Spots on the Internet (2023)

[BattleshipBob]

.. no sh*t Sherlock !!

To be fair, it's a handsome beasty

[The Smythe Meister]

To be fair, it's a handsome beasty

Yeah,you got that right mate..
.. I still love em

[Dave Ward]

On the Amusing Hobby Facebook page - on release July

West German Cold War Light tank - prototypes only...............

On the Kinetic Models Facebook page - boxart for their upcoming Canadair Tutor release ( 1/48 )

Dave

[Ian M]

For anyone wondering. what is on the roof of the HMS Hood turret? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_Projectile
Dave

Wonder if the kit will allow any turret to be built or just nr.2. The tower looks a bit low to me. Needless to say I will probably get one :rolling:

[Dave Ward]

A mail shot from MiniArt - ' new kit coming soon '

A sense of Deja Vu? I seem to remember some of these crates being filled with bottles, or even vegetables...................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Wonder if the kit will allow any turret to be built or just nr.2. The tower looks a bit low to me. Needless to say I will probably get one :rolling:

Pity they don't get the naming right - In the Royal Navy turrets were called 'A' 'B' & 'X' 'Y' forward to aft with the occasional 'Q' turret in WWI ships. The only exception I believe was HMS Agincourt ( WWI ), which had her 7 turrets named after the days of the week!
Dave

[Ian M]

Pity they don't get the naming right - In the Royal Navy turrets were called 'A' 'B' & 'X' 'Y' forward to aft with the occasional 'Q' turret in WWI ships. The only exception I believe was HMS Agincourt ( WWI ), which had her 7 turrets named after the days of the week!
Dave

They did. Says on the box art B turret.
Could be interesting as built. Aircraft catapult and the aircraft... quite a piece in 1/72...

[boatman]

For anyone wondering. what is on the roof of the HMS Hood turret? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrotated_Projectile
Dave

THANKS Dave for that as i did wonder an was goin to ask ow mate Bob if he knew
CHEERS
chrisb

[rickoshea52]

On the Airfix website - https://uk.airfix.com/outlet-sale?en...eVADXZWoAlbA0B

[Tim Marlow]

Pity they don't get the naming right - In the Royal Navy turrets were called 'A' 'B' & 'X' 'Y' forward to aft with the occasional 'Q' turret in WWI ships. The only exception I believe was HMS Agincourt ( WWI ), which had her 7 turrets named after the days of the week!
Dave

Didn’t realise Agincourt turrets were named after days of the week. Cheers for that……
I always wondered why the rear turrets were not called Y and Z myself, X and Y almost infers they might add another one later.
For completeness early five turret designs (2 front, 2 middle and one rear) had the mid ships wing turrets named both P and Q Dave. Don’t know which was port and which was starboard though :tongue-out3:

[Guest]

Wasn’t one wing turret usually further forward than the other? So the forward one would be P, I guess.

[Tim Marlow]

Wasn’t one wing turret usually further forward than the other? So the forward one would be P, I guess.

Not always Jakko. Some of the early ones were parallel to each other. Like this.


Later they were staggered in echelon so I they could fire across the deck and provide a full broadside, like this.



Not the greatest of ideas though, the blast damaged superstructure, the ships boats and tore up the decks LOL….

[Jack L]

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[Andy T]

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I'd need a bigger shed for that monster!

[Jack L]

I'd need a bigger shed for that monster!

Bet that shed would be cheaper too.