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Interesting project  mate.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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14 hours ago, CDW said:

An ocean going Ferrari...another great project. Looking forward to following your progress.

 Motor Yacht FONERS was Spanish built but Italian designed by Tommaso Spadolini. People used to comment it as a Sea Rolls Royce cause of the 3 RR engines.

Spandolini though, considred his design more close to Ferraris as despite being 40+ meters long it could reach 70 kts. It was the fastest yacht in the world when built in 2000 and remains so until today.

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24 minutes ago, cog said:

same goes for the Roma laugh2.gif.b208ed4bdafd78221f8eb5abad01638c.gif

The Roma, along with the rest of the Italian navy seldom went anywhere, mostly because of lack of fuel. 

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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5 minutes ago, CDW said:

Ironic she was sunk by the Nazi's.

Same bomb that went straight through  Warspites  deck/engine room and out the bottom.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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6 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Same bomb that went straight through  Warspites  deck/engine room and out the bottom.

 

OC.

And USS Savannah as well which miraculously survived

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1943/salerno-landings/savannah-salerno.html

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50 minutes ago, RGL said:

Effective weapon really, a plane with a crew of 3 or 4 takes out a battleship as opposed to anther battleship in a fleet with thousands of soldiers 

Hence , the change to flattops ...

Carl

"Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson
Search and you might find a log ...

 

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If the magazine had not blown then it is probable that the Roma would have also survived the second hit as well.

Lou

 

Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence

Currant builds:

Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold)

Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral)

1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin)

Currant research/scratchbuild:

Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes

Non ship build log:

1/35th UH-1H Huey

 

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MAN!...........I've seen a battle ship with guns............but I've never seen guns with a battleship!  there are more guns on this one Greg,  than any ship you've done so far.  very interesting looking too! ;) 

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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Roma guns  were impressive because of the complex shape of the main turrets and the long barrels of the guns. They were designed to hit enemy at long range before he reacts. An object never accomplished cause of the radar absense and high dispersion of shells caused by barrels put closely together, a fact very noticeable on cruisers like Zara class etc.battleship-roma-turrets.jpg.9348fe3682e569bef2175ccf9f138fc1.jpg

Some more close pics of armament and deck

https://www.argunners.com/seldom-exterior-images-of-italys-wwii-battleship-roma/amp/

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