Ship GB

Taiidantomcat · October 11, 2009, 10:57:05 PM

I like that weaver, sounds fair.

ysi_maniac · April 21, 2010, 11:43:41 AM

Can air carriers, land battlecruisers and flying battleships admited in this idea?
Allow this GB to go crazy!

proditor · April 21, 2010, 11:54:12 AM

Quote from: ysi_maniac on April 21, 2010, 11:43:41 AM
Can air carriers, land battlecruisers and flying battleships admited in this idea?
Allow this GB to go crazy!

Yes, please do this. I have a whole passle full of crazy to unleash.

Cliffy B · April 21, 2010, 11:54:36 AM

I'm in, let's do it!!!! I have so many ship whiff ideas it's insane!

Sisko · April 22, 2010, 05:26:23 AM

I was thinking about proposing a flying battleship idea but maybe it could be incorporated in this build?

proditor · April 22, 2010, 06:12:53 AM

The more I think about it, the more I think it might not be a bad idea to break off the crazy ship build into something else. Don't get me wrong, i have a ton of ideas for both, but I also don't think there's anything wrong with ships getting their own build, and flying battleships getting something similar.

Weaver · April 22, 2010, 06:31:33 AM

I really think flying battleships, airship battleships, space battleships and land battleships shouldn't be included in this one, but should either have their own GB, or be incorporated in other suitable GBs. For instance most flying battleship concepts would fall comfortably within a Steampunk or Dieselpunk GB, space battleships in a sci-fi one, and I think there's already a "landships" one isn't there?

proditor · April 22, 2010, 07:06:22 AM

Agreed. I'm off to go make some suggestions.

Sisko · April 22, 2010, 03:15:42 PM

Quote from: Weaver on April 22, 2010, 06:31:33 AM
I really think flying battleships, airship battleships, space battleships and land battleships shouldn't be included in this one, but should either have their own GB, or be incorporated in other suitable GBs. For instance most flying battleship concepts would fall comfortably within a Steampunk or Dieselpunk GB, space battleships in a sci-fi one, and I think there's already a "landships" one isn't there?

Fair call!.

I have an old Arizona kit that I am thinking of making into a aircraft carrier

puddingwrestler · April 23, 2010, 06:15:21 PM

Somewhere int he stash I have Revell's 1:131 Defiance (i think) gunboat of box scale-ness which has always been slated for the San Tortan navy, but never been gotten round to building. Might have to pull it out. Also wouldn't mind a San Tortan submarine.

Hmmmm... I wonder what the Duchy of Zoltravia uses for a Navy... I'm sure they havge some large lakes to guard!

ysi_maniac · May 26, 2010, 10:13:32 AM

Does anyone know the name?

Weaver · May 26, 2010, 10:22:01 AM

It's a Royal Navy monitor isn't it? Something like Cerberus or Erebus......

Edit: Erebus or Terror.

ysi_maniac · May 27, 2010, 05:21:14 AM

I think you are right but I do not know how many monitor Royal Navy had during WWII. Anyhow the monitor concept interests me as modeller. Where can I find info about this kind of warships?

Weaver · May 27, 2010, 05:51:35 AM

Quote from: ysi_maniac on May 27, 2010, 05:21:14 AM
I think you are right but I do not know how many monitor Royal Navy had during WWII. Anyhow the monitor concept interests me as modeller. Where can I find info about this kind of warships?

Loads of info on Wikipedia. Follow links from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erebus_class_monitor

Here's a book about it (dare say you could find it cheaper with a proper search) http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/?product_id=1588 Note that you can browse the book through this screen.

IIRC, Conway's Eclipse of the Big Gun has a decent section on monitors, which is why I know about them: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eclipse-Big-Gun-Warship-1906-1945/dp/0851779530 (this book is well worth having).

proditor · May 27, 2010, 06:05:17 AM

IIRC, the US had a few as well, but only as late as WW1. And then, they were mostly Sub Tenders.