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MWCI How-To Articles For most of our new members, building ships like these is a completely new experience. While few (although there have been some) have scratch-built their ships completely the first time, even starting with a used or half-built ship will involve some construction and/or installation of certain components. The links below contain articles and references that may prove helpful in better understanding the workings of these ships. And since an "unmentioned" motto of our club is there always more than one way to build it, there may be more than one article describing some of the components. Hulls and Structure Cannon Systems Drive & Propulsion Electronics & Wiring Resin Casting Miscellaneous Hull Busters Archive Hull Construction How To Build A Quick Fiberglass Hull (by Bart Purvis) Fiberglassing with West Epoxy (from MWCI e-mail listserve) Sheeting with Weldwood (by Andy Rucker) Scratch-Building a Gearing Destroyer (by Peter Ellison) Scratch-Building the HMS Vanguard (by Brian Koehler & Clark Ward) Kit Construction Manual (by SwampWorks) Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Kit Construction Manual (by SwampWorks) Ship Layout Fiberglass Hulls Available in the Hobby (on SCRAP chapter website) Cannon Systems Using Stock Clippard Solenoids (.pdf file) (by Brian Koehler) How To Hook-up RCE2000 Circuits (by Charley Stephens) How To Test Circuits for Triples (by Chris Pearce) How to Build a Ball Bearing Selector Gun (by Bob Sloan) Solenoid Maintenance (from MWCI e-mail listserve) Drive & Propulsion A Geardrive Story (by Joe Kutz) MAG Throttle (by SwampWorks) MAG Throttle Making Stuffing Tubes (by SwampWorks) Stuffing Tubes Electronics & Wiring How to make a receiver dry box from a diver's box (by Brian Koehler) How to make a receiver dry box from a hardware store utility box (by Brian Koehler) 1.5unit Destroyer Wiring Diagram - Speed Controller (by Clark Ward) 1.5unit Destroyer Wiring Diagram - Microswitch Throttle (by Clark Ward) How To Add Buttons To An Airtronics VG600 Transmitter (by Brian Eliassen) Making a Wooden Radio Box (by SwampWorks) Page 1 Page 2 Resin Casting Miscellaneous Story of a Pond Expansion (by Craig McLean) "Welcome to the MWCI" DVD (by Bob Hornemann) About West-System Epoxy (from MWCI e-mail listserve) Lights for Superstructure (by Bob Hoernemann and John Bruder) Common Clippard Parts (WCC website) Hull Busters Archive Thanks to founding member Fluegel for giving us permission to post here scanned images of the orginal combat model warship newsletter, Hull Busters. While some of the information here is dated (much of the early articles are posted for nostalgic sake and not current DIY information), there is still a lot of valuable information about our hobby, some of the technology, and of course the nutty humor of guys who play with model ships! So here they are (more coming): February 1982 April 1982   May 1982 June 1982 August 1982 October 1982 December 1982 February 1983 April 1983 June 1983 August 1983 October 1983 December 1983 Special Edition 1983 February 1984 April 1984 June 1984 August 1984 October 1984 December 1984 February 1985 April 1985 June 1985 August 1985 October 1985 December 1985 February 1986 April 1986 June 1986 August 1986 October 1986 December 1986 February 1987 March 1987   April 1987 June 1987 July 1987 October 1987 December 1987 Special Edition 1987 February 1988 April 1988 June 1988 August 1988 October 1988 December 1988 February 1989 April 1989 June 1989 August 1989 October 1989 December 1989 February 1990 April 1990 June 1990 August 1990 October 1990 December 1990 February 1991 April 1991 June 1991 August 1991 October 1991 December 1991 February 1992 April 1992 June 1992 August 1992 October 1992 December 1992 February 1993 April 1993 June 1993 October 1993 December 1993 February 1994 April 1994 June 1994 October 1994 December 1994 February 1995 April 1995 June 1995 August 1995 October 1995 December 1995 February 1996 April 1996 June 1996 August 1996 October 1996 December 1996 February 1997 April 1997 June 1997 August 1997 December 1997 February 1998 April 1998 June 1998 August 1998 October 1998 December 1998 February 1999 April 1999 June 1999 August 1999 October 1999 December 1999 February 2000 April 2000 June 2000 August 2000 October 2000 December 2000 February 2001 April 2001 June 2001 August 2001 October 2001 December 2001 Many, many thanks to Fluegel for getting all these digitized and sharing these articles with us again.

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