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Hi from beautiful Ulladulla, NSW, Australia
DavoDavo:
--- Quote from: dsquire on May 16, 2012, 05:59:37 AM ---Dave (DavoDavo)
Welcome to MadModder. Looks like you have had a wealth of experience judging by your work history. It doesn't look like you had any time to have a dull moment. I am glad that you stumbled across the site and stopped to join. We look forward to your participation in the forum.
I checked out your link to the boat club. You look like you have something pretty good going there. I myself have done R/C aircraft, cars and boats but not ships and certainly not shooting at them. :D :D
Cheers :beer:
Don
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Hi Don,
Here's a pic of my previous (around 6 foot long) battleship (FNS Richelieu) shortly before she sank at a last man standing battle we had. It was a no holds barred slugfest with broadsides at point blank range. She had 8 x 1/4" barrels in the bow and 3 x 3/16" barrels in the stern. The bow turrets could rotate and barrels depress (no elevation allowed above horizontal for safety reasons).
Cannons are powered with compressed CO2 and have autoloading magazines holding heaps (I forget how many) of ball bearings.
The water you see pouring out of the starboard side is from the on board bilge pump, it's there to simulate damage control, it struggled manfully but the lower she sank the more water poured in through previously uncovered holes.
All our ships are to 1/144 scale including speed, armament and armour as near as we can replicate. We don't go in for detailed superstructures, for obvious reasons :hammer:
P.S. Not sure if you'll be able to see the pic, I seemingly attached it OK but I couldn't see it in the preview...
Brass_Machine:
Hiya Dave :wave:
A belated welcome to the collective :borg:
Eric
doubleboost:
Dave.
Hi
Welcome to Madmodder :beer: :beer: :beer:
John
tumutbound:
Welcome Davo from another ex-Wang and IBM engineer.
Mayhem:
G'Day from Perth Davo!
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