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Here's one for the experten.
Every account I can find of the light cruiser Emden's brilliant 1914 campaign mentions her "dummy funnel" rigged to make her resemble HMS Yarmouth in the eyes of her soon-to-be victims, said funnel being rigged from "wood and painted canvas." Any ideas on what form this would actually take? Would it likely have been a 2-dimensional flat panel, or something more complicated?
One account I saw (can't remember exactly where, of course) spoke of the funnel being hauled down at the same time the Imperial flag was run up prior to attacks. That would (if true) seem to suggest something flimsy or intentionally collapsible.
Any help (even direction toward source material) would be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking of fitting out my Revell Emden in her wartime guise, and the dummy funnel seems like a neat (and historically relevant) point of interest.
Greg
George Lewis:
I built mine as pre-war, so can't help you with the extra funnel. But that is a great kit. The results have gotten me several awards. Only problem I ran into was the main guns- be very careful in the mounting of those- look for interference with the bulkhead behind them.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Don:
I appreciate the heads-up on the guns. I'm looking at some nice (pricey) a/m metal ones, so I don't want to screw anything up.
After a little more research I happened across some great photos of a dummy funnel the Admiral Graf Spee rigged up, using the same tactic a quarter-century later. These photos show the framework before and after the canvas was added. For anyone interested, the website is:
http://www.deutschland-class.dk/admiral_graf_spee/gallery/gallgrafspeeindisquise.html
I've got a Graf Spee in the pile as well, so maybe I'll do my own little "theme" series of commerce-raiders in disguise.
Thanks again.
given the guns in the kit look like turrets, one option i may consider is using the WEM 5"/51 guns for arizona and building new gun shields.
Никто не Забыт (No one is Forgotten)Ничто не Забыто (Nothing is Forgotten)
http://picasaweb.google.com/urudofsky/SMSEMDENAndSMSAyesha#5532011043298217298
a number of pictures on row 4. http://picasaweb.google.com/urudofsky/SMSEMDENAndSMSAyesha#
waynec given the guns in the kit look like turrets, one option i may consider is using the WEM 5"/51 guns for arizona and building new gun shields.
Yes, the guns are in turrets. I should have said be careful of the turrets- they do not quite fit, and one has to do a little work in the area they mount in. Do that early and mount the guns earlier than the directions show.
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