board – in short words space and options for those who like to develop and modify their projects! It’s worth to notice a dedicated space for the antenna and lots of space for the radio receiver. This additional space was distributed between the larger battery space and the space of the now bigger elastic ballast tank. …to the real thing: The tube is a 10cm (3.94″) longer then the tube for the Trumpeter Kilo. The running time of the model will be long for sure! From a 3d project… This allowed to use some really high capacity cells like 3300 or 3600mAh. This allowed me to speed up the build and focus only on missing elements – the bow cap and a new – bigger battery compartment which was designed to hold two 18650 Li-ion cells. The Pressure Tube (WTC) has a modular design and shares some of the elements – like the stern cap type and the ballast system type with the WTC from them Trumpeter Kilo Conversion. (really quick built thanks to my modular WTC system) ![]() It speeds up… A LOT!īuild : Built start: Built end: Maiden Voyage: ![]() The idea was to test some of the universal engineering solutions and ideas of my modular WTC system and how much it will speed up the model built process. SSN-21 Seawolf is a plastic model conversion for a radio controlled submarine with a WTC tube and a conversion kit of my own design. Type: static diver (elastic ballast tank).SSN-21 Seawolf (Trumpeter plastic display model to RC conversion)
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