New Guy from MT

Hi, there new to the forum and rc warships. I currently located in Montana. I don't expect a lot goes on around these parts for this type of stuff however that isn't stopping ME! I've been into RC since i was about 12 & now i'm over 30 still doing it. I've spent most of my time racing or crawling on land. The last 3-5 years have been hard into boats. Fast Electric along with some scale tug boat stuff.
The scale tugboats i've enjoyed a ton and it opened me up to warships. As of 3 days ago i ordered 2 hulls to start building. They will be eventually be fully functional and ready for battle, but to start i just want to get them built. I'm putting together an USS North Caroline & French Mogador.

I suppose that will do for an intro. Thanks for having me & looking forward to sinking into this hobby!!!!

 

Welcome. I had a 1/96th scale Mogador. Keep the weight low as much as possible.

 

Good to know. With your Mogador were you running big gun or fast gun? And was it a single canon with a pump or 1.5 guns. I'm still fairly new, but hve been reading some rules. so please if i got something wrong don't crucify me.

I welcome all comments.
Cheers.

 

Battle stations. Had a pump single stern bb cannon and a 4 barrel Indiana cannon for the torpedoes.
1/96th scale. Fast gun and big gun are 1/144th scale. Quite a bit smaller and even more weight sensitive.

 

The hulls I've ordered to start building are 1/144th. One is from battle connection (Mogador) the other (North Carolina) is from Stiker Models.

 

Hey, welcome aboard!! we don't crucify on this forum I hope, so ask away with any questions you may have, we have some really good builders/engineering types on here who can help you do almost anything. Hope to see you on the water.
Craig
(waterboarding on the other hand....)

 

Thanks

 

1/144th destroyers are super weight sensitive.

 

Start with the larger ship as they are easier to build.

 

Break down the workload into steps. It's easy to feel overwhelmed at first. Step 1: Pick a battle format and read through the rules and make notes of any questions before you start building and ask here. Step 2: Mark cut lines for your ribs/windows and post up some photos before cutting so you can get some opinions if they're correct.

There's good build thread reference for both ships here. Depending on your experience/fabrication skills, the Mogador will be tricky to build to make it as stable as possible in the water.

Depending where you're at in MT, Seattle or Minnesota are probably your choices for attending battles. Consider attending a battle even before building. You learn so much in this hobby seeing this stuff first hand.