I am a builder of all types of 1/72nd scale model from kit and from scratch the largest completel model I have is a 1/72 scale model of the USS Alabama which has a length of 9.44 feet (113.28 inches) with a beam of 1.5 feet (18 inches) and a draft of .15 feet (1.8 inches) pretty big. But I am working on 1/72 scale of the DKM Bismarck, which has a length of 11.43 feet (137.16 inches) a beam of 1.64 feet (19.68 inches) and a draft of .42 feet (5.04 inches) it is almost finished 89% complete the only thing left is the armaments I have yet to decide on its armaments so I would like to have some input on it the Alabama had the full armaments in ball baring gung that were fitted in the turrets and each turret was able to rotate and the guns able to be remotely elevated I takes a team of about 8 people to accurately control the weapons system not including the person who controls the ship movement I plan on similar details for the DKM Bismarck but since I have to use multiple radio systems for just the Alabama I would have to find multiple systems for the DKM Bismarck that would not interfere with the system on the Alabama if I were to battle the two together also I would need to make sure I don’t interfere with other teams ships…. Any suggestions?
i am hopeing to have the DKM Bismarck compleated by the end of the month only have to mount the guns and firing systems and install the electonics
This won't be the first 1:72 combat Bismark we've seen. There's a 1:72 club (active and battling) up in Washington and Oregon, and a few of their club members are even down in California. Here's a 1:72 Bismark that visited the WWCC a few years ago: http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/kotori87/?action=view¤t=IMG_0181.jpg http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/kotori87/?action=view¤t=IMG_0183.jpg http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/kotori87/?action=view¤t=IMG_0195.jpg http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/kotori87/?action=view¤t=IMG_0196.jpg http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/kotori87/?action=view¤t=IMG_0198.jpg Pretty impressive, eh? That 1:72 Bismark had four twin 1/4" cannons, gigantic magazines, and two 24-oz CO2 bottles. It required hundreds of pounds of ballast to get it down to waterline, and it could break into two pieces for transport. The problem is, with ships that big, they don't handle worth a darn. That Bismark had poor acceleration and a gigantic turning radius. It needed the entire 1:144 battle area just to turn 180 degrees, and then it ran itself aground. This gave me a pretty good idea why most of the 1:72 battlers stick with destroyers and light cruisers. The battleships are just TOO darned big. In addition, there are some tactical concerns that the 1:72 battlers have mentioned. In their experiments with heavy cruisers (nobody's actually fought a battleship yet), the plucky destroyer captains discovered that if they got close enough, the bigger ships' guns couldn't aim low enough to hit. They would close to point-blank range (taking a few hits on the way in), and then empty their magazines into the heavy cruiser at point-blank range. Battleships are even more susceptible to this weakness; unless you've got casemate guns very low to the water, any ship that gets close enough will be immune to any weapons you have onboard. The size issue and the tactical disadvantage apply particularly to the large WWII battleships. They are less applicable to WWI battleships and battlecruisers, and even less so to predreadnought-era ships. I personally believe that, while 1:72 scale is too big for modern battleships, it is perfect for the Predreadnought Era. Predreadnought battleships and Armored Cruisers, along with a few early dreadnoughts, are difficult to do in the more common 1:144 scale, but in 1:72 scale, even predreadnought-era torpedo boats become possible. The Predreadnought Era holds a special place in my heart, and as soon as I graduate, the Big-Gun Predreadnought Revolution shall begin.
the 1/72 ships are better on big ponds ove 2 acres i have 15 acres that are in fulton county and they are on flat lvl gound i plan on makeing at least a 5-7 acre pond with 1/72 scale battles in mind
the 1/72 ships are better on big ponds ove 2 acres i have 15 acres that are in fulton county and they are on flat lvl gound i plan on makeing at least a 5-7 acre pond with 1/72 scale battles in mind also that one guy who built that 1/72 scale bismarck i belive is the one who sold me the plans but i may be wrong
Don't make the pond too big. Big ponds can get big waves on them. You can battle in rain and snow heat and cold but big waves don't work well with RC ships.
