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[Captain Canada]

Now that is cool ! I want one !

[major]

 :wub:And i can lay my hands on all the parts to build one!
Just need ten lifetimes to get through the 1/1 scale pile.

[ihphobby]

A 'what-if' posted to our Facebook page: 1:700 USS Lexington class battle cruiser 'as modernized'.

https://www.facebook.com/578687555525620/photos/pcb.731208640273510/731208360273538/?type=1&theater

Model by David Johnson.  He used an IHP Lexington resin hull, and superstructure from an Iowa-class BB and triple turrets from a Trumpeter Maryland.  (The Lexingtons had twin turrets, but hey, it's a 'what-if'!)

Mike Bartel
IHP
http://ihphobby.tripod.com
www.shapeways.com/shops/ihphobby

[Captain Canada]

Looks good ! Needs a choppa tho. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Now that is cool ! I want one !

How about this alternative? 

[ericr]

Now that is cool ! I want one !

How about this alternative? 

warf! the two fans on the wall could be used to make it a VTOL 

[Captain Canada]

That's gotta be the gnarliest mechanical track ever ! Hurts to look at

[Old Wombat]

I've seen that before, somewhere, but it deserves its own sci-fi movie!

[scooter]

Ah, the ever popular Sky Captain.  With a most delicious Angelina Jolie in an eyepatch.

[Captain Canada]

Cool. I'll have to watch that movie some day !

[Madoc]

What a fascinating and... odd... creation those "flying aircraft carriers" were!

Looking at that image - how did they ever take off?  And, how could they ever land?  Those lifting rotors are just below the bottom of the hull and the hull itself is pretty clearly depicted as being an ocean going thing.  So, the idea of the craft coming to light upon water is pretty clear - yet those props would be submerged ere it did so.  That doesn't seem... conducive... for operations.

The stresses involved in trying to churn through that much water just to get the vessel lofted would be huge.  And landing the thing would be even worse!

They do look fantastic however!

[Old Wombat]

"Fantastic" being the operative word, Madoc. They exist in a fantasy world where physics is slightly different to RW.

After all, they couldn't fly like that in the RW, either.

[Mr.Creak]

the hull itself is pretty clearly depicted as being an ocean going thing

No. Burnelli's designs were for "lifting body" type land planes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Burnelli
http://www.aerofiles.com/_burnelli.html
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=burnelli&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=FSn&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=C2rcU9iLKMmr7Abz7oHYAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1911&bih=446
And it did fly (with the car):

[Old Wombat]

the hull itself is pretty clearly depicted as being an ocean going thing

No. Burnelli's designs were for "lifting body" type land planes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Burnelli
http://www.aerofiles.com/_burnelli.html
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=burnelli&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=FSn&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=C2rcU9iLKMmr7Abz7oHYAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1911&bih=446
And it did fly (with the car):

Mr.Creak,

I think you'll find that Madoc & I were referring to the image in Reply #142 by Flyer, not Reply #146 by the same author.

However, the airborne pic of the Burnelli is worth the mis-interpretation. Thanks!

[Mr.Creak]

Mr.Creak,
I think you'll find that Madoc & I were referring to the image in Reply #142 by Flyer, not Reply #146 by the same author.

Oops.
Colour me embarrassed!