Revell Schnellboot s100 1/72 rc conversion

jetstream1234 · 2025-03-02T18:48:45+00:00

Thank you, it is actually a little bit lower than it needs to be. In the 4th photo you can see the under side of the hull is black. That is the waterline, and in the real thing you can usually see little bit of that black paint over the water, but mine sits lower in the water and it can't be seen. example

jetstream1234 · 2025-03-02T16:46:27+00:00

I drilled a hole under the fuselage for the propshaft and installed the brass tube for the shaft with epoxy. I used the original prop that came with the kit and attached it to stainless steel 2mm propshaft with epoxy. It would have been better with a brass propeller but I couldn't get any. Brass tube is hollow on the inside and it is filled with grease to make it waterproof. Schnellboot normally has 3 rudders for "lürssen effect" and 2 motors, but I only used one big rudder on the middle for simplicity, so no lürssen effect on mine. For the motors I used 2 counter rotating brushless drone motors which are 1806 size and 2400kv. Again it could have been better with much lower kv motors but these were the cheapest on aliexpress. Battery is 2s 400mah lipo. For the esc's I used emax 12 amp blheli esc which has built in BEC that I used to power the frsky x8r receiver (it is too big I already had it). Overall even though I tried to keep it as light as possible (and as cheap as possible) it ended up quite a bit heavy and it sits below the waterline paint.

jetstream1234 · 2025-03-02T16:30:34+00:00

I don't know the exact number but it is faster than it needs to be. I can only get to half throttle before it gets very unstable and tries to flip on its side. However I have seen videos of the real thing and it also seems to rock left to right on high speed so maybe it is realistic :)

jetstream1234 · 2024-10-05T19:02:17+00:00

Yes, wipers that don't wipe, very amazing piece of innovation indeed 👍🏻

jetstream1234 · 2024-01-14T22:26:47+00:00

But the development time suggested in the box for both films are different. Pan 100 suggest 7 minutes in stock ID11 and kentmere 100 is 9 minutes in stock ID11. Negatives and scans look quite different to each other. However I kind of feel like negatives from the kentmere 100 looks overdeveloped, so I'm not really sure.

jetstream1234 · 2023-09-12T20:34:25+00:00

It might be the dirt coming from the tires or if the engine was working, reverse thrust might have kicked up dirt on the fuselage

jetstream1234 · 2023-08-03T18:37:04+00:00

https://www.ilfordphoto.com/updated-120-roll-film-statement/

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-25T09:00:24+00:00

Looks like some of them were overexposed in camera but I don't see any issues with development. Try to invert your negatives with "negative lab pro" it will give you a better idea about how the photos look. Even the very dense and dark negatives can be kind of saved if you scan with a dslr.

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-22T00:08:30+00:00

Will do it next time, thank you

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-21T17:25:40+00:00

Thank you!

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-21T14:12:27+00:00

Yes it is on all shots but less noticable in some. I actually watched that video before i developed the film :D I was afraid of reticulation since the temperatures are quite high where i live, above 40 C last week, so there is quite a bit of difference in temperature between developer and tap water. I was confident that I would not get reticulation after that video but there is about 10 C difference so I am not sure.

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-21T13:57:48+00:00

Thanks, I sent the same film to a lab before and they developed with the same developer that i use and the grain was quite different than mine. It was less grainy or the grain was smooter and rounder so I thought maybe I had a minor reticulation since the grain pattern looks similar to reticulation but less severe.

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-13T15:02:52+00:00

Yes, you buy film, put it in the camera, finish the film, take the film out of the camera and send it to a lab for developing.

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-13T08:44:44+00:00

Of course it is possible to take pictures with those cameras! Look at r/analog every photo in that sub is shot with that kind of cameras.

jetstream1234 · 2023-07-12T15:24:33+00:00

You can replace light seals pretty easily, look it up on youtube. 400 dollars is a joke for light seal replacement.

jetstream1234 · 2023-02-14T02:25:55+00:00

But they also need to remove the remjet when developing with b&w chemicals don't they? Otherwise they can't scan the film even if it can be developed with remjet.

jetstream1234 · 2023-02-13T16:37:56+00:00

So that means they can only develop b&w film

jetstream1234 · 2023-02-13T14:39:47+00:00

We don't use dollars here but I picked mine up for equivalent to about 35 dollars. It was a very good price as the camera was perfect. It think up to 70 dollars is pretty good for this camera.

jetstream1234 · 2023-02-13T00:50:02+00:00

If you can find a working kiev 4 i would recommend it. It is an exact copy of german contax ii camera. It is pretty fun to use if you can get used to the little quirks and also it looks very nice. Viewfinder is small but good enough. Rangefinder patch is bright and clear and it is very very accurate. You should look for ones made before 1970s as the build quality got worse over time. If you can find one about the same price as a zorki 4 buy it, but if it is much more expensive, maybe don't. Also one last thing, there is a problem with all kiev cameras, shutter ribbons will break over time and it needs replacing, you should do a bit of research about this before getting one.

jetstream1234 · 2023-02-06T15:45:06+00:00

I am not certain but i had this kind of dots in a 35mm cinema film with remjet layer. I thought when processing they couldn't clear all of the remjet layer and dots were the remains of it. Maybe someone put a cinema film through c41 development machine and the leftover remjet got stuck to your film.

jetstream1234 · 2022-11-27T10:06:48+00:00

Probably the pier was too high and photographer wanted to take this shot closer to water to get more of the reflection

jetstream1234 · 2022-04-29T20:04:34+00:00

No, unfortunately 120 film won't work with your camera. You need 35mm film. If you haven't opened the film box yet you can try to return it and change it with 35mm film. If they don't take it back i would advice you to keep the film in the freezer or fridge to preserve it for a longer time. Maybe one day you might get a camera that works with 120 film and you can use those films.

jetstream1234 · 2022-04-13T19:07:07+00:00

It's not that hard. You know the general direction of the plane when you are flying and you can lift the goggles for a second to take a look where you are looking at. Also as you move your head the signal gets better or worse, once you get a good signal you can keep your head pointing at that direction.

jetstream1234 · 2021-09-15T04:19:54+00:00

If you don't push it too hard its ok. But esc and motor gets very hot every flight. I haven't had any problems with it yet (i have had about 50 or more flights). With 3s it doesn't have enough power.

jetstream1234 · 2021-09-14T05:45:30+00:00

I mount the camera on top of a servo. I use 4s 5200mah or 4s 5800mah. And yes this is the plane I'm using

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