Ooooh!
Swordfisheseses!
Ooooh!
Swordfisheseses!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
The latest addition to my research arrived today.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I assume you have this book:
Indeed I do Robert.
My dad served as a Gunnery Officer in the FAA during WW2. That picture always amuses me because of the red nose on the torp. I wonder where that idea came from?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
As an aside, for those of you with model Beaufighters you may like to consider flying this.
Mark XV torpedo being loaded onto a Bristol Beaufighter. This torpedo is fitted with a Mark IV Monoplane Air Tail (MAT) which used a gyroscope to stabilize the torpedo in flight. The MAT broke off upon water entry. A number of Beaufighters were equipped to carry the USN Mark 13 aircraft torpedo. IWM photograph CH 9769.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Wasn't the Mk X in particular a torpedo-attack specialst? And what would it take to turn the existing Ares Beau into one?
Maybe not much DB, there was a Beaufighter Mk.VIC (ITF) - Interim torpedo fighter, version that would require little effort. Not sure the Mk X had any major visual differences, unless you go for one with the extended nose.?Originally Posted by Diamondback
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Maybe not much DB, there was a Beaufighter Mk.VIC (ITF) - Interim torpedo fighter, version that would require little effort. Looking at images of them I'm not sure the Mk X had any major visual differences, unless you go for one with the extended nose.?
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Could we pass it off as an Australian Mk. 21? I know late Mk X's had a forward extension on the fin... Mk. I's were murder on Japanese shipboard flak at Bismarck Sea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristo...thwest_Pacific
Let's move Beaufighter discussion here:
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...506#post595506
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
I don't mind it on here Karl. It is helping to keep the thread live until I can get my next picture up on my progress for Taranto.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Aircraft all now completed. Pictures to follow.
Ships awaiting a couple of late arrivals.
I am however now trying out the layout for Taranto itself before the painting and landscaping starts.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Here are the three new additions.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
And here are the rest of the second wave strike force.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Rob - Looks like another epic game in the making
Beautiful looking flight Rob. Hope the one you let me fly has a life preserver!
Beautiful work, Rob. Can't wait to see the then in action!
Excellent stuff Rob.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
For you Pete two life preservers.
On another note will all those pilots who have already booked seats for this game please remind me again because I am starting to assemple the list of which aircraft will be commanded by which pilot.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Please sir! Me sir!
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Oooh! Oooh!
Me too!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
That is a lotta Swordfish
Got you already Tim.Oooh! Oooh!
Me too!
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Right you are in Gunners.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
The Italian Fleet minus one heavy Cruiser still in transit and one Battleship.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Seen.. Fleets in !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Targets, targets, and more targets!
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
With over 4 months still to go only two spots in the game already left for pilots wanting to join the second wave of the attack.
If you want a game better hurry and PM me. We will start filling the first wave as soon as these places are taken.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Definitely count me in!
Will there be a met "lady" and pyrotechnics as is tradition in an FAA mess?
The only mess you will be in is launching your torpedoes at almost zero feet. As for pyros, you can leave that to the Flight with the flares and bombs aboard. See Neil for details.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Scale is 1:1200 DB. I find that about right for photographs with WW2 Aircraft overhead. Some are Airfix, and others are unknown picked up on Evil bay. A couple are scratch built from other hulls and parts plus some bits machined up by me.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Awesome Rob - really very impressive !!!!Have PM'd you as requested
After getting the layout for the town sorted I placed the walls and buildings and marked out the shape to cut the base with a marker pen
I then cut out the base shape roughly to size.
Following that I cut the foamboard and glued the two together.
Next will be an undercoat of thinned down PVA glue to prevent the paint and glues used in the modelling eating into the foam.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
If any other pilots want a seat in the Swordfish for the Taranto game, there are now only three remaining so if you want to fly please PM me soonest.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Those of you who are observant may have noticed a gap in the defences. That is because whilst the glue was going off I filled in my time by producing the end wall section for the town.
A strip of plasticard was heated up and then bent around the end wall floor section. Glued in place with Gorilla glue and then had the two abutting walls added.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
So clever Rob... can’t wait to see the finished article
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
It's coming on a bit.
Yesterday the base paint went on and I then placed all the fortifications roughly in place.
Today I began cutting and gluing some of the trickier sections together. They will be attatched to the base first after painting. It is always easier to fiddle straight sections later to ensure the fit is right.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Oh! A lighthouse.
Coming along very nicely indeed
Some are bought in and some are scratch built like this one.
This was the sea fort for Copenhagen which we did at Doncaster last year.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Here are a few bits joined together and ready for the paint shop or just done.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Taranto has a inner basin called Mar Piccolo, and a gulf called Mar Grande. Little Sea and Big Sea. A channel with an opening bridge connects them.
https://www.google.it/maps/place/Tar...rYnk?entry=ttu
The channel is 400 meters long and 58 meters wide. It is strictly forbidden to go by sail along the channel - engine is compulsory for any boat of any size. But one day, on May 14th 1965, Olimpic champion Commander Agostino Straulino was in charge of the Italian Navy training sailship Amerigo Vespucci and was in the inner sea. The ship is 101 meters long and 15,56 wide. Checked the wind and readied a huge anchor to be hastly dropped in case of problems, Straulino decided to exit the channel with full sails and no engine. And he did it, at 9.5 knots, between two wings of cheering crowd.
Two letters from the Admiralty to Straulino followed. One was a praise for his extraordinary deed. The other was 10 days of confinement for breaking the prohibition.
Last edited by Angiolillo; 04-08-2024 at 13:15.
"Congratulation for your great sailing skillls and as a reward youi get 10 days in the brig"!
Back in 1976 with America's bicentennial there was a gathering of tall ships. Amerigo Vespucci was here in Boston Massachusetts.
Thank you so much for that information Andrea.
I had not heard about it.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Thank to you for the great scenario, it is going to look really gorgeous!
The next phase completed yesterday was to glue together key sections of the outer defences and then undercoat them.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Assembly has now begun on the outerworks. They are positioned and ready to glue down.
Unpainted ones are the key closers which will be fitted after the main fortifications are in place.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Here is the glueing process underway.
And here the key piece being cut and incerted after everything is in place and glued. This ensures that a good fit is assured to the whole structure.
Last edited by Flying Officer Kyte; 04-11-2024 at 12:28.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I am now trying out the positioning of all the buildings prior to undercoating and painting them starting tomorrow. The Cathedral and two churches have already been started.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
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