Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
 | | 15 Feb 2011 04:37 PM |
| After long thought and many changes of mind I have settled on USS Ward DD-139. I had considered many things including SMS Breslau, USS Washington (ACR-11), RM San Giorgio, and USS Illinois (BB-7) but settled on the destroyer. If I am feeling very adventurous I'll do her up in dazzle! | | | Vive la France! | |
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JKN
Ensign
Posts:211
| | 15 Feb 2011 04:38 PM |
| what class is the ward? Why not the Texas or Maine those two second class battle ships would be cool! | | | |
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RichelieuBB
Veteran
Rear Admiral (RDML)
Posts:1418
| | 15 Feb 2011 04:58 PM |
| At first, I wanted to do a Suffren CA ... then a Jean Bart after printing a gorgeous set of plans in 1/96th scale (100+ inches long!) ... then realitiy set in on the cost of cannons ... The ship on the building schedule for Battlestations will be a FN Verite PDN. It'll be slow, but it will turn on a dime.  The Jean Bart will be a future project ... the sheer size of the ship in 1/96th scale is amazing. | | Mike Mangus
Beware the French Revolution!
Operational:
HMS Erin DN
FN Richelieu BB
FN Verite PDN
Launched
Le Requin Xebec (AoS)
Under Construction:
FN Mogador DE
FN Gascogne BB (Treaty)
FN Bretagne (1/96) (delayed)
Mothballed:
FN Bearn CV
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 15 Feb 2011 05:06 PM |
| Posted By JKN on 15 Feb 2011 04:38 PM
what class is the ward? Why not the Texas or Maine those two second class battle ships would be cool! Clemson Class Destroyer. Launched in 1918. Texas or Maine (ACR 1) would be interesting with the echelon turrets. Would probably do the Texas due to her 12" guns. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 15 Feb 2011 05:09 PM |
| I am thinking one of the early US Battleships, Illinois or Maine classes for a second subject. Start small and work up. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4540
| | 15 Feb 2011 05:40 PM |
| Mike, we'll have a good time in our slow predreads  How could I NOT build USS Georgia? | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
Drydock/Mothballed: Rus Evstafi, DKM Lutzow, HMS Invincible
Plus 20-odd other projects, according to my Boy Scouts who thoughtfully counted them for me. | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 15 Feb 2011 05:58 PM |
| Yes but are you building her with cage masts or as God intended. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4540
| | 15 Feb 2011 06:33 PM |
| Pshah! As if cage masts belong on a Virginia class battleship! | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
Drydock/Mothballed: Rus Evstafi, DKM Lutzow, HMS Invincible
Plus 20-odd other projects, according to my Boy Scouts who thoughtfully counted them for me. | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 15 Feb 2011 08:44 PM |
| White and Buff! | | | Vive la France! | |
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JKN
Ensign
Posts:211
| | 15 Feb 2011 08:52 PM |
| Why were the cage masts put on some battleship? In my opinion their ugy and useless unless your having the parts of the sides covered and havinga hog or cow on a spit halfway up in the now vlocanoish looking mast cooking away int the hot gas of a bon fire in the center made from some of the decking  | | | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 15 Feb 2011 09:43 PM |
| The theory was to put spotters up high where they could see how the shots were falling and to be light weight while doing it. In reality they had vibration problems and may have been some what flimsy. Michigan's mast failed in a storm but it was found to have been poorly repaired. There were issues with corrosion of the tubes as well. Heavier directors and a desire to put some armor on the communications leads led to their replacement with tripods or towers. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4540
| | 15 Feb 2011 10:02 PM |
| I'm with JKN... Bar-B-Que time!!! I already decided to paint it in the white and buff scheme | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
Drydock/Mothballed: Rus Evstafi, DKM Lutzow, HMS Invincible
Plus 20-odd other projects, according to my Boy Scouts who thoughtfully counted them for me. | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 16 Feb 2011 01:09 AM |
| You could smoke a whale in one of those masts. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4540
| | 16 Feb 2011 05:11 AM |
| The more I think about it, the more I want to build a 1-to-1 scale model of a cage mast to try it. | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
Drydock/Mothballed: Rus Evstafi, DKM Lutzow, HMS Invincible
Plus 20-odd other projects, according to my Boy Scouts who thoughtfully counted them for me. | |
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JKN
Ensign
Posts:211
| | 16 Feb 2011 04:27 PM |
| what u gona cuke | | | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4540
| | 16 Feb 2011 04:53 PM |
| The souls of Allied Fast Gun captains... | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
Drydock/Mothballed: Rus Evstafi, DKM Lutzow, HMS Invincible
Plus 20-odd other projects, according to my Boy Scouts who thoughtfully counted them for me. | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 16 Feb 2011 06:38 PM |
| Ahem. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Anachronus
Rear Admiral (RADM)
Posts:2286
| | 16 Feb 2011 06:39 PM |
| Rudders, Scale size shape and placement or standard biggun scaled up by 50%? | | | Vive la France! | |
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Tugboat
Veteran
Admiral
Posts:4540
| | 16 Feb 2011 06:43 PM |
| Ahem? Oh HAI James! 8) As to the rudders: A.7. Rudders must scale in size and shape. No enlargement is allowed. I'm not saying that I would be at people's boats with a caliper on the rudders, but if I showed up with a V-108 with a 6 square inch rudder, I'd hope someone would measure it and ask where I got my plans | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
Drydock/Mothballed: Rus Evstafi, DKM Lutzow, HMS Invincible
Plus 20-odd other projects, according to my Boy Scouts who thoughtfully counted them for me. | |
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JKN
Ensign
Posts:211
| | 16 Feb 2011 07:07 PM |
| you should so do that! | | | |
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