Admirable replacement

[rickstef]

Hey Roman,

Here is what I would like to see your take on:

a wooden row boat.

not any of what others have suggest, a good old fashioned Row boat, that is what i would like to see

1:10 or so in scale, even mirror the planking method

Rick

 

[Gil]

Rick,

Wow! That's exactly what I was thinking! Felt it would be a little too retrograde to all the other suggested entries...., mustn't forget a good set of realistic looking oars to go along with it.

Gil

 

[Maurice]

Black Swan is not out of the race I start to like it.

Impeccable good taste Roman. 8)
As escort ships they were the pick of the bunch in form and function but too expensive and complex to be built in greater quantity in wartime.
There's a thumbnail profile from incredibly detailed plans at
http://www.john-lambert-plans.com/encom/index.htm
But wouldn't the Slater be simpler than the Gearing which in turn would be simpler than the Black Swan?
Still I can't see anyone objecting to a commercial model - er - just to fill in after the Hood of course.

Cheers
Maurice


(Don't panic Barry - I can back you with drawings. )

BTW HMS Amethyst caused a bit of a stir getting caught up the Yangtse in 1949. (The end of the line for the river gunboat.)
http://www.geocities.com/rnships/amethyst.htm
etc.
etc..

 

[Leif Oh]

Can I just second Rick's suggestion (and Gil's seconding) of a 1/10 rowing boat?

Always wanted to do that, down to the last bit of planking and laminated oars. Have been looking for wooden models of such a boat, but haven't found it. Lots of ready-built arts & crafts models around here, at exorbitant prices, but I'd like to do it myself, and what better than a paper model.

Planking could easily (well, anyway...) be replicated by backing up on 1-2 mm card. Would be LOTS of fun and very satisfying to build.

What a nice present - for next years holidays, of course.

Leif

 

[George]

Another suggestion!!!

A Sikorsky River Patrol Boat. I have search for more info then to be found
in the attatched link...but can't find any!!!

http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/boat2.html

 

[Ron]

Hi Roman

I don't know if it's a bit too complicated for a freebie but as a noteable
destroyer this one might have some merit. I have always been fond of the HMCS Haida (Tribal class destroyer) which server the Canadian navy between 1943 and 1963. Now she's been removed from Toronto's harbor
to Hamilton, Ontario for a complete restoration.

http://69.90.109.200/~dde215/hhistory.html
http://hmcshaida.ca/

I think this ship is the last surviving of the 27 built for Canadians, Australians and British

All the best

Ron

 

[Ken Horne]

Hi again,

In my avoidance of continuing on with my JSC HMS Lion, I've been reading ALOT of novels by CS Forrester and the like. Just finished "The Cruel Sea" by Nicholas Monsarrat. The main character is the HMS Compass Rose, a fictitious early Corvette. Smaller than a destroyer, it might make a great freebee. Heck I'd even buy one :lol:

The more I read, the more the Battle of the Atlantic interests me. All those convoys, escorts, subs... Perhaps not as romantic or easy to look at as Jutland or Midway, this battle lasted years.

A Corvette model would be nice. So would a transport. That being said, I have the Wilhelmshavener John Brown Liberty Ship waiting to be built. Aw what the heck... I already have more models than time :lol:

Take care all,

Kenny

 

[Gecko23]

Can I just second Rick's suggestion (and Gil's seconding) of a 1/10 rowing boat?

Always wanted to do that, down to the last bit of planking and laminated oars. Have been looking for wooden models of such a boat, but haven't found it.

Well, http://www.modelexpo-online.com/ carries just about every wooden ship model in existance, including a dinghy and whaleboat, but in 1/12. I subscribe to their catalog, and they have particularly nice clearance sales every great once in a while.

 

[Ashrunner]

One word... Wind Class Icebreaker ... well, make that three words. 8v)

Preferably the Westwind from the early '80s time period.

 

[cecil_severs]

I might as well put in my vote for a model. Because there are no other models of them I'd like to see a Haven class hospital ship. My father served aboard the USS Tranquility so it's also a personal request.

Cecil

 

[cecil_severs]

I might as well put in my vote for a model. Because there are no other models of them I'd like to see a Haven class hospital ship. My father served aboard the USS Tranquility so it's also a personal request.

Cecil

 

[nathanp]

PC1/14 Typhoon class is my vote

I would love to see any on Roman's short list, but my favorite would be the Typhoon class patrol boat. My 2nd pick would be the PGM hydrofoil.

Any of these in 1/72 would be great, but that might be too big for a freebe.

Please pick something that's not available in plastic if you can.

Thanks for the great models Roman.

Nathan

 

[DN]

Once again thanks for all your suggestions.
I would like to use this post as an occasion to apologize if I didn't answer same e-mails in last couple of days. I'm going trough some hardware up-date right now, which in my case ops: always ends up in lost e-mails, address books and other catastrophes.