Building up HMS Suffolk, a county-class cruiser. Shadowed Bismarck with radar after Denmark Straight and had a long career with the Home Fleet and Eastern Fleet until after the war when she was quickly disposed of. This will be one of the "loaner cruisers" for new folks and PMWC battlers wanting to try out fast gun and as such will be a simple ship with poppets rather than solenoids. Planning on using the venerable 6V7Ah SLA for power.
Now there is something that you don't see everyday. Looking forward to photos of this cool ship on the water. Mikey
Already got most of the internal layout complete. Big battery. Bottle. Regulator. Gas system. Just need a couple servos, an esc, and a microswitch. Not much to it, but it always seems I find a away to fill up all the space!
Sticky tack and resin. Probably not the best but I'm not going for precise with this one, just getting it built quickly.
Started the super for the Suffolk. With the light cruisers finished up, time to dive back into the big Brit again.
Some more work on the big British Cruiser. Kind of a funky design for the super. Very clearly still influenced by WW1 cruisers, but starting to move towards the tower structures more familiar on the Leander and Town classes. Also the Queen Mary building for another PMWC member.
Have you finished the Suffolk? I'm starting to rebuild her sister HMS Cumberland, the only other Kent Class with a cut-down quarterdeck. I sold the model partly complete in 1998, bought it back 2 years ago but have just started the refit. The drive train I installed 20 years ago is in good shape; I've made a 50% larger rudder to conform to the current rules. It has one of my fiberglass hulls and a fiberglass deck made from a 1-use mold. I'd sold the hull and turret molds to Strike Models years ago but by chance found the 1997 turret mold master yesterday. Three turrets are in bad shape but now I can make a new mold and replace them. The fellow I bought it back from was using a bow gun and a stern gun but it will have dual stern guns like Suffolk. The cut-down quarterdeck allows a better down-angle than the flush decked Counites or similar Spanish Canarias Class do.
