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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 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)

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)
Common Clippard Parts (WCC website)
Solenoid Maintenance (from MWCI e-mail listserve)

Drive & Propulsion
A Geardrive Story (by Joe Kutz)

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)

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)

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