Ralph had a look at the Imperator Pavel lines today and is interested in making a mold for it and possibly other predreadnoughts small enough to be shipped cheaply by Canada Post. Ralph has sold his USS Florida mold to someone in California and the sale of his Tirpitz hull is pending to someone else in the USA. I was surprised to learn that most of his older molds had been sold years ago. The Battlers Connection Mogador is his work, which I didn't know. (I did BC's Z23 Class DD mold.) Ralph confirmed he still has molds for the Fiji Class CLs, Japanese torpedo cruisers, KGV/PoW, Rodney, Indefatigable, Agincourt, QE Class (only suitable for QE and Valiant in WWII), and Wind Class coast guard ships (props at each end!) It's getting close to freezing at night so I doubt either of us will be able to make hulls after November 1.
The Tre Kronor plans Ralph had were not very good - they were enlarged from a very small drawing so all the lines are thick and blurry. I think I can get reasonable side and deck view outlines from them but it's going to take a bit of drafting. I'm bringing my drafting table back from the cottage this weekend when I move the last of my belongings out and leave it to the ex.
Sound like Weismuller plans, we used to build our ships from those blown up to our scale, the lines were about 1/8" across.
I bought several Weismuller plans when I began to think of making fiberglass hulls in 1996, but they were too small and not particularly accurate. I used Taubman plans, Anatomy of the Ship books, and plans from the Imperial War Museum for many of my hulls.
