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Steve Jones

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  1. typical pusser - looks like its held on with plastic sheeting and a bit of string.....
  2. Max, the main difference between the Argintinian 42's and our is ours float!!!
  3. 'Carriers'? do you mean the navy's new mobile deck hockey practice venues? lol!
  4. the way things are with this government, I wouldn't be surprised one of them ends up being called 'FS La France' or something like that, while the other one becomes 'HMS Fountain Lake Jetty 6' cos we won't be able to afford to send it to sea
  5. given this governments spending cuts, how about Delusion, Fantasy, Illusion, Speculation? Shouldn't need more than about 4 names anyway!!
  6. there's only half of her left! she sitting a lot higher in the oggin than when I was on her!
  7. wonderful conversion job there mate, and those in the planning stage, what a collection that will be - proper ships that actually look like warships! Hoping to scratchbuild an 'Apollo' some time in the future but can't decide if it should be pre or post minelayer conversion. Steve
  8. got mine a couple of weeks ago - it is just the best reference book available for this era, on a par with Mr Burt's books on the battleships.
  9. Jonny, I have a few photos taken by my great uncle on HMS Bee (I think) showing the 19th Shanghai river gunboat flotilla 1923 summer deployment, complete with hand drawn map - fascinating! There used to me a website called 'hmsfalcon' or something like that that covered all the gunboats but I've not been able to find it lately - if you can get on that, you will have all the info you need! Steve
  10. Got my copy delivered middle of last week - well worth the wait! Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in dreadnoughts (well, British ones anyway!)
  11. given our current government, it's quite probable that at least 1 will be called FS 'la france' or something similar!
  12. dont forget there are all those spare phalanx's taken off 42's/CVS's & the assault ships
  13. dunno about them being 'stuffy' - they probably worked out it would take an extra tin of red paint to keep it looking smart and the current defence budget cant stretch that far!!
  14. Mmmmh, so MOD want to build 13 and the Brazilians may be interested, so thats 10 for Brazil and 3 for us, so how about 'Faith', 'Hope' and 'Charity'? If you think I'm being a tad pessimistic, beware those who trust politicians!!
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