Dustin
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 | | 04 Jul 2011 11:39 PM | | Does anyone have anything on this class below the waterline? i have seen one picture of the ship at launch (link below), but this is all I can find. http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/arkansas701.jpg | | | Treaty:
IJN Kirishima (Stricken)
FNS Volta (on hold)
FNS Alsace (under construction)
DKM Ludendorff [O-Class BC] (planned)
Battlestations:
FNS Mogador (Striken)
HMS Gustav V (Order placed)
Big Gun:
FNS Richelieu (Stricken) | |
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Tugboat
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| | 05 Jul 2011 07:28 AM | | I think the Maryland Silver Company has the 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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Anachronus
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| | 05 Jul 2011 11:03 AM | | They do. The copy I got from them is practically illegible though. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Dustin
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| | 05 Jul 2011 12:11 PM | | Thanks. | | | Treaty:
IJN Kirishima (Stricken)
FNS Volta (on hold)
FNS Alsace (under construction)
DKM Ludendorff [O-Class BC] (planned)
Battlestations:
FNS Mogador (Striken)
HMS Gustav V (Order placed)
Big Gun:
FNS Richelieu (Stricken) | |
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Anachronus
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| | 05 Jul 2011 02:12 PM | | Which is really a pity as they are already in 1/96, and that class has a very interesting history. Not in their intended roles but as experimental ships for the USN. USS Florida was used to test the cage masts and the superimposed turrets used in the South Carolina's and Wyoming was used to test oil fired boilers and served well into the 1930's as a training ship. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Keri Morgret
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| | 05 Jul 2011 03:53 PM | | There's a profile drawing, as well as several other drawings, available at http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/arkansas.htm. That's the most I see with a quick look, but I've got some other work right now and can't take a more detailed look. | | | |
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Anachronus
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| | 05 Jul 2011 04:04 PM | | I can't get the link to work. I guess Navsource needs to register.
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Tugboat
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| | 05 Jul 2011 04:53 PM | | Worked fine here at home... I think an enterprizing individual could make a close replica of the original ship.
| | | 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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Kotori87
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| | 05 Jul 2011 06:37 PM | | Actually, Keri just forgot to tell the forum that the line of text "http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/arkansas.htm" is actually a URL. Try this: www.navsource.org/archives/01/arkansas.htm It would make a lovely ship in Big Gun, with its small target area and a single rotating twin turret, but it is a bit too small in 1:144 scale. I think a cannon, bottle, and regulator would sink the ship from the weight. | | | 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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Anachronus
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| | 05 Jul 2011 07:16 PM | | Register.com is all I get. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Dustin
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| | 05 Jul 2011 07:18 PM | | I was thinking the exact same thing Carl, except there happens to be some 1/96 ships building in my area  | | | Treaty:
IJN Kirishima (Stricken)
FNS Volta (on hold)
FNS Alsace (under construction)
DKM Ludendorff [O-Class BC] (planned)
Battlestations:
FNS Mogador (Striken)
HMS Gustav V (Order placed)
Big Gun:
FNS Richelieu (Stricken) | |
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Tugboat
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| | 05 Jul 2011 08:18 PM | | Wierd. I got a bunch of pretty pictures. | | | 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
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| | 06 Jul 2011 06:14 PM | | It is working for me as well now. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Dustin
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| | 08 Jul 2011 12:59 AM | | James,
Were the ribs legible in you copy of the plans? Everything else (above the waterline) I can put together from existing sources. A Russian company did a resin kit in 1/350 a few years ago, but I would prefer not to go that route as it is OOP and quite expensive--plus I would prefer not to break out my copy of the "Model Design and Blueprinting Handbook Vol 1" for a refresher on compound curves. | | | Treaty:
IJN Kirishima (Stricken)
FNS Volta (on hold)
FNS Alsace (under construction)
DKM Ludendorff [O-Class BC] (planned)
Battlestations:
FNS Mogador (Striken)
HMS Gustav V (Order placed)
Big Gun:
FNS Richelieu (Stricken) | |
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Anachronus
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| | 08 Jul 2011 09:45 AM | | I'll dig them out this weekend and let you know. If nothing else I could trace the rib sections on to something and scan those for ease of distribution.
I bought them with intention of building a Battlestations vessel out of them so I'm glad to help one get on the water.
j.
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Anachronus
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| | 08 Jul 2011 03:14 PM | | Found them, they are actually 1/48 so that may help matters.
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Anachronus
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| | 08 Jul 2011 03:33 PM | | Here is a rough idea. I was thinking of just tracing over the lines with a sharpie pen, though that makes my archivist soul cry out in anguish. Don't build to this picture as it is definitely askew. Sort of like the photographer. 
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Tugboat
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| | 08 Jul 2011 04:06 PM | | Wow shallow draft. I mean I knew that they were, but that's crazy shallow. | | | 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
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| | 08 Jul 2011 06:42 PM | | Very. It was one of the reasons I steered away from it. I still love the look of the class though. | | | Vive la France! | |
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Anachronus
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| | 08 Jul 2011 07:54 PM | | It looks like it might be 2 inches or so from keel to deck in 1/96.
May be a bit more, I need to measure it.
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