Recent content by Atomsk

The Gearings were lengthened because early-war experience showed that pre-war assumptions about the necessary endurance for a destroyer were, shall we say, "somewhat on the low side". The extra length was primarily for additional fuel bunkerage. The main battery on the Gearings (and the...

A while back, I thought I saw that Digital Navy planned to offer one, in electronic format. I think the plan was to publish it after the release of the updated USS Arizona. That happened in July. I haven't seen any word on the Fletcher since then, but you may want to go to Roman's site and...

Got it in one. (In defference to our British members, I won't include several lines from Pink Floyd's "Get your filthy hands off my desert", as I'd intended.) Now back to our regulaly sheduled anxiety attack.

Recently, I saw one of the online shops advertising a "digitally redrawn" version of JSC's kit #11, the USS Helena, (the only one of the 10 ship extended Brooklyn class of cruisers to be sunk during World War II). Has anyone seen this updated version yet? I have the original version, but...

The kit repersents a late-war configuration of the ship. Note the twin five inch L38 gun turets. The air group is likely appropriate for that timeframe.

I took a look atyour model ship gallery, and I'm impressed (the good way, not the way your ancestors did to mine, around 1800 :). There is a For Sale forum, that is seldom used, but any posts will show up on the "What's New" list. Another option is eBay.uk. I see a lot of kits going up...

Il-10 "Beast"? (edit)Okay, so I should read the whole thread before guessing. But the seating arrangment does resemble that of the Il-10.

Actually Rick, it's not an MM episode. It's a special called "The Destroyer". I looked to see if it was repeated a bazillion times, like HC is wont to do, but the last listed showing is at 5:00 PM today, central time. Looks like I'll have to cut out of work 10 minutes early. Roman...

I've got the kit, but I don't dare build it as my first ship. The printing is top notch, and the level of detail is just about as much as I can handle. One thing that particularly impressed me is the unique engineering of the main hull structure. Unlike most JSC kits, United States has a...

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Sweet work on the Fletcher, Roman. I'll buy one when it's done.

I have plans for the PCF. If you want, I can try to get copies made.

Not such a far-fetched idea, since JSC's new Queen Mary II kit uses just such a technique for its railings.

Great Gobbs o' Goose Grease!!!! Scorpy, that's the second smoothest hull I've ever seen.

Gee, I'd love to, but I've got two mortgages on my house already.