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PF Naughton

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  1. Hi, That'simpressive looking (so far ). Can't wait to see more
  2. Hi, Yout picturs and build look really nice. That poor tank looks like its had a rough time in service. 😬
  3. Hi, Something to consider when talking about container ship capacity is that it is often typically statd in terms of 20 ft Equivalent Units (TEUs), eventhough a large percentage (though not all) of the containers shown onboard, in the OPs original images) are 40ft Equivalent Units (FEUs), where 1 FEU is considered equal to 2 TEUs. For instance, as highlighted in the marked up image below, the FEU container stacks are ID'd in Red, and the TEU stacks are ID'd in green.
  4. Hi, Your photos look great. Can't wait to see kore of your build.
  5. Hi, In addition to the above, similar to Heller and their 1/400 offerings, a long time ago FROG released some shipmodels in 1/500 scale. In general, as others have noted a good scale for builds will probably come down to what you want to build, as while 1/700 may be very suitable for larger vessels,smaller ships like corvette, frigate and even some destroyer kits can be kind of small overall at that scale. One way of looking at things is that at 1/72 scale many torpedo boats and similarly sized craft scale out to kits about 1 to 1.5 ft in length specifically, an ELCO Torpedo Boat would notionally be about 80/72 = 1.11ft, while a Vosper MTB would notionally be about 73/72 = 1.01ft,and a German E Boat would be about 114.6/72 = 1.59ft at 1/144 scale ships like mine sweepers may scale out to about maybe 1 to 1.25ft in length specifically a WWII minesweeper like the Bangor Class would be about 162/144 = 1.125ft at 1/350 scale many WWII destroyers can scale out to about a foot (plus or minus a an inch or two) specifically a WWII era A Class Destroyer would be about 323/350 = 0.92 ft, while a Tribal class would be about 377/350 = 1.08ft, and a Fletcher Class would be about 376.5/350 = 1.08ft at 1/700 scale a battleship can scaleout to about a foot (plus or minus a few inches) specifically, the KGV class ships would be about 745/700 = 1.06ft, the Richelieu class would be about 813/700 = 1.16ft, the Iowa Class would be about 887.25/700 = 1.27ft, and the Bismarck Class would be about 792.67/700 = 1.13ft As such I tend to kind of pick a scale that seems best suited for the ship size I hope to build, though for some intermediate sized ships like WWII Corvettes, Frigates and other Escorts its not always easy to find a good size and alot of the time you kind of just have to go with what ever scale that there are kits available. specifically, a Flower Class Corvette at 205ft overall would only be 205/350 = 0.59ft in 1/350 scale but 205/144 = 1.42ft in 1/144 scale (or 2.85ft in 1/72 scale) similarly a Hunt Class Destroyer Escort would scale out to 278/350 = 0.79ft in 1/350, scale, an Evarts Class Destroyer would scale out to 289.5/350 = 0.83ft in 1/350 scale, and a River Class Frigate would scale out to 301.25/350 = 0.86ft in 1/350 scale
  6. Hi, Your build is looking great so far (especially the rivets). Pat
  7. Hi, I like your build. The 7TP was an interesting early war tank. Pat
  8. Hi, Out of curiosity how much of the ship was made out of fibreglass or aluminum versus steel (or other similar stuff) that would rust. Pat
  9. Hi, You tape "seams" look great. I'll be interested to see how the overall build tyrns out. Pat
  10. Hi, I haven't started my model yet, but I did find a free 3D model file of the Potemkin and another of HMS Majestic while surfing the internet to help me mess around with ideas on what my model build may end up looking like. After messing around with them for a bit I was able to chop down the hull of the Potemkin to its quarterdeck level to represent my ideas for the base hull. Although the Potemkin kit is in 1/400 scale, I intend my build to probably be 1/350 scale, so that my version of the Thunderchild will scale out to about 329.5 ft instead of the 376.5 ft of the Potemkin. I also deleted the forward funnel in the Potemkin superstructure and then scaled the superstructure block up by about 8/7th (in length and height, but not width) to give a rough idea of what a 1/350 scale scratchbuilt superstructure might look like on the cut down hull. I also moved the superstructure back a little so that the fordeck in 1/350 scale would be the same length as it was for the Potemkin at 1/400 scale. In reality when I get around to building my actual model I will probably use the existing Potemkin funnels and maybe even cranes and masts, but I will probably scratchbuild the rest of the deckhouse to make sure that the deck heights and such look right for a 1/350 scale build, but for now just scaling the existing superstructure block will hopefully give a reasonble idea of what I hope to accomplish. Finally, I took a 12 inch gun turret from the HMS Majestic model and located forward of the superstructure. I still have to revise the fore hull for the anchors and such, and I haven;t located most of the smaller calibre guns, but the image below shows what I have come up with. The red turret shown above the ship is a Russin 12 in gun scale to 1/350 scale, while the other turret on the main deck is the one that I copied from the HMS Majestice model. I'm not sure if the type of 12in gun used on the Majestic is the exact model that would be likely for the Thunderchild but for now it gives a reasonable idea of what an RN style weapon would lokk like for the build. Regards Pat
  11. Hi, I just got my Potemkin model in the mail. As I said previously, I may not have a chance to start the build/conversion for awhile but I'm sure that won't stop my from working through trying to figure out maybe how best to try and do it in the mean time
  12. Hi, Thanks @Bertie McBoatface. After messing around with the sketches, I decided to go ahead and order a copy of the Potemkin off eBay to mess around with. I don't know if I'll get to trying to convert the ship immediately, or how it will eventually end up, but this thread put a "bug in me" to maybe try and do something along the lines of what I have posted Pat
  13. Hi, From all the posts I'm not fully sure if the OP wants to try and build a model to generally represent HMS Thunderchild or if he wants to try and build the specific version of the ship described in the video he posted. If he wants to try and build the specific version of the ship described in the video (or something close to it) he could try and get a copy of the old Heller/Eastern Express/Oginik 1/400 scale Battleship Potemkin and cut down the hull. The Potemkin (sometimes also sold as the St Panteleimon) molds are very old but they seem to apparently get reused frequently enough that you could hopefully find a copy fairly cheaply. Due to the old age of the molds the details in the kit a fairly soft and sometimes not all that well formed (in the version that I bought some pieces were quite warped). However, since the intent would be to mostly only use the main hull and some other miscellaneous parts it should be a fairly easy (and hopefully cheap) task to hack the kit up as needed. The original Potemkin was about 378.5ft x 76 ft (115.4 x 22.3m) according to Wikipedia. At 1/400 scale that equates to about 11.4in x 2.25in (289mm x 56mm). As such, if you wanted your model to be in 1/350 scale that hullform would equate to abou 331ft x 66.5ft ( 101m x 19.5m). Below is a picture off the internet (from Naval-Encyclopedia.com) showing the Potemkin in its normal configuration. And below this is a quick image I pieced together in Powerpoint, with the forward freeboard cut down, the forward turret lowered and converted to a round shape, two of the funnels shifted aft, with the midships and back end reconfigured a bit. In such a conversion you could probably get away with reusing the base kits funnels, small boats, cranes, anchors, pilot house, conning tower and other fittings (provided that they aren't too poorly molded), scratchbuild the extended upper deck and aft gun, and add other 1/350 scale details if you wish. Regards Pat
  14. Hi, Oops, I should have watched the video in the OP's post first, since my thoughts touch a little bit on some of the things mentioned in that video. So I have reworked my post below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A thought to keep in mind is that is that while HMS Polyphemus was a real world Torpedo Ram, during the Victorian era the Royal Navy also had a number of ships that have sometimes been described as "Steam Rams" which may fit closer to the description of the Thunderchild in H.G. Wells original story. Specifically, I believe that HMS Glatton, HMS Rupert, HMS Conqueror, and HMS Hotspur, kind of all fall into such a category. Interestingly they tend to feature stuff like a bow ram, kind of low freeboard (especially forward), and heavy gun turrets or mounts concentrated forward, like described in the video that the OP posted. And along similar lines, (as noted in the video posted by the OP) HMS Victoria along with her sister ship HMS Sans Pariel also kind of fit into this category, though they tended to be clased as battleships and not rams. In particular both these ships had very low freeboard forward, very big guns forward, a bow ram, and twin funnels (similar to those described in H.G. Wells original work. As such, I would suggest that a ship like HMS Conqueror, HMS Rupert, or even HMS Victoria/HMS Sans Pariel could potentially be a good candidate for a model to represent HMS Thunderchild. Regards Pat PS. Images from Wikipedia
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