It's going to have the flight deck... when I say 'half-finished hull', I mean that the hull itself is still thin ply on cardboard frames with half of it fiberglassed It's a little rough at the moment, but I'll try to remember to take a pick this weekend.
I certainly would be interesting in fixing her up. The woodwork I don't have a problem with I just dont have the tools to fabricate but I can repair just about anything smaller than 2' x 2' The loose/missing ribs shouldn't be a problem either, I have 2 pretty good sets of plans for Ise. If you're willing to part with her, send me a PM or email. Also the Tiger looks good! I always thought she was the prettiest of the Brit BCs.
Ise arrived in Nevada safe and sound today! She looks great, just a few repairs before construction continues. Great work, I'm looking forward to getting her on the water.
It is. Its in the Warship 2009 volume. I can scan it if you would like. It has some nice drawings of the flight deck area.
Since I'm here, a quick update on the Tiger... I had a nice 4 day weekend and, although my time was spent mostly doing garden work (planted 3 new apple trees, 2 cherry trees, and 12 more grape vines, but I digress), I figured I'd get something done on the Tiger. My next order of business was to mark the waterline. I dug out my Rapala scale, weighed the Tiger down to about 25.25 lbs and found my inflatable pool. Unfortunately, as I went to inflate said pool, I noticed the drain plug and air release caps were missinig. You'd think a semi-intelligent person such as myself would store these necessary items with the pool but, alas, this was not the case. I searched the basement to no avail... On a positive note, I received an order from Battler's Connection including four Iron Duke turrets (the Grey Wolf detailed kind). After doing a bit of research last week, I noticed the same type of cannons were installed on both the Tiger battlecruiser and Iron Duke class battleships. I couldn't find much information on the Tiger turret housing but decided to take a chance (both ships were made at roughly the same time, both had the same cannons in twin mountings, etc.). Anyway, to cut to the chase, the turrets match up quite well with my plans and should make a really nice addition to my build. Cheers! John
2010-06-13: I'm not exactly breaking any speed-building records, am I? Anyhow, I had some free time this past weekend and decided to mark the waterline on the Tiger. First, I weighed her down to 25.25 lbs (approximately the MWCI scale weight) using various forms of ballast. Then, I floated her in an inflatable swimming pool and applied old white latex paint to hull, attempting to keep the water as calm as possible until the paint dried to touch. My theory was the paint wouldn't dry beneath the water. All in all, it seems to have worked just fine.
Nicely done. One thing to keep in mind is that you are not required to run at the scale weight. Ship builders have the option to run lighter ... in fact, I don't think the MWC specifies a minimum weight at all. What that means is a ship builder can adjust the weight until the ship is floating as low or high as the builder likes as long as the ship is under it's max weight. I believe it is possible to get too low in the water which may introduce water into the hull through a poor deck seal or over a low barbette. A very low in the water ship may turn worse. The Iron Dukes seem to be a good example of ships that run better at a lesser weight and sitting a little higher on the water.
Interesting point. I do think the waterline is fine where it's at, though (I'll aim for a final weight of about 25.25 lbs). I have a feeling this ship will be treated as a big cruiser for a number of years so I'd like to keep my stern cannons as close to the water as possible. Also, the picture could be a bit deceiving because the ship is missing the entire casement deck (which, the way I'm moving along, should be installed by the year 2058 ).
