The YoKai's World War Oneders - Sea: Versuchsgleitboot

[Dr. YoKai]

A sort of halfway houseboat between WiG and Hovercraft, the VGB was an interesting, if unsuccessful Austro-Hungarian attempt at a fast
torpedo boat. Cutting the sides was a bit tedious, but detailing the cabin should be fun. Four six cylinder aero engines for starters.
DSCF0654 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr
This is a fair article on the craft. I first encountered it fourteen or fifteen years a ago at an aviation webmagazine called Chandelle, but there
appear to be a few more sources out there these days.
https://naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1/austria-hungary/Versuchsgleitboot.php


Happy New Year!

[Old Wombat]

Neat!

I noticed in the footage that they didn't show it manoeuvring & that wasn't mentioned in the text, either; so, I'm wondering if that was its weak point ... or not?

Looked good motoring along in a straight line, though!

[Buzzbomb]

Ooohhh ! Liking this already

[Dr. YoKai]

Neat!

I noticed in the footage that they didn't show it manoeuvring & that wasn't mentioned in the text, either; so, I'm wondering if that was its weak point ... or not?

Looked good motoring along in a straight line, though!

 One of the other sources I have seen mentions that it was unstable at speed, and not very nimble. And looking at the rudders in one of the plan views, I suspect it was not easy to turn. The first plan views I came across appeared to be contemporary drawings, and the rudders, fore and aft, had two profiles, on solid, and the other a dashed outline that may have indicated later modification.

 

[Old Wombat]

Neat!

I noticed in the footage that they didn't show it manoeuvring & that wasn't mentioned in the text, either; so, I'm wondering if that was its weak point ... or not?

Looked good motoring along in a straight line, though!

 One of the other sources I have seen mentions that it was unstable at speed, and not very nimble. And looking at the rudders in one of the plan views, I suspect it was not easy to turn. The first plan views I came across appeared to be contemporary drawings, and the rudders, fore and aft, had two profiles, on solid, and the other a dashed outline that may have indicated later modification.

 

[Dr. YoKai]

Not a lot of progress in the last three weeks - but I have started on the engines. I was able to find some nice reference photos of the 120 hp engines used , and while I won't go overboard with the detail (eyes and hands will cooperate only so far these days... ) I think they'll look ok by the time I'm done with them. DSCF0660 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

[Dr. YoKai]

 Slow progress. The local weather has been cool enough that my tiny space heater doesn't make much of a dent. Still managed to get a little of the interior further along, and roughed in the torpedo chutes. It warmed up enough today to take a couple of pictures.
The engines are starting to look acceptable; still need a few more tubes and fittings.
DSCF0669 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

And I sprayed the interior with what I hope will be a passable representation of wood.

DSCF0668 by VileDr.Yo, on Flickr

Once things warm up again, I should be able to stain and weather the interior, and start tacking things in.

[Frank3k]

Looks good so far. Nice job on the engines! What scale is this? Looks big.

[Dr. YoKai]

 1/72, approximately - Looking at the engines in the plan view, and comparing them to a 1/72 aeroclub Austro-Daimler I had in the stash,
 I figured out the ratio to make them match, and printed out the drawings accordingly. Not the most scientific method, but it looks about right.

 Should be warm enough tomorrow to stain the interior and maybe build the blower engine. Thankfully, there's only one of those, and it's a
 a four cylinder.