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Stonewall
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 09:40 AM UTC
So I decided to build a sub, what the heck, can't paint figures all your life right! So I'm working on Dragons 1/350 Typhoon when poof, off goes a couple blades from the prop. An hour later I'm convinced I'll never find them but no worries, I'll check my 200 pages of bookmarks because I'm certain I've seen brass or photo etch 1/350 Russian props. Well if I did it's the one hobby site on the planet I didn't bookmark , can anyone give me a hand?? If not then someone give me your address and I'll send you a Typhoon. :-)
Thanks
Mark
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 03:19 PM UTC

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So I decided to build a sub, what the heck, can't paint figures all your life right! So I'm working on Dragons 1/350 Typhoon when poof, off goes a couple blades from the prop. An hour later I'm convinced I'll never find them but no worries, I'll check my 200 pages of bookmarks because I'm certain I've seen brass or photo etch 1/350 Russian props. Well if I did it's the one hobby site on the planet I didn't bookmark , can anyone give me a hand?? If not then someone give me your address and I'll send you a Typhoon. :-)
Thanks
Mark


Ahoy, Mark,
Welcome to Model Shipwrights, mate!
Yet another case of the carpet monster eating your kit parts!!
Well, my friend, the first three spots to search for a PE set to help you out would be as the following, no particular order...White Ensign Models, Gold Medal Models, or Eduard...I'll do a little looking around myself too to help ya out!
~Gunny


->EDIT
Something else, mate, DML has a fantastic customer relelations service, and I've received spare parts at no cost (takes a little while, sometimes) when something was missing or damaged in a Dragon kit...
Try this out!

http://www.dragoncare.com/chsmain.asp
rokket2001
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 04:16 PM UTC
These folks do brass props, but I don't think they go small enough...

http://www.raboesch.com/
Stonewall
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 08:46 PM UTC
Thanks Gunny and Rokket
I've tried White Ensign, Gold Medal and Eduard with no luck, I sent a note to Dragon and maybe they will replace the props! I'm certain I ran across a site that did brass props in the the more more common scales and know for sure someone does etch props in the common scales and by country, I remember debating whether I should try the 1/350 Russian set. Oh well I'll keep snooping!!!
Thanks
Mark
Stonewall
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Posted: Monday, July 31, 2006 - 11:14 PM UTC
Hey All
Flagship Models does photo etch surface and submarine props, U.S and Russian in 1/350 and 1/700. Have not found the source for brass props and shafts but I think three hours of my life is enough for this search!
Cheers
Mark
blaster76
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 01:24 AM UTC
Don't think it'll do much good, but you can have my plastic props off of my 350 scale North Carolina. Another course of action is to get some .010 sheets of evergreen styrene and fabricate what you need. I use the stuff all the time to make / relace parts. Just get it, draw the outline from a blade--- cut and paste
BM2
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Posted: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 10:48 PM UTC
As a Chief told me when I was a very inexpierienced new sailor " Planes got props - ships got screws!" - his version was more colorful but you get the idea.
Gunny
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Posted: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 - 03:08 PM UTC
Hey Mark!
Listen up, mate...
I just received a hard copy catalog from this vendor, and there are many listings of spare parts for the shipwright inside the pages, mate, including various sizes and styles of screws...here is the online version;

CLICK HERE

Hope you find something to help ya out!
Cheers!
~Gunny
Stonewall
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Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 07:40 AM UTC
Thanks guys!!!
Steve I think I'll just scratch build a couple replacement blades for my SCREWS (thanks John)! Mark the site has got some good stuff just a little large for 1/350, however their 3/4 props and the 20mm I found at this site http://www.raboesch.com/. will actually work out great for the Revell 1/72 U-Boat which is sitting on my shelf. That's a project I'm trying to get the nerve for, not a 20-40 hour build and paint like I'm used to with figures!
Thanks Guys
Mark
BM2
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Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 10:09 PM UTC
check this out !-
Ripster
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Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 10:41 PM UTC
Nice photo John! Do you have a link to any more of those please?
BM2
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Posted: Friday, August 04, 2006 - 12:12 AM UTC
http://www.generalquarters.com
BM2
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Posted: Friday, August 04, 2006 - 01:05 AM UTC
OOOH- lookie lookie -

you can buy them here-
http://floatingdrydock.com/index.htm
blaster76
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Posted: Friday, August 04, 2006 - 12:39 PM UTC
scratch build is definitely the way to go. The "screws" from a BB are definitely different than those on a modern submarine.
BM2
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Posted: Friday, August 04, 2006 - 06:44 PM UTC
iowa class BB have 5 blade fixed pitch screws - subs on the other hand have non cavitating screws like this -
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