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Part of the Grand Fleet heading out to the North Sea for a practice shoot
w/c 16" X5"

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

“Masker” system

I’ll follow. Used to chase these things around the Mediterranean in my P-3.

The Old Days
Victorian Dockyard 
Acrylic on Mountboard 21" X 10"

Quick, get a Shovel
I hear it's good for. my Tomatoes!
The Royal Navy in Ceylon in WW2. Maintaining Avengers based on photos at RNAS Puttalam and RNAS Katukurunda
w/c 16" X 11"

Leith Roads

Off the coast Hour and a half 'postcard' size w/c 6"X4"

Not sure how this works at small scale, but this is how I serve bow strings...
 
 

Not sure how this works at small scale, but this is how I serve bow strings...
 
 

HMS Gannet (white) with 'Battleships' Sans Pareil and Donegal. Both Battleships had Steam and Sail power, with retractable Funnels.
watercolour 16" X 11"

Good evening everyone
this is going to be my build log for the forward section of this kit, i have another for the midships section
 
On a previous attempt to build this, we had a disaster, which resulted in the whols lot going to land fill, even though it was only fractionally completed, but I vowed to attempt again in the future
To be worked on alongside the Victory and my HMS Fife build 
 
intentions are to build as 3 static displays with weathering, and led lighting
 
The sheets 180 of them are well printed and the instructions are very clear,, here are a few photos as she arrived today, having been ordered yesterday from Model Dockyard 
 
 










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Kevin

There seems to be a dearth of information on binnacle cabinets.  This is a replica of a 17th century cabinet from the vessel Nonsuch (found at the Manitoba Museum website).
 

HMS HOOD ( not that one! ) entered service 1893. Sunk as a block ship at Portland Harbour 1914 
watercolour 16.5" X11.5"

RAF Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands. Sunderland and Catalina flying boats of 330 and 333 Norwegian Squadrons moored off shore. The land on the other side of the Voe is now occupied by the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal.
watercolour 16" X 11" 

A word about the genesis of LCTs. Churchill requested a vessel capable of landing or lifting tanks from a beach in June 1940 just after Dunkirk. TLC1 was completed by Hawthorn Leslie by November 1940. She was 152ft long, 28ft moulded beam, 5ft 9ins draught aft, 3ft forward and could land 3 of the heavy Churchill 40ton tanks on a 1:35 beach in 3ft 6ins of water. Power was 2 Hall-Scott Defender petrol engines driving twin screws for a top speed of 10 knots. Construction was in 4 parts that could be shipped as deck cargo and assembled at the port of use. Hull form was like a floating dock with tanks either side that could be flooded to balance off centre loads. The tank deck was below the waterline with a hump in the bow above the waterline to keep water out. The ramp was dropped by gravity and raised by 2 x 2 man hand winches. Armament was usually 2 x 2pdr Vickers Pom-poms and crew was 2 officers and 10 seamen. TLC1 handled quite badly at speed and had to be modified, but was otherwise successful. Thirty series 1 LCTs were built. 
It was quickly realised that by adding 2ft to the beam the number of tanks could be doubled, and this was the thinking behind the LCT(2). A shortage of Defender engines meant that a number of ex-aero engines of between 350 and 600hp were tried but 3 were needed. to maintain 10 knots. Dimensions were 160 ft x 30ft moulded beam x 5 ft 9ins draught. Load was up to 3 Churchill tanks,7 Valentines almost 200 tons on a displacement of 500 tons. Construction was similar to LCT(1) series. Around 75 LCT(2)s were built
LCT(3) comes in May 1941 from desire to increase cargo again. The LCT(2) was built in 4 pieces, if they used 2 parallel midships sections instead of 1 the capacity could be increased. Trials indicated it worked and the resulting craft was actually slightly faster on the same power. By now the Paxman Diesel engine was available and 2 engines were used. LCT(3) was 192ft long x 30ft moulded beam and 5ft 9ins draught aft and could land 5 Churchill or 11 Valentines on a 1:45 beach in 2ft 6ins of water. Construction was similar to LCT(1)  but in 5 sections. 235 LCT(3) were built, including 71 “Star” series with Sterling Admiral petrol engines. 
LCT(4) was the first series to break the mould. The drive for this was the need to beach on very flat beaches. First orders were placed in October 1941 for a craft 186ft long, 37ft 9ins moulded beam and 4ft 7ins draught aft, 3ft 6ins forward. The hull was completely changed being pre-fabricated in units that would fit into standard railway trucks and erected in riverside yards. The tank deck was moved above the waterline. Scantlings were cut to the minimum to keep draught as shallow as possible. Power was 2 Paxman diesels giving a nominal 10 knots. Load was 6 Churchills or 9 Shermans. LCT(4)s had a reputation for breaking their backs on rough beaches and several broke in half on sea voyages with at least 1 towing his bow into port with the stern! Later version were stiffened and made long ocean voyages but at the cost of deeper beaching draught. Around 800 of these were built. Armament was usually 2 20mm Oerlikons.
LCT(5) were designed in US to British specification. The hull was short, 112ft long, moulded beam was 32 ft, draught 4ft 7ins aft, 2ft 11ish forward. Construction was in 3 pieces and they were all welded, the pieces were arranged so the vessel could be assembled afloat. The tank deck was above the waterline. Power came from 3 Diesel engines of 225hp each giving 8 knots. Capacity was 4 Churchills or 7 Shermans. I don’t have figures handy for numbers built but RN got over a hundred and the US Navy used them extensively.

3 screws. LCT(1) designed in May 1940 had 2 Hall-Scott Defender petrol engines of around 550hp each. These engines were also used for MLs and MGBs and were in short supply. The LCT(2) was designed in December 1940 and it was decided to try aero engines in place of the Defender but the engine available (Napier Lion) only produced about 450hp so it was decided that 3 should be used. This might give a little more speed but as the hull was very resistful, only 1 knot was expected for a max of 12knots. The Admiralty realised even then that hundreds of these ships would be needed and they could not afford to use more engines and running gear than necessary so the development of the 500hp Paxton Diesel engine was hurried up and some LCT(2) had 2 of these. Most LCT(3) and all LCT(4) had 2 Paxton diesels and were slightly slower but had longer range than the early petrol craft. The LCT(3*) had 2 Sterling Admiral petrol engines of about 850hp each but still couldn’t manage more than 12 knots. The US built LCT(5) had 3 ex-bus Diesel engines but these could only make about 8 knots. Speed on beaching isn’t needed, and in fact the anchor is fitted to the stern so that the craft can drop the anchor when approaching the beach and use it to kedge off after delivering their cargo. LCTs of series 1 to 4 did not operate from any mothership, they were loaded at the port of embarkation and unloaded directly onto the beach. LCTs of series 5 and 6 were designed to operate between ship and beach although in the initial assault on D-Day in Normandy they too carried their loads across the channel.

Surrender

 

S51 Dragonfly Helicopter 
w/c 6” X 4”