Jim Lad Posted January 15 #91 Posted January 15 Didn't know Canberra had such nice beaches, mate! John mtaylor, Canute, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote
RGL Posted January 15 Author #92 Posted January 15 To be fair, most of Canberra is down here in summer Jim Lad, mtaylor, Egilman and 2 others 1 4 Quote Greg
BANYAN Posted January 16 #93 Posted January 16 Well the dogs at least seem to be enjoying the surf. have a great break mate. cheers Pat Egilman, Canute, hof00 and 3 others 5 1 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)
RGL Posted January 19 Author #94 Posted January 19 mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 3 others 6 Quote Greg
LED Posted January 19 #95 Posted January 19 As a taxpayer, I only wish😆 Canute, mtaylor and Old Collingwood 3 Quote
Egilman Posted January 19 #96 Posted January 19 (edited) 1 hour ago, RGL said: And all those guns are bore sighted, optical ranging and gun laying was in it's infancy at that time.... Hit probability on the open ocean was down in the sub ten percent range... 12% hit ratio was considered magnificent gunnery skills.... It's why battle range was only a third of effective range, which was a third of maximum range... At Manila Bay Admiral Dewey's little fleet fired over 17,000 rounds scoring 850 hits of all types.... It wasn't much better when Jutland came around....Effective range was like 10-12k yards... Naval Gunnery was still an art form... Compare that to 30 years later..... (10-12k yards was considered point blank range on optics, then the discussion of radar control starts) Edited January 19 by Egilman AJohnson, Rik Thistle, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
RGL Posted January 19 Author #97 Posted January 19 Well Hood only got one good hit! I wonder how well a side hit by a tomahawk or a Shval would go on a ww2 battleship Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Greg
Egilman Posted January 19 #98 Posted January 19 (edited) 3 hours ago, RGL said: I wonder how well a side hit by a tomahawk or a Shval would go on a ww2 battleship Probably similar to an Exocet and the USS Cole.... It's why we have the most powerful big huge armored floating museums in the world... Edited January 19 by Egilman king derelict, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
RGL Posted January 20 Author #99 Posted January 20 A photo I’ve never seen, Dreadnought coaling Egilman, BANYAN, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Greg
Egilman Posted January 20 #100 Posted January 20 10 minutes ago, RGL said: Dreadnought coaling A dirty nasty business.... Old Collingwood, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
RGL Posted January 20 Author #101 Posted January 20 On so many levels Old Collingwood, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Greg
RGL Posted January 22 Author #102 Posted January 22 So importantly I was today years old when I discovered Dreadnoughts first Captain was Captain Bacon; part of my FB name (Chris P Bacon). back at the bench, working on the ships boats, base grey coat down in the big guns yvesvidal, mtaylor, ccoyle and 6 others 7 1 1 Quote Greg
ccoyle Posted January 22 #103 Posted January 22 5 hours ago, RGL said: Chris P Bacon **groan** Old Collingwood, JeffT, AJohnson and 5 others 2 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Canute Posted January 22 #104 Posted January 22 AJohnson, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 2 3 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
RGL Posted January 23 Author #105 Posted January 23 So the ships boats Ryland Craze, shipman, mtaylor and 10 others 12 1 Quote Greg
RGL Posted January 23 Author #106 Posted January 23 4 hours later, 5 main guns masked. Tomorrow I’ll paint yvesvidal, AJohnson, mtaylor and 8 others 11 Quote Greg
Egilman Posted January 23 #107 Posted January 23 (edited) 18 hours ago, ccoyle said: **groan** 16 hours ago, Canute said: He's not the only one... $57,000 dollars was donated in Chris P. Bacon's name after the piglet died from smoke inhalation from a barn fire... The money was sent to Cornell University... No joke.... Purpose Farm Edited January 23 by Egilman mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 1 4 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
shipman Posted January 23 #108 Posted January 23 8 hours ago, RGL said: So the ships boats Lovely rendition of the boats. I often wonder how they were 'nested' in reality? Surely not like this? mtaylor, Old Collingwood, BANYAN and 2 others 5 Quote
RGL Posted January 23 Author #109 Posted January 23 Pretty much Canute, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Greg
Old Collingwood Posted January 24 #110 Posted January 24 Awsome job on those boats Greg. OC. Canute, mtaylor and Egilman 3 Quote 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
RGL Posted January 24 Author #111 Posted January 24 Big guns, so over six house of masking and the base coat is down. Old Collingwood, Egilman, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote Greg
king derelict Posted January 24 #112 Posted January 24 The boats are lovely work - really crisp detail alan mtaylor, Old Collingwood, AJohnson and 2 others 5 Quote
RGL Posted January 24 Author #113 Posted January 24 Weathering done on the main guns, 12 pounders will be added tomorrow. I’ve added the unpainted kit ones as well Canute, AJohnson, king derelict and 7 others 8 2 Quote Greg
LED Posted January 24 #114 Posted January 24 Wow, looks awesome... I'm glad I spotted the mention of the MicroMaster guns in one of your early posts. They are amazing. Bought some for my build. Now, I see you painted them on their supports. Follow the leader... Old Collingwood, Canute, Egilman and 1 other 4 Quote
RGL Posted January 25 Author #115 Posted January 25 It’s works a treat Canute, Ryland Craze, Egilman and 1 other 4 Quote Greg
RGL Posted January 25 Author #116 Posted January 25 Main guns done now. Egilman, mtaylor, hof00 and 11 others 12 2 Quote Greg
patrickmil Posted January 25 #117 Posted January 25 The MicroMaster details really pop. Great work so far! Canute, Egilman, RGL and 2 others 5 Quote Thanks, Patrick YouTube Channel for fun: Patrick's Scale Studio Finished: Model Shipways US Brig Niagara I Love Kit USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Current: Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-5
BANYAN Posted January 25 #118 Posted January 25 The detailing is looking superb Greg, nice work. All that extra detail really takes your model up to another level. cheers Pat Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64)
RGL Posted January 28 Author #119 Posted January 28 (edited) I’m trying to get some back ground stuff done, lots of fittings getting pre painted. As the ship will have rolled torpedo nets I need to find a decent representation. So braided wire, two types to sit on the Photo etch steel shelves. I’ll paint both and go with what looks best, but after pulling out in the rubber inner of the Tamiya tube makes it sit better Edited January 28 by RGL Ryland Craze, mtaylor, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote Greg
RGL Posted January 29 Author #120 Posted January 29 So next, the crew. I’ve spent the day painting 60 of these little things mtaylor, cotrecerf, ccoyle and 8 others 8 3 Quote Greg
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