Looking brilliant mate 👍 👏 😀 😀

Submarine or Sci Fi Corvette.. either way, really great work. Smooth as the proverbial.

Great stuff.

Thank you all very much, gent's!        

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 19, 2023, 07:54:17 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 18, 2023, 05:15:15 PMPhoto's were taken in the garage as there's a bit of a stiff breeze outside. making photography a bit difficult against the usual backdrop.

I didn't think the weather affected submarines................ 

No, not normally, but, then, this one's pretty abnormal.

"Panel lines" for the hatches of the 15 Trident II sized SLBM's scribed.

Some more scribing to go & the sensor suite (Just how they jam that much ... stuff, all of it retractable, into a conning tower is mind boggling! )

looking great, immaculate finish   

Thanks, mate!

It needs to be yellow. I can reprint some nice decals for you.

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 20, 2023, 03:45:13 AM"Panel lines" for the hatches of the 15 Trident II sized SLBM's scribed.

Some more scribing to go & the sensor suite (Just how they jam that much ... stuff, all of it retractable, into a conning tower is mind boggling! )

Why 15? Submarines generally don't have odd numbered groupings of missile silos. They are all even numbered such as 12, 16, 20, etc.

Quote from: seadude on December 20, 2023, 08:12:37 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 20, 2023, 03:45:13 AM"Panel lines" for the hatches of the 15 Trident II sized SLBM's scribed.

Some more scribing to go & the sensor suite (Just how they jam that much ... stuff, all of it retractable, into a conning tower is mind boggling! )

Why 15? Submarines generally don't have odd numbered groupings of missile silos. They are all even numbered such as 12, 16, 20, etc.

Because it's Australian, the 16th silo was converted into a "Super-Eskie"  to hold a proportion of the crews' liquid rations...................but I might of course be completely misinformed.

Quote from: Rheged on December 20, 2023, 08:44:32 AM

Quote from: seadude on December 20, 2023, 08:12:37 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 20, 2023, 03:45:13 AM"Panel lines" for the hatches of the 15 Trident II sized SLBM's scribed.

Some more scribing to go & the sensor suite (Just how they jam that much ... stuff, all of it retractable, into a conning tower is mind boggling! )

Why 15? Submarines generally don't have odd numbered groupings of missile silos. They are all even numbered such as 12, 16, 20, etc.

Because it's Australian, the 16th silo was converted into a "Super-Eskie"  to hold a proportion of the crews' liquid rations...................but I might of course be completely misinformed.

I'd say that's extremely possible or at least extremely likely 

Quote from: Rheged on December 20, 2023, 08:44:32 AM

Quote from: seadude on December 20, 2023, 08:12:37 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 20, 2023, 03:45:13 AM"Panel lines" for the hatches of the 15 Trident II sized SLBM's scribed.

Some more scribing to go & the sensor suite (Just how they jam that much ... stuff, all of it retractable, into a conning tower is mind boggling! )

Why 15? Submarines generally don't have odd numbered groupings of missile silos. They are all even numbered such as 12, 16, 20, etc.

Because it's Australian, the 16th silo was converted into a "Super-Eskie"  to hold a proportion of the crews' liquid rations...................but I might of course be completely misinformed.

Or it's where they keep the giant assault dropbear

Quote from: scooter on December 20, 2023, 09:59:28 AMOr it's where they keep the giant assault dropbear

What else would you expect from the RAN? 

Quote from: seadude on December 20, 2023, 08:12:37 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 20, 2023, 03:45:13 AM"Panel lines" for the hatches of the 15 Trident II sized SLBM's scribed.

Some more scribing to go & the sensor suite (Just how they jam that much ... stuff, all of it retractable, into a conning tower is mind boggling! )

Why 15? Submarines generally don't have odd numbered groupings of missile silos. They are all even numbered such as 12, 16, 20, etc.

I like the Super-Esky & Drop-Bear launcher ideas but, more prosaically, it is just because there are 3 rows (staggered) of 5 missiles.

I could have added a few more to make 18 but I thought that part of the quasi-modular nature of the submarine would be to include weapon system specific crew quarters & ancilliary equipment in the central module, which would reduce the overall number of missiles that could be fit into the space.



Note: The submarine is modular during construction - meaning that modules can be dropped into the centre section then welded into the structure of the boat - rather than having quick-change drop-in modules like the Boxer system.

The populace of Barrow in Furness know all about modular construction of submarines.  The modules are built in one part of the yard, and moved through the streets of the town to the assembly area.  Pix here:-https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23191534.pressure-hull-unit-transported-ddh-bae-systems-barrow/  and here:-  https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/huge-section-of-new-nuclear-missile-submarine-moved/    BAe systems say they use "the largest    black bin-bags in the world"  to wrap each section.