Yo, Horrible!

[Kmot]

Somebody thinks like you do. :p

A Cap'n Horrible Harry sized battleship. :D

http://www.interq.or.jp/sun/miki-k/LM07WK/CRR2MS.jpg

http://www.interq.or.jp/sun/miki-k/misso/big70e.htm

http://www.interq.or.jp/sun/miki-k/LM07WK/2LM07WK.htm

[HorribleHarry]

OOOH I want one!! or 2 or 3

I just wish people would build things besides "Iowa's" all the time!
can you imagine a fleet of these with paintball cannons mounted!

drooling harry

[avidjeepr]

He looks like he just realized that he forgot the other half. ;)

[boatmasterfab]

holy cow that is one big boat!

[bigford]

he's thinking why did'nt i stick with 1/96 scale :eek:
that thing is huge

[Hoghappy]

It would take a cool scale tug to rescue her. :D

Capt. Crash

[Shaun Hendricks]

Well, I think the Japanese have a healthy respect for the Missouri, something to do with an important ceremony held there. They love the Yamato, as do most battleship fans, but the Iowa Class was the last of her kind for the near future. Kind of the 'ultimate battleship' which makes the class popular.

I think I'd have made the ship like that gentleman did, but only for storage. I'd have a custom trailer to haul her out to the water. That would look too cool going down the road. Probably cause accidents! :D

[Mike McCrea]

That is one cool Battleship...great post Tom.

[Reid]

pretty darn close to 1/48.... it is 1/40th scale... that makes it about 20ft long

[Ghost 2501]

bloody hell! that is big!!!!!!

[desron48]

holy sheep dip......

[Sakura Maru]

Yup, that's my Japanese friends for ya. The hobbyist over there don't do anything half-vast.

[HorribleHarry]

Gets me thinking, the fella' that made my ironclads is gearing up to start building scale(ish) ships based on canoe hulls.... I call dibs on USS California (post refit) & SMS Seydlitz!!! hehe


Have any of you seen that 60' or so Albermarle?

HH

[herrmill]

You mean this little thing?

http://www.visitplymouthnc.com/ThingsToDo/SiteDetails.asp?ID=5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qzRmvXXK8g

[HorribleHarry]

You mean this little thing?



Yeah, I want that :D

[Reid]

i still say.. forget large scale models.. just build a real Pt-boat!

[green-boat]

The Ironclad in that video sure looks like the Albemarle.

[Ford_63]

Wow!!!!

[Predreadnut]

This thread is coool!!

[herrmill]

Need.... to.... build..... BIGGGGGER!!!!!!!!!!

[Reid]

hermill that all you got??

keep going man!!! BIGGER IS BETTER!!!

[desron48]

AWW YES THE SLOGAN OF THE 48th fleet......joe

[Reid]

that is what is there for!! :cool: :cool:

[dostacos]

going that big he should have made it a one man boat little video cameras inside to see where he is going :D

[herrmill]

Have you seen this beast over at RCU (http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4674383/anchors_7605899/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#7605899) ?

[nick_75au]

Hi herrmill,
Have you seen the 1/48 Yamoto and Missouri in the Tygum thread owned by a couple of guys at the Triple "S" model boat club, around 18 ft long.
Regards
Nick

[arrow5]

1/24th H.M.S. Invincible and a happy tug skipper at Ellesmere Port Convention a couple of years ago. It can carry two people (full-size) :cool:

[herrmill]

i still say.. forget large scale models.. just build a real Pt-boat!

Here you go, Reid! PT Boat Models (http://ptboatsrdv.com/)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p292/herrmill/P.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p292/herrmill/pt88005.jpg

[herrmill]

Hi herrmill,
Have you seen the 1/48 Yamoto and Missouri in the Tygum thread owned by a couple of guys at the Triple "S" model boat club, around 18 ft long.
Regards
Nick

Nick,

Yes, I've wondered if they come from Australia's North Coast & wanted to have something larger than the salt crocs who live in the area. :eek:

Amazing detail for that size!

But what really impresses me is the club in the UK Portsmouth Model Boat Display Team (http://www.pmbdt.co.uk./) with their large dreadnoughts. Invincible's master put up the link over at RCU.

Chuck

[arrow5]

.... and the other link is http://groups.msn.com/MannedModelShips :cool: There is also a manned H.M.S. Hood nearing completion in S.W. England should be afloat August `08, in time for Bristol Maritime Festival.

[der kapitan]

hermill that all you got??
keep going man!!! BIGGER IS BETTER!!!
Getting to and from the water can be a problem---. ;)

After which, there is another. Where do you STORE it---? :eek:

[mr.boat]

I thought that was what garages and barns where built for. :D

[Reid]

just move the car (semi-truck) :D :D

[herrmill]

Here you go folks.. the ultimate in large scale RC from a recent post over at RCU 32' Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier (http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_7593387/anchors_7596723/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#7596723) . It was built using an old sailboat hull & they plan to build a 27' Bismarck - all designed for RC ship combat!! :eek:

hey me and a couple of friends have recently compleated a 32 foot WW2 aircraft carrier.
it is based on the planes of Germanys only aircraft carrier teh Graft Zepplin
she is fully working with full RC capabilities but you can also place 2 people inside

here are the stats
Power: 2 Volvo 500 Horce power marine engins, conected to 4 3 bladed skrews
lenght32 feet
width: 10 feet
hight: 23 feet
Armament: 16 × Sk. 15 cm. guns
6× Flak (10.5 cm)
10 × Flak (3.7 cm)
12 × Flak (2.0 cm)
Aircraft carried: Complement of 25
10 × Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters
5 × Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers
10 × Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bombers

Am waiting with baited breath to see photos & video of this beast with its air wing in action.

And to think there is already a manned Hood being built in the UK... :cool:

[Shaun Hendricks]

And they'd all look ugly as here in California we are required to have those ugly large ID numbers on the side of any hull larger than 9'...

That would be the scale limit of how large I could go with such a beast... (sigh)

[Reid]

even if it is unmanned?? WOW that sucks!! and if it is electric powered?? uggghh that ruins all my dreams of CLs and CVEs/CVs in 1/48!!! :mad: :mad:

[Shaun Hendricks]

CGBob could probably elaborate more on the rules but I believe they have to be visible from a certain distance in standard visibility conditions. You could get away with making them a lighter gray than the paint but how much lighter it would be would be driven by that visibility distance.

At 9', you could put a pair of such warships on a standard Jetski/Waverunner (PWC) trailer though.

[desron48]

reid.......i'll talk to a buddy of mine here in califorina (COAST GUARD) I'LL GET THE INFO.....joe