Yes, I am sorry, I have been out of town a lot lately (And still will be this week. another trip...) Look like so far I am not able to progress on the SS as much as I would like. (And you also build a lot faster than me) So far I got my paper plan made for the first level of the SS, and have imported and scaled half of it into SketchUp...:ermm: I you push forward and have the paper plan yourself, I guess it will be our best bet for at least the 2 coming week. After that I should be home more regularly.
@AP, yes, my keels is 1/2" thick. I have sanded down that "Forefoot" (Learned my lesson!) and it look a bit more accurate now.
Ok. I thought it light be. I guess my eyeballs retain some of their old calibration, hehe. It's an impressive effort. I think a good old wood frame is a thing of beauty, especially a clean job done with local traditional tools. No matter what else comes along in the process, you get respect points for this. Very nice.
I don't mind waiting at all, just wanted to make sure you got it I still have to finish foaming the ship and fiberglassing it. If on the off chance I finish her before it's ready, I could always do some alternate history and run her as an aircraft carrier
That would be neat looking. I saw somewhere the other day that during WWII the US had plans to convert Iowa class BB's into aircraft carriers. Before this ever materialized, the Essex class was really starting to take off, and there wasn't a need for the conversion anymore. They probably wouldn't have been effective anyway. Slow speeds and a small hanger area would have give them about the same combat effectiveness as a light carrier. Here is the link. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/usnshtp/bb/bb61cl-d.htm
I have not stopped! But being on the road a lot lately sure put a hold on what I can do in my workshop On the other hand, It still left some time to work on the CAD for the SS... Here is a preview of what is to come! Still have to work on lots of details, like: Director, Carried boat Carried Planes Details AA Guns etc... But overall, the construction will be able to resume soon (tm), and of course, when I will be done, that complete 3D model will be updated in the public folder!
To save you a little time, several years ago a Florida member of MWC (Peter Kunisch, inventor of "termite armor") molded an Arado floatplane. I'm not sure who (if anyone) currently holds production rights for his stuff, but I have the molds buried in my garage somewhere.
Really? Cool. I've got a bunch of Pete's molds (A-D turrets & Conn, lifeboats, etc) that he gave me years ago. Have them drop me an email if they want 'em. Jeff
April 10th, The Bismarck hull is mostly completed. In fact, advanced enough so that a water test has been performed today. Goal of course was to test the balance of the thing, but get a better estimate of the weight needed to reach the expected waterline. I will post picture later tonight when I get back home... But the test somewhat failed. Or is at least inconclusive. In fact, it went awfully wrong. Got to do some more planning before trying again I guess
I would say that my main error was one of planning. Secondary error was to assume that if all of you are already in the 80 degree, able to go to the pond, I whould be able too... Tertiary error was to assume that the meteo would be predictable... At teh very least, the ship was level! And can carry lots of weigth before going under
I thought I heard something about the Germans making some top-secret weapon to use against the pesky Russian tanks. Now I know what it is. Looking very good, Daniel.
