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FR RICHELIEU battleship 1943 1/700 (finished)

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FR RICHELIEU battleship 1943 1/700 (finished)
Posted by alexander47 on Thursday, October 6, 2011 2:32 PM

model

Kit / plastic 1 / 700
The extra kit: PE thickness (0.005 ")
Rails: 45.5 "
Ladders back-breaking type: 9.0 "

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Posted by bondoman on Thursday, October 6, 2011 7:46 PM

I like it a lot. It's still a BIG ship at that scale. I know very little about her, but your model has prompted some reading.

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Posted by MiG-29 on Thursday, October 6, 2011 8:59 PM

WOW! looks great. Good Work. I didnt realize she had 4 Barrel Turrets!

                                                       "Superiority is our priority"

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Posted by bondoman on Friday, October 7, 2011 12:43 AM

This ship is interesting reading. Again, great model and thanks for prompting a little research.

There's a bunch of problems associated with firing multiple guns next to each other from close by. Captain Mac knows a LOT more of this stuff, but a couple of basics are that there's a need to stagger the timing by a second or so, otherwise the shells can run into each other.

On this ship, the 15 inch guns were in pairs, although there was some thought put into the design of the gun rooms to separate them in order to minimize damage in a catastrophe.

But the pairs of guns exhibited a problem with wake effect between the shells, and weren't set up to fire in sequence, at least according to wiki.

But she served as a unit for the Allies 1943-1945, and wasn't decommissioned until 1967.

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Posted by TD4438 on Friday, October 7, 2011 1:55 AM

One of these days I'm gonna tackle battleship PE.I hope my results are similar to this.Two thumbs up!Toast

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Posted by Centhot on Friday, October 7, 2011 5:59 AM

I don't know much about this ship, to be honest, but it looks good, nice build, and interesting colors!

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Posted by alexander47 on Friday, October 7, 2011 10:10 AM

MiG-29

WOW! looks great. Good Work. I didnt realize she had 4 Barrel Turrets!

Yes starting in 1943 and previous position of the aircraft platform

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Posted by alexander47 on Friday, October 7, 2011 10:26 AM

bondoman

This ship is interesting reading. Again, great model and thanks for prompting a little research.

There's a bunch of problems associated with firing multiple guns next to each other from close by. Captain Mac knows a LOT more of this stuff, but a couple of basics are that there's a need to stagger the timing by a second or so, otherwise the shells can run into each other.

On this ship, the 15 inch guns were in pairs, although there was some thought put into the design of the gun rooms to separate them in order to minimize damage in a catastrophe.

But the pairs of guns exhibited a problem with wake effect between the shells, and weren't set up to fire in sequence, at least according to wiki.

But she served as a unit for the Allies 1943-1945, and wasn't decommissioned until 1967.

Yes, this problem of incompatibility of arms, was in constant time between the battleship

Weapons in 1943
Oerlikon x 48 20/70 a-a
14x4 Bofors 40mm (1,575 ") a-a
M1930 6x2 100/45 (100mm)a-a
M1936 3x3 155/55 (155mm)
M1953 2x4 380/45 (380mm) (15 ")

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Posted by alexander47 on Friday, October 7, 2011 10:32 AM

TD4438

One of these days I'm gonna tackle battleship PE.I hope my results are similar to this.Two thumbs up!Toast

 

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Posted by Gunpla Master on Thursday, November 3, 2011 8:54 PM

Nice job, I have a foundness for this Grand Lady, she was more than capable of holding her own against any Axis BB, thought that test really never happened.  This vessel would serve well into the 60's.  You did a great job on the ship.  As pointed out, she did have limits on fire and control of weapons so close, but remember the tech. of the times and when she was laid down, few if any compaired to her!  Nice.  I hope to post another build thread of this lady in 1/200. BIGSurprise

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Posted by alexander47 on Sunday, November 6, 2011 9:20 AM

Gunpla Master

Nice job, I have a foundness for this Grand Lady, she was more than capable of holding her own against any Axis BB, thought that test really never happened.  This vessel would serve well into the 60's.  You did a great job on the ship.  As pointed out, she did have limits on fire and control of weapons so close, but remember the tech. of the times and when she was laid down, few if any compaired to her!  Nice.  I hope to post another build thread of this lady in 1/200. BIGSurprise

Scratch-built 1:200?
  LOA: 1280mm Uff ....( Do not forget the space to exit the yard!)Wink
good luck

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Posted by tigerman on Monday, November 7, 2011 9:24 PM

Cool job. I like the camo. Unusual ship to say the least.

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 Eric 

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Posted by alexander47 on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 8:59 AM

Hello Tigerman
I noticed that you like armor, did you see my "M1132 Stryker ESV" posted?

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Posted by alexander47 on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 9:01 AM

tigerman

Cool job. I like the camo. Unusual ship to say the least.

Hello Tigerman
I noticed that you like armor, did you see my "M1132 Stryker ESV" posted?

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