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                        Dragon/DML 1/350 Hull warning.

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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Dragon/DML 1/350 Hull warning.
                        Posted by therriman on Monday, January 19, 2004 6:12 PM
                        I guess I should have said something before now on this. On the Dragon/DML 1/350 modern hull, the same hull is used for the Spruance, Kidd, and Tico's. They have the sonar dome all wrong. The dome has a solid bottom. With the rubber "window" wrapping 3/4's of the way around the front. They show the rubber "window" as being the bottom half of the dome and that's wrong.
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        noel_carpio
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by noel_carpio on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:14 AM
                        Any pics?

                        Noel
                        Noel Carpio Chapter Contact IPMS Manila IPMS USA # 42543 www.geocities.com/ipms_manila
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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:06 AM
                        I'm working on it. I never took one when my ship was in drydock, I was a little worried about security. So I have to find one in a book.
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Sunday, January 25, 2004 2:57 PM
                        I have ref photos now, but can't get my scanner working with this new computer. However the link to photo's of the USS Cole being raised out of the water will show the sonar dome in the next to last pic.
                        http://www.pianoladynancy.com/recovery_usscole.htm
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        luke
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: -
                        Posted by luke on Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:49 PM
                        excuse me for asking and please correct me if I'm wrong, but Dragon/DML only built the Spruance/Tico ships which share the exact same hull in real life. Where as Panda is the only manufacturer to release the Burkes, which has a different hull shape. But in saying this, would the Burkes sonar dome be the exact same size to the Spru/Tico's? (considering it may house the same sonar equipment)
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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Sunday, January 25, 2004 7:56 PM
                        Yes, All these ships use the SQS 53 sonar, the domes are the same for all of them. If I can get my scanner to talk to my computer I'll be in business.
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Sunday, February 22, 2004 12:20 PM
                        OK, I finally got a scanner that I can use with my computer. Here are 2 photo's, the first one is of a Spruance class DD with the rubber "Window" removed and the Transducers removed. You can see the top and the bottom of the dome.



                        The second photo is of a complete dome. It's B&W but if you look closely you and see the seam of the "Window".

                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        luke
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                          December 2002
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                        Posted by luke on Monday, February 23, 2004 2:59 AM
                        nice pics but they look pretty old - the dome looks a little fatter/rounder on the top where it attached to the hull and the hull doesnt narrow/sharpen as much before it hits the dome. it looks bigger too than on the models.
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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Monday, February 23, 2004 10:41 AM
                        The bottom pic is off a Knox class Frigate.
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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