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Giant pocket battleship

Last Post 21 Jan 2011 01:45 PM by SnipeHunter. 6 Replies.

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El Jefe

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17 Jul 2010 11:24 PM
I think this is what some scale model battlers aspire to:

Bob Pottle User is Offline

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10 Aug 2010 09:28 AM
I saw those photos decades ago in an American ship modelling magazine. I think that Graf Spee was built in the 1970s and was about 30' long. Bob

jadfer

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10 Aug 2010 10:30 AM
I think its funny how he keeps his glasses on the ? tower (Conning)

Nikki

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21 Jan 2011 09:27 AM
Guys, That would be fun to build! ya, but there are many ponds deep enough to that! Nikki

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21 Jan 2011 09:56 AM
I've always found it interesting that this boat was built to scale but apparently was not weighted to scale as the water line is obviously to low. Steve

Kotori87

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21 Jan 2011 01:31 PM
Just think of how much lead it would take to weigh that thing down to waterline...

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21 Jan 2011 01:45 PM
You'd be silly to use lead, just use water and have some ballast tanks, that would be pretty easy to do and it would let you empty them to keep it "light" for transportation as well, otherwise you would need a really beefy trailer/truck.

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