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What happens when insomnia meets spare parts? USS Monitor BM-12

Started by SigfanUSAF, July 29, 2012, 02:43:40 PM

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SigfanUSAF

July 29, 2012, 02:43:40 PM
.....As she looked in 1946 just after her decommissioning overhaul. 297' oal. 6 14" main guns, 4 5"/38 single mounts, 5 quad 40mm, and 14 single 20mms. I built the wood hull about 10 years ago as an ocean going Monitor yielding a single 16"50 cal turret. As I had scrapped a Banner 1/350th Arizona, I figured I needed a WWI era US Navy Monitor, as modernized in 1942-43.

This is the stuff that happens at 0300 when you cannot sleep :thumbsup:









scooter

#2
July 29, 2012, 04:00:56 PM
Looks like an SD California-class.  Nice use of insomnia ;)  :thumbsup:
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#3
July 29, 2012, 04:19:27 PM
Cool!!
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#4
July 30, 2012, 01:29:57 AM
Chunky little devil ain't she  :thumbsup:
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July 30, 2012, 12:42:54 PM
Friggin awesome!!!!!!  :cheers:
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dumaniac

#6
July 30, 2012, 04:37:03 PM
cute build - I got some of those spares - great inspiration

Joe C-P

#7
July 30, 2012, 06:30:31 PM
I like that. Very monitor-y.  :thumbsup:
I can imagine it squatting off Europe blasting away at pillboxes and the replying fire missing fore and aft because it's so short.  ;D
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sequoiaranger

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August 02, 2012, 09:12:43 AM Last Edit: August 02, 2012, 09:25:10 AM by sequoiaranger
It's cute, all right, but you might have to break out the oars to get it around---looks like there isn't any room for boilers, turbines, etc.



Maybe "podded" external propulsion (reminiscent of "Habakkuk")?

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#9
August 02, 2012, 05:17:32 PM
Looks impressive. It reminds me of some of those large monitors the Russians used early last century.

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SigfanUSAF

#10
August 02, 2012, 08:53:53 PM
Yeah apparently the original boilers & turbines from a DD class only provided 12 knots. She was upgraded to diesels in the '30s.



Quote from: sequoiaranger on August 02, 2012, 09:12:43 AM
It's cute, all right, but you might have to break out the oars to get it around---looks like there isn't any room for boilers, turbines, etc.



Maybe "podded" external propulsion (reminiscent of "Habakkuk")?


tigercat

#11
August 03, 2012, 06:32:20 AM
12 Knots plus would have made her the Greyhound of Monitors   ;D ;D

Dizzyfugu

#12
August 03, 2012, 06:48:08 AM
Put it on some tracks and you get a land cruiser...  ;D

sequoiaranger

#13
August 04, 2012, 09:18:43 AM
Not nearly as "sexy" or seemingly as capable, my "Furashita's Fleet" included something similar made from old pre-dreadnoughts, the "Rhode Island" class:

http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/rhodei_f.htm
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gabeus

#14
February 25, 2024, 10:35:42 AM
Nice, congrats!
I'd say it's a cute little ship, but still deadly :D
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