Ship GB

[proditor]

I really hope this one is a go as I've had an epiphany moment.  I'll be making HMS Lion (Modernized) and HMS...something or other, that's a coastal battelship armed with 8 x 14" guns.

[Thorvic]

We'll see about it next month perhaps, as the two highest ranking GBs have now kicked off, and i know some of the gang may be doing Ships for those group builds. We may have to run it alongside one of the others as there is also the Space theme that ranked highly but like ships is more of a niche aspect of modelling when compared to aircraft and AFV modelling.

I will certainly be taking part in the Ship GB and already have a build lined up inspired by TomP & Proditor  .

Cheers

Geoff

[ysi_maniac]

Will land battleships and flying carriers be allowed here?

[tigercat]

I have an idea and am itching to create HMS Scorpio and it will have nothing to do with the Zodiac

[ysi_maniac]

Can you give us more info?

[Jschmus]

Will land battleships and flying carriers be allowed here?

It's not my GB, but I believe it was previously stipulated that this would be for wet-navy builds.

[ysi_maniac]

But my ideas are in fact amphibious

[tigercat]

What's the turning circle on that thing?

[ysi_maniac]

^^^^
The turning circle of a battleship or a carrier, obviously .

[tigercat]

It will be a ASW aircraft / Auto Gyro carrier to help close the mid atlantic gap.

[ysi_maniac]

Another idea:

What if Bismarck, after sinking HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales , manages to return to motherland and there damages and some failures are fixed. Particularly a transom stern, correctly protecting rudder and screws. Taking advance, main battery is upgraded: 3 turrets x 3 guns each, same calibre.

[Captain Canada]

I've been trying to figure out what I want to do for this...and today, perusing a magazine at a store, it hit me ( in the form a a photo ). A new ice-breaking patrol ship, as propsed for the CDN navy. Now, what to buy to start with....

[Mossie]

Sandiego's using the old Revell 1/300 USS Burton kit in the '46 build:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,31464.0.html

Ark Models do a 1/400 Russian icebreaker kit:
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ARK40002

Hasegawa 1/350 Soya
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/misc/ships/j/spahrsoya.htm

[pyro-manic]

Another idea:

What if Bismarck, after sinking HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales , manages to return to motherland and there damages and some failures are fixed. Particularly a transom stern, correctly protecting rudder and screws. Taking advance, main battery is upgraded: 3 turrets x 3 guns each, same calibre.

Might be tricky to do that turret change, as the barbettes would need to be ripped out and replaced - very major work. Likewise rebuilding the stern and altering the rudder and propeller shaft layout would require massive work, essentially ripping out the entire engineering section of the ship. A better option would be an "improved Bismarck-class", built to a revised design.

You'd probably find Bismarck would have been in a similar situation to Tirpitz had she made it back to Germany - trapped in or close to harbour for the rest of the war, and subject to regular attacks from bombers and submarines.

[ysi_maniac]

Ark Models do a 1/400 Russian icebreaker kit:
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ARK40002

I assume this is, in fact, the old Heller's Lenin. I can recommend it
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/misc/icebreaker/lenin-400-aa/aa-index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_%28nuclear_icebreaker%29