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[Guest]

Hi guys

I'm new to this forum. I thought I'd register and swap some boating gossip with you lot. I'm Jason from Melbourne Australia. 45yo care worker. I've been lots of things. Army Jerk (soldier)-truckie-farmer-carer.

I love all model boats and especially subs. I'm building a robbe U47 at the moment.

Jason:regards:

 

[Guest]

Hi Magpie,

A very warm welcome to the Scale models forum. I hope you find the site intersting and informative and the threads help you with some of your projects.

I also have a Robbe U-47 but it was purchased second hand and was not built very competently in the first place. Consequently it has never been particularly successfull, however it has taught me a lot about the model which has preparred me for building one of my own in the future.

Any updates, information or pictures of your model would be very much appreciated and makes me realise that I have a few pictures of this particular model that I should put in the gallery one day.

 

[Guest]

welcome magpie. what other model boats do you have?

chris

 

[Guest]

G`day Jason and welcome. Been hoping an Oz boater would join us ! Any knowledge of a very large model of the liner Oriana last heard of somewhere in Queensland? About 30ft long, a manned model,was used in a TV commercial some years ago. Thats about all I know, thought you might have heard of it.

 

[wonwinglo]

Magpie,welcome aboard,I am sure that you will find a wealth of interchange & knowledge here at your disposal,enjoy yourself.

 

[Guest]

hello magpie, nice to see you here, i know you have a growing passion for subs, hopefully you can share some of your pics and info as things develop.

Adzam

 

[Guest]

wellcome to the forum !! you will find that the knowledge is awsome yet the friendliness is better

 

[Guest]

Welcome Magpie, Nice to have you on board and I do hope you enjoy your stay with us, all very friendly on here so if you are stuck, please ask...we don't bite and that is the way it should be.

Regards.....Mark.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Guys

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

I hope people don't think I'm a forum 'whore' as I've registered on several. I like to surf through them all regularly and join in where appropriate. It's a great way to meet (digitally) people and I'm learning heaps about the best thing since sliced bread. "Model Boating"!! Where I can, I try to add my own bits of help from my experiences too.

If it's wanted, I can put some pics of my boats on this site too. (They're on others). I build RC yachts from a disign of my own "magpie 90" and I've done several kit builds and also a large Pearal Lugger from a glass hull moulding. It's my favourite surface boat and I use it very regularly at our club. "Surrey Park Model Boat Club" in Melbourne. I'm currently doing my first sub as mentioned above. robbe U47 engel tank conversion etc.

The only reason I'm just now joining this forum is that I only just found it.

Thanks again.

Jason

 

[Guest]

G`day Jason and welcome. Been hoping an Oz boater would join us ! Any knowledge of a very large model of the liner Oriana last heard of somewhere in Queensland? About 30ft long' date=' a manned model,was used in a TV commercial some years ago. Thats about all I know, thought you might have heard of it.[/quote']Hi Duncan

I just uploaded a pic of a model liner that may be the one you're talking about. I don't have any other info on it as it was a while ago (88).

Jason

 

[Guest]

Jason,

I think most of us are members of more than one forum but don't think of ourselves necessarlly as "Ladies of the Night"!!

Make the most of all of them and, above all, enjoy your postings. I am sure that you will find, as I have, that the atmosphere on all forums actually varies quite a bit and you will tend to find that you spend more time on the ones that you enjoy most. I actually remain a member of a few but only post occassionally on most and one of them I make a point of never writing too as I find the attitude very condescending.

As with so many things you will get out as much as you put in so feel free to contribute whenever you want and never forget that there is no such thing as a stupid question!

 

[Guest]

Jason,I think most of us are members of more than one forum but don't think of ourselves necessarlly as "Ladies of the Night"!!

Make the most of all of them and, above all, enjoy your postings. I am sure that you will find, as I have, that the atmosphere on all forums actually varies quite a bit and you will tend to find that you spend more time on the ones that you enjoy most. I actually remain a member of a few but only post occassionally on most and one of them I make a point of never writing too as I find the attitude very condescending.

As with so many things you will get out as much as you put in so feel free to contribute whenever you want and never forget that there is no such thing as a stupid question!

Thanks for that Richard.

Very kind words. BTW. I love the emoticons!

Jason

 

[Guest]

welcome to the forum.... YAY another model submariner !

 

[John]

Good to have you here Magpie always nice to welcome new members

 

[Guest]

Jason that is about right 1988 ,didnt get any pics on your post. For all the other submarine enthusiasts, does anyone know where the first German torpedo was invented and tested ?

 

[John]

does anyone know where the first German torpedo was invented and tested ?

While looking for this I got side tracked, I didn't know the torpedo was as old as it is

The first prototypes of a self-propelled torpedo were created by Ivan Lupis-Vukić, a retired Croatian naval engineer who served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The design was presented to the Emperor Franz Joseph in the port city of Rijeka in 1860. Robert Whitehead, an English engineer/entrepreneur, was working in the Trieste port on navy projects, so in 1864 Lupis made a contract with him in order to perfect the invention. This resulted in Minenschiff, the first self-propelling torpedo, officially presented to the Imperial Naval commission on December 21, 1866.

Narrow miss by a German torpedo in World War I

After the government decided to invest in the invention, Whitehead started the first torpedo factory in Rijeka. In 1870, they improved the devices to travel up to 1,000 yards (914 m) at a speed of up to six knots, and by 1881 the factory was exporting its torpedoes to ten other countries. The torpedo was powered by compressed air and had an explosive charge of gloxyline or gun-cotton. Whitehead went on to develop more efficient devices, demonstrating torpedoes capable of 18 knots (1876), 24 knots (1886) and finally 30 knots (1890).

For more info http://experts.about.com/e/t/to/Torpedo.htm

You learn something new every day

 

[Guest]

Thanks John, they are earlier than that if you count the American Civil War efforts ....they were rowed to the target ! The reason I ask is that I found a curious mention in a civil service/ local government survey that said " Loch Alvie, the first German torpedos were invented here". I wonder if Whitehead took his holidays in the Highlands? The same Loch Alvie was part of Lady Houston`s estate (Schnieder Trophy and Mt. Everest Flight sponsor) but that was much later than first torpedo era. I`ve posted the same question on a U boat site, I`ll let you know if I get a result

 

[Guest]

From Jason

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Sorry Duncan. I uploaded it to the gallery where I should have put it in my post. Silly me!

Here's another pic of some Australian Hotties you might like too!!!

Jason

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[Guest]

Hey Jason ...do you know something my wife doesnt know !? Aussie Shielas rule !, OK....... where were we..... Ah the liner ...that is the one. Do you happen to know what happened to it ? Rumoured to be in a boatyard up the Gold Coast somewhere a couple of years ago. That looks like Sydney Harbour in the pic, pretty rough water too. Thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Hey Jason ...Sorry no I don't know where it is now. Yes that's taken at the start of an ocean race in Sydney.

Jason