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WOW! This is a great site! I'm hoping that maybe someday I'll be able to build my own Typhoon with missles and torpedos and everything. Great job! Alex

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wonderfull work my good sir, i am facinated with submarines and i wanted to find a starting point for a hobby, and i think i found it. thank you.

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My God Man! I'm SO impressed! Coming from Groton, and having my grandpa lost on the Thresher in 63, submarines are my life. Anyways, just wanted to say what a wonderful site, and words cannot describe the respect i have for you and your Typhoon. I'm jealous!!!!!

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Great effort. Everything looks so neat and tidy. Have you any more updates since April 13th?

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John, This is probably the best site I've seen, for describing to the novice scratch builder, the mysteries of fiberglassing. I'm most impressed with your Typhoon buildup, and with your method for hull shaping,using laminated foam blocks. I'm curious about how you kept the hull from flexing during the fiberglassing process though... Perhaps I misunderstood, but I didn't see how you were able to keep your hull rigid, before the glass and resin went on it. From what I've seen, all scratchbuilt models of such a size had to have some kind of rigid "keel" for lack of a better word. I am building a scratchbuilt Starship, of my own design, and I'm using an eight foot long piece of aluminum square tubing, along with acrylic Plexiglas contour plates. I feel this will make a rigid enough skeletal frame, with foam blocks in between the plex bulkheads. However....if you know the way to keep the hull from flexing without a keel, then I'd rather do it your way, simply to save the weight! Plex isn't really that light, in 1/8 inch thicknesses. I selected the plex for it's strength, availability, and ease of machining. I actually got the idea of doing it this way, from looking at a magazine article, detailing how the "Enterprise D" was built, for the series "Star Trek the Next Generation" featuring Greg Jein's commentary. They detailed the RTV pattern/mold making process nicely. I'd never seen anyone do large structures using your method...but clearly your results speak more loudly than words! That Typhoon is a thing of beauty, and it's detailed down to the last nitty gritty detail. Frankly, my hat is way off to your attention to detail, and your skill as a modeler. I've been away from the modeling hobby for a while, due to family concerns, but recently decided to pick it back up. Right now, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on, regarding the scratch building end of the hobby...and I'm going to be a regular visitor to your site. Thanks again, for your insight, and for your clearly explained methodologies on this site, which is clearly designed and very informative. I'll recommend this site to friends. My thanks, and Blessing upon you and your house. Curtis (Curt) Boswell

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Great project! I got some very good ideas on my little ol' sub.

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Enjoyed your site and narration. Notices to updates since summer 03. Hope all is well. Looking forward to updates in weapons, sea trials, and recent updates section. Have you though of selling/publishing your hull plans? Anyway, great site with lots of great ideas. Regards, Jay Smith