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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > Oooh! I *do* like the cut of that prow. It's very "escorty"-
> > looking indeed. That forward mounting is quite excellent as well,
> > and I like the raft platform aft.
> Thanks!
>
> > My only suggestion, if it's possible to do: Can you lengthen it
> > about 50%-66%? I love the look of the fore but it just *screams*
> > for a longer hull, given the freeboard and the general corvetteness
> > of the ship's design (especially that superstructure and funnel,
> > which look excellent)! It's got a bit too much of a ship-cut
> > to be a 'pibber (river boat)--though I can see how the structure
> > plus the raft platform gives it that resemblance.
> Thanks for the suggestions... I've got some more grey plates. Some technical
> questions:
>
> - where should it get longer -overall, foredeck, afterdeck?
Ack! My bad for using an uncertain referent. Overall length.
> - does it need extra width as well? (it would need to gain a bit to keep the
> curve, but how much?)
I'm not sure it would need to gain any, really. Maybe a bit of
width at the tail (which would then be the midships), but again,
only to keep the curvature. The maximum width shouldn't change,
methinks.
> - can you direct me to some suitable pics of the real thing?
Ooh. Hm. Define "the real thing." If you mean pictures of
WWII-to-1960s era corvettes/frigates, www.navy.mil probably
has a bajillion of 'em.
> > And...naturally, I'm dying for clearer pictures. :D Have you
> > invested yet in a tripod (~AU$35)?
> Yes, I've dug one out of a cupboard. I'm hoping that that, combined with
> some sunlight will yield some better pics.
That alone should solve the wobbliness and ghosting. And the
IrfanView sharpen tool is a great friend, too.
> > Oh, and please don't put torpedoes on it. I don't want to have to
> > build any counter-escorts for my baby. :D
>
> Hmmm... my attack sub, the Olbrook (see
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7536 and
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=6043) is on its way to the
> scrapyard now, so there would be a few torpedoes lying around...
Heh. That wasn't a challenge. ;) I do still like that sub,
though.
> Just out of interest, how would they be mounted on a boat/ship like the
> Snottler (or Snottler V2)?
It depends on what the ur-type is. If you want to go for WWII
style, then you need a deck-mount set of tubes with hoot, mounted
on a turntable midships (the Japanese, for example, often put a
boat deck or flying deck over these tubes). Look at pics of US
Fletcher-class DDs (or really any Allied DD) to see what I mean.
They usually had two banks of TT, though.
Alternately, you can mount them like on torpedo boats, which
is probably more realistic given the scale; there, the tubes
would be horizontal, pointing forward at a slight angle, and
the whole SHIP would have to be turned.
best
LFB
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