absolutek
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 | | 03 Feb 2010 09:28 AM | | Ditto what Nick said. Plans really don't cost a whole lot compared to the amount it will cost you to build the model, so I'd definatly say you should order plans for an actual great lakes freighter. One of these days I plan to build a model of the Edmund Fitzgerald which I got the plans for from http://www.taubmansonline.com/.
--Chase | | Chase H.
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Battle Ready Ships: SMS VDT & USS Juneau
Under Construction: Henri IV & DKM Gneisenau | | Battlestations 1/96
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Darren Scott
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| | 04 Feb 2010 05:54 AM | | I like the great lake freighters, we have one here in the AusBG. | | | Still a proud member of the AUSBG! | |
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absolutek
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| | 05 Feb 2010 11:23 PM | | Same here, they had a pretty low profile which would make them hard to hit. Too bad I don't know of, or have an plans for, any that would be legal in IRCWCC.
--Chase | | Chase H.
IRCWCC:
Battle Ready Ships: SMS VDT & USS Juneau
Under Construction: Henri IV & DKM Gneisenau | | Battlestations 1/96
Planned: Charlemagne Class |
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Nick
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Captkonig
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| | 09 Feb 2010 11:47 AM | | I got some great plans for the Cleveland Cliffs ore carrier, E.B.Greene. My father-in-law was chief engineer on the Greene and my wife used to go on trips on the Greene. I got the plans from: David Benedet 418 University Dr. Thunder Bay, ON P7C 2CB If you google Davids full name you will see that he is a great lakes freighter historian and author. The plans I got were highly detailed. | | | |
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Nick
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Kotori87
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| | 01 Mar 2010 01:10 AM | | Very spiffy, Nick. I like it. | | | There are 101 different types of people: those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who just can't count... | |
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El Jefe
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| | 01 Mar 2010 02:23 AM | | Spiffy, indeed. | | | |
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Gascan
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| | 01 Mar 2010 04:06 AM | | She looks great, but I can't wait to see some better shots | | | |
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froggyfrenchman
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| | 01 Mar 2010 07:50 AM | | Nice job on this cool little ship.
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Stokamoto
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| | 01 Mar 2010 02:00 PM | | Very clean looking cargo ship. | | | |
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JKN
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| | 01 Mar 2010 04:30 PM | | Gascan who's Maru is that in your picture? | | | |
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Kotori87
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| | 01 Mar 2010 06:07 PM | | JKN, the photo that Gascan posted shows the original Mehoshi Maru doing what she does best.
That reminds me: Nick, do you have a recovery float on your Mehoshi? You know you're gonna need it... | | | There are 101 different types of people: those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who just can't count... | |
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absolutek
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| | 01 Mar 2010 08:27 PM | | Nice looking Maru Nick, hopefully it'll have better luck than the one sitting on the bottom in Gascon's pic. I'll be sure to post some shots of mine when its done.
--Chase | | Chase H.
IRCWCC:
Battle Ready Ships: SMS VDT & USS Juneau
Under Construction: Henri IV & DKM Gneisenau | | Battlestations 1/96
Planned: Charlemagne Class |
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Nick
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| | 02 Mar 2010 01:03 AM | | Posted By Kotori87 on 01 Mar 2010 06:07 PM
JKN, the photo that Gascan posted shows the original Mehoshi Maru doing what she does best.
That reminds me: Nick, do you have a recovery float on your Mehoshi? You know you're gonna need it...
The bow decking isnt actually held down, it just has loose guide rails and about 8-10 feet of line bound to the first rib. In theory when she goes down, it'll float free and the line will pay out. In theory. I think I need an underwater camera. | | Running: SMS Derfflinger,
IJN Maru(oiler)
Building: SMS Moltke, Orfey Class DD
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Nick
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Kotori87
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| | 23 Jul 2010 02:15 AM | | Wow, that Mehoshi looks great! Glad to her she's working good. edit: how'd the recovery float do? | | | There are 101 different types of people: those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who just can't count... | |
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Gascan
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| | 23 Jul 2010 02:46 AM | | Looking good. I think you need to update your signature. | | | |
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Nick
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| | 23 Jul 2010 01:07 PM | | Thanks guys @Gascan, I'd update it if I could  @Kotori, Uhm, Well, it was a really windy day, and early on a ridiculous gust of wind actually managed to knock it out and the prop fouled on it, so I added a 1/2oz of weight held on by a magnet, and of course, being in a hurry, forgot to see if the float could actually bear that weight and still float - the answer is no as we discovered, which made its recovery more difficult than it should have, completely my own fault too. Some experimentation will have to occur here to find out how to both make it more bouyant and keep it held down a little better against rogue winds. | | Running: SMS Derfflinger,
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Washington Cascade Column : Model Warship Combat in the Northwest | |
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Hovey Moore
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| | 23 Jul 2010 10:01 PM | | Other than the deck/float issues she has proven a great ship to play with. She is low in the water and turns well enough that with a an experienced captain she is a very hard target to hit.
I would just screw down the deck and add a float inside the funnel. Of course that would require replacing the funnel I knocked off while trying to recover her. As long as you add flood holes at the bottom of the funnel they work pretty well that way. EDIT: Nick you need to post a video of her "ramming" my NC. Pretty awesome watching her just bounce off. | | | |
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