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Ah, now you have Project 4 started, you should probably spill the beans about Project 3, I'm sure ye would feel better after telling us...

I'm sorry lads,I know this I kind of old but this just cracks me up I laughed so much I broke ventus!

What a strangely rural Irish approach to things, I can see it now.. "You sawed off the top of a lamppost? Isn't that Dangerous!?" Ah, shure it'll be Grand!" Admiral Horace Hood, was command of one of the three battlecruisers that blew up at Jutland, which was also the day that Hoods keel was laid! And it was his widow who christened Hood The irony...

This is the official last photo of Hood, taken from POW as they sailed to intercept Bismarck However I have done a lot of searching for other photos of Hood, to no avail, until I found this.. This photo, if genuine, seems to show Hood literally a second before she exploded. As you can see,this shows hood as she has brought her broadside to bear, and hasjust fired full salvo, The jet of flame has erupted from her deck. What do ye think?

BBC four, right now, Documentry on Hood!

Ah well,they played well...damn curse..

Broithe, if you can find it, I would love to see that pic My own little Cutty sark..which took a bit of damage a while back.. Plus a few unfinished projects, Put on hold, in anticipation for Hood.. The Iron Duke and KGV The Iron duke kit looks like something from the sixties, clunky and with plenty of flash to take off...

Holy Moly! Yamato is certainly a big beast! Victory looks fantastic, the rigging must have taken months! Love the torpedo boat, A lot of people use stretched sprue for rigging, which is an excellent idea. I don't think I will have rigging on Hood, I don't have the patience for that sort of thing:)

Thanks! I built Belfast when I was younger too...I think she is at the bottom of loch Ennel now! I looked up Chris Flodberg...Mind blowing stuff, the seascapes are incredible! Click the link to see! https://www.facebook.com/flodbergshipmodels/

Bejesus! The only way to beat a big gigantic monster, is to build your own, big giant monster.. This never built British battleship would have kicked Yamatos ass... Not my model though! But Yamato looks Epic!

Thanks, Enterprise looks great herself! I'm sure PE will look fantastic too! Wonder if anyone would do Prince of Wales..

Fresh from being primed, The Legendary Dreadnought.. And a Titanic brew to finish it off:p

Is it 1/350 Bren? I think I might change my signature to bigger is always better , so it will completely contradict the later statement (Many exceptions blah blah)

Here is my Revell Bismarck,prior to clean up and (eventually) painting The pics were taken from my iPad, so that's why they're awful.. (BTW, the Revell Bismarck is branded at 1/700, but it looks more like 1/650 1/600 because lengthwise,it is almost the exact same legth as the tamiya Hood even though Bismarck was actually a good 40 feet shorter)

You're right sneaky altogether Des, I'm sure You're sending subliminal messages to get us to buy you're...excellent...kits... Where's that crazy guy meme where you need it?

That is awesome How's Prinz Eugen getting along? ( If anyone else wants to put up pics of their own warships, go ahead! Will keep the thread interesting while I wait for Hood to arrive!)

Just cast my one there!

Must have been half asleep! I Will delete it

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True, but one has to remember a hell lot of luck was involved. Hood was only a minute or two from her immunity zone, so Bismarck got EXTREMLY lucky And when the swordfish(accidentally) attacked Hms Sheffield, the torps exploded on intact with the water, due to the new mechanism added,these were taken off, and second wave attacked Bismarck successfully The crew member of the swordfish that got the lucky hit hung out of the plane, to tell the other crew when to drop the torpedo. But Bismarck is really overrated, for her tonnage, she was underpowered, especially compared to the the British and American "treaty battleships", which were restricted to 35,000 tons and 16 inch guns, which had better protection and were more powerful.

hi all, Battle of Hood and Bismarck..

Far enough.. anyway to start the annexation..takeover.. I mean.. er.. some info on the Hood for those who dont already know about her... Hood was designed in 1915 as a battlecruiser(a warship with the speed and armour of a cruiser but the guns of a battleship) The idea for the battlecruiser was that she could kill any other type of cruiser, however due to their big guns they were put in the battleline. After the Battle of Jutland the battlecruier concept was thought of as as flawed and the Hoods design was drastically revised, to a point where she was up to standard with most battleships of the era. She was to have 3 other sisters, Anson Howe and Rodney, but these were cancelled in 1918. When Hood was completed in 1920 she was the largest and most powerful warship afloat, and was known for her clean lines and good looks She was used for many "Show the flag" operations during the 20s and 30s most notable being the 1924 Empire cruise. From 1929 to 31 she recieved her midlife refit, and then was put right back into service. Now Hood was one of the Great war ships. These ships had been designed for a battle at close range, in the North Sea But the range of battles had increased greatly, and these ships were susceptible to "plunging fire" where shells punch through the thin deck armour, directly into the magazines, and then Kaboom..to put it shortly. The British began a rebuilding program in the 30s, but as Hood was the most modern of these ships she was low priority. Her rebuild, which was scheduled for 1941 was prevented by the outbreak of WW2 Hood was one of the busiest ships in the navy, and in 1940 helped destroy the french fleet at Mers el Kebir, to prevent it from falling into German hands.One of the French ships, Strasbourg managed to escape the port, and was chased by Hood, unfortunately Hood stripped a turbine, which reduced her speed. She recieved a refit in 1941 fix her turbines and some of her other problems. The British were extremly worried about the new German battleship Bismarck. Bismarck, if she escaped into the North atlantic would wreak havoc among the convoys the Britain needed so badly in may 1941 they found out Bismarck was preparing for a sortie. Hood and the brand new Battleship Prince of Wales sailed to intercept her. The admiral aboard Hood, Holland was well aware of the problem of plunging fire, and charged Head on, to close the range, so the shells would hit her thickly armoured side, rather than her deck. Charging head on however, meant that she couldnt bring her after guns to bear of Bismarck, giving her the edge. Holland, believing Hood was out of danger turned Hood to bring her broadside to bear, but he misjudged, she could still be hit through the deck. As she was turning, a shell from bismarck plunged through Hood, right into the magazines A few seconds later a massive geezer of flame erupted from Hoods deck, in the vicinity of the main mast followed by an enormous explosion, that tore the Mighty ship apart. The stern disappeared almost immediately, but the bow rose vertically into the air. As the bow went down Hood fired a final defiant salvo from her forward turret, before she slipped into darkness. She was gone in less than 3 minutes. 1415 men were lost, and only three survived

I would hardly call my stock accurate, but I do agree having the proper stock gives a layout that edge. provincial wagons and SSM have brought up the standard a great degree Alas tis not easy being a teenage Irish railway modeller...

Indeed, I went there this summer and it was very interesting, but much of the rolling stock has been neglected, unfortunately nonetheless seeing the 141s A's and C's was great , and better to have them preserved than scrapped We watched a movie, cant remember the name, but there was trains, drink and a hurling team involved.....

Thanks Lads.. my ultimate plan is to convert you all to battleship fans! whether you want to or not.......