Anyone building an escort carrier?

Discussion in 'General' started by canx2k, Feb 19, 2023.

  1. canx2k

    canx2k Well-Known Member

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    I’ve done a lot (a looot) of 3d printing. I’ve kept a lot of my seconds.
    You pay for the cost in resin and shipping and they’re yours
    Bridges, overboard ladders, wire reels, roller chocks, gun tubs, hatches, garage doors, uptakes, large gun tub/superstructure supports, capstans, portholes, siding side vents, paravanes, airplane side nets, arrester line holders, paddles, secondary superstructure supports, gangways…
    Basically anything page 5 here forward:
    https://rcwarshipcombat.com/threads/hms-puncher-bogue-class-cvt.444355/page-5
     
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    canx2k Well-Known Member

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    @NavyShooter being both in the great white north, I suspect some of my more detailed bits might be of interest to you. I'll take some photos tonight if there's anything that catches your eye for the bonnie. By the way: Paul, a dear friend and commissionaire (now passed I'm certain of it) used to regale me with stories on the bonnie, two in perticular: "we used to come into port and form up for inspection before secure, having not shaved. If thick enough, we were permitted to go ashore with our 'manly beards" he'd laugh "the younger crew (and myself) would use boot polish to thicken up our 21 year old beards. The old cox'n was wiley though, he'd rub our faces, give us a tongue lashing, and order us up to go shave".

    The second was "I pay for it now, bad hearing izzal" (he said izzal often) "Sure, I have bluetooth in my hearing aids but we would have done better to not just put our socks under our toques when the vodoos took off and landed" (he was part of the deck landing party).

    Paul was an old salt. I miss him.
     
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