Subject: SMML04/10/98VOL322 Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:54:56 +1000 (EST) shipmodels@tac.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS INDEX 1: ArkRoyal, yet again 2: WW2 Modeling 3: Questions for the group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MODELLERS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) From: "Robert J. Mitchell" Subject: Re: ArkRoyal, yet again To; Vimiera@aol,com Re; ArkRoyal, yet again First of all I an not trying to take you to task, I'm just trying to straighten things out. I am currently sat in in my study with a half sized Admiralty Draft Covering the Carpet. I would like to suggest that it is possible that what I'm looking at, isn't what you're looking at. What you quoted as Ark Royal's Arnament sounds to me to be for an Audacious Class in as design, not as built configuration. It soumds to me like your looking at original buildspecs for Ark Royal IV. Now she was fitted with radar controlled HACS and had separate secondary arnament directors very similar to what you describe except she had 40mm not 2pdr's. The Ark That is under discussion is her predecessor she was equipped with; 16 X 4.5" in D/P mounts 6 X 2 pdr's ( eight barrelled, commonly refered to Chicago Piano's because of the sound when fired 0,5 four barrelled machine guns In reference to "not fully connected ", when you discuss a Chicago Piano we're talking about one of the heaviest A.A. weapons ever put on a ship. equal to a USN Quad Forty MM. You need power to train it, You need power to elevate it and you need power to ectrically fuse it's shells. Not fully connected could mean anyone of those, it would take time to inttegrate this weapon into a ships weaponry system Hope this clarifies some points Regards Bob Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) From: DaveRiley1@aol.com Subject: WW2 Modeling I, for one, model ships of WW2 vintage for three reasons: 1) the great variety of ship and aircraft types 2) the wide variety of color schemes, and 3) the existence of guns - and lots of them If I modeled only post-war or pre-war, my collection would appear very monochromatic (lots of light/haze gray). Where else but WW2 do you get the blues, blacks, gray varieties, and even greens? Model ships in the various camouflage schemes will spice up any collection. WW1 might be close, but there isn't a lot of models out there from that era. With so few true color photos available of ships in their various paint schemes, nicely done WW2 ship models do a very good job of generating a visual picture of what those ships really looked like during the war years. Of course, one needs to have the interest in the events of those years. If that interest isn't there, then bring on the haze gray. Dave Riley Portsmouth, RI, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) From: viracohas@abac.com Subject: Questions for the group Questions for the group. 1. How are resin masters made? Are they scratchbuilt out of wood, plastic or machined out of aluminum? 2. Does anybody know of any references available, either on the internet or books? Any answers greatly appreciated Thanks, Rick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Volume