Robert Clarke
Ensign
Posts:151
 | | 29 May 2007 10:18 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by froggyfrenchman
Before I decided to build the battlecruiser, I was seriously considering building a Gloire class light cruiser
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I have plenty of room, and weight.
This is a pretty good sized boat. Only about 30-40 ft longer than the larger cruisers, but soooo much wider. And beautiful. | | | |
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pew-pew-pew
Ensign
Posts:297
| | 13 Jun 2007 05:39 PM |
| Quick question.... is this an italian ship or a french? i see the Italian flag on the superstructure, but the colors of the french on one of the bow turrets.... | | | |
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crzyhawk
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2130
| | 13 Jun 2007 06:29 PM |
| That's a french tri-color that she is wearing. The French flag is red white and blue. The Italian I think is red white and green.
Mike D | | | HMS Invincible
USS Salem (CA-139)
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4438
| | 14 Jun 2007 08:17 AM |
| That's a fine looking ship Mikey... I hadn't looked in a while :)
All the painting/renovating and moving has distracted me quite a bit, but on the plus side, I got quite a few power tools donated to my shop when people found out I was going to have a big one.
Yesterday while boxing things, I uncovered my Tirpitz frame pictures (need to glue them to some thick ply and cut 'em out) and that helped motivate me to get done with the house crap :) So dd your Strasbourg pics :) | | | |
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Mark
Veteran
Lieutenant
Posts:479
| | 19 Jul 2007 10:15 PM |
| what are those barrels made of on the cannon? | | | |
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froggyfrenchman
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2988
| | 20 Jul 2007 10:34 AM |
| They are steel barrels that I got from BDE. They sell them already bent, and cut.
Mikey | | | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2183
| | 20 Jul 2007 01:17 PM |
| Beautiful. I especially like the shot where she is sailing away from the camera.
Pax,
J
| | | I am prepared to meet my maker, whether He is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
-Sir Winston- | |
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froggyfrenchman
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2988
| | 10 Sep 2007 03:17 PM |
| Mikey's Strasbourg on display at a fly-in at the Wright-Pat air-force base. | | | |
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froggyfrenchman
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2988
| | 10 Sep 2007 03:21 PM |
| 
Strasbourg, with 144th scale Strasbourg (Treaty), Bearn (big-gun, aircraft-carrier/ convoy-ship. | | | |
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djranier
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1447
| | 10 Sep 2007 06:26 PM |
| You can see a drive motor in the one picture, does it actually push that big beast around? It looks pretty small. | | | Its better to give than to receive.
Southeast Attack Squadron | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4438
| | 10 Sep 2007 09:38 PM |
| Where'd you see the drive motor? | | | |
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djranier
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1447
| | 10 Sep 2007 11:21 PM |
| On the first page, about the third picture down, where he shows the stern guns. | | | Its better to give than to receive.
Southeast Attack Squadron | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2183
| | 10 Sep 2007 11:49 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by djranier
You can see a drive motor in the one picture, does it actually push that big beast around? It looks pretty small.
I suspect that is one of two. The nearer one being hidden by the side of the hull. | | | I am prepared to meet my maker, whether He is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
-Sir Winston- | |
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froggyfrenchman
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2988
| | 11 Sep 2007 05:47 PM |
| The motors that I have in her at this time are Wah-Mings (12 volts), very efficient. They do get her up to speed just fine, but I have to admit that I have been looking for something larger, in the way of motors, just because they look too small for the application.
They have been just fine for all of the trials so for.
I used them in my small-gun Jean Bart (24 seconds). She is around 38 lbs.
The Strasbourg will be more like 70+ lbs, but is also slower.
So to make a long story even longer. The Wah-Mings seem to be doing fine, but I plan to replace them with something bigger, if I find something.
Mikey | | | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2183
| | 11 Sep 2007 06:32 PM |
| Well...if it has four shafts you could put 1 motor on each. Plenty of power.
Otherwise gear 2 motors to each shaft.
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4438
| | 11 Sep 2007 09:36 PM |
| I expect that at our speeds, one per shaft would do it. I hope. Cause if it doesn't I lose even more room! | | | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2183
| | 11 Sep 2007 10:52 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Tugboat
I expect that at our speeds, one per shaft would do it. I hope. Cause if it doesn't I lose even more room!
And the Yamato is short on hull volume...[:p] | | | I am prepared to meet my maker, whether He is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
-Sir Winston- | |
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Mark
Veteran
Lieutenant
Posts:479
| | 12 Sep 2007 06:48 AM |
| You joke, but it's running out of room fast. | | | |
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JustinScott
Founder
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2176
| | 12 Sep 2007 07:34 AM |
| You need to fight that monster at a MBG battle... #1 no one would ever sink you #2 everyone would be afraid of you | | Cheers,
jks
DKM Tirpitz | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2183
| | 12 Sep 2007 08:34 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Mark
You joke, but it's running out of room fast.
Yes..I had not considered your need for more robust internals. | | | I am prepared to meet my maker, whether He is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
-Sir Winston- | |
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