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Scifi and Fantasy / Re: 1/35 Lunar Hopper
« Last post by Kerick on Today at 07:22:54 AM »
This whole page has good info about different flying hoppers.

http://www.astronautix.com/l/lunarflyers.html

One looks similar to the painting I posted.
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Scifi and Fantasy / Re: 1/35 Lunar Hopper
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Today at 05:55:14 AM »
Quote from: Frank3k on Today at 05:42:47 AM
My plan is to try to print one as a single unit. I've broken it down into components as well - I'll fill the rest of the build plate with as many parts as I can.

Depending on how those build, I'll add bolts, a section for the display, an option for a full deck of diamond plate and maybe make a slight mod to make something similar to the MOBEV F1B

The MOBEV F1B looks like a park bench. 
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Scifi and Fantasy / Re: 1/35 Lunar Hopper
« Last post by Frank3k on Today at 05:42:47 AM »
My plan is to try to print one as a single unit. I've broken it down into components as well - I'll fill the rest of the build plate with as many parts as I can.

Depending on how those build, I'll add bolts, a section for the display, an option for a full deck of diamond plate and maybe make a slight mod to make something similar to the MOBEV F1B
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Other / Re: B-707 (1/350) & Tornado B45 (1/159), red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.
« Last post by Frank3k on Today at 05:38:38 AM »
That really works well!
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Sea / Re: H.M. Drydock (Bermuda)
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 03:50:22 AM »
So, are you trying to decide between modelling the original, 1866-68 Woolich-built floating dock or its 1902-06 Swan & Hunter replacement? Or are you going to do both?   8)

Some more lithographs of the original floating dock from its delivery:
-- https://www.bada.org/object/largest-floating-dock-world

The satellite view of the wreck in situ (in your Bing link) is very cool. That whole scene would make for a very cool diorama (were one a glutton for modelling punishment).  :o

Q: I know that the Swan & Hunter replacement was called H.M. Floating Dock, was the Woolich version also named that? (She mostly seems to be referred to as 'Admiralty Floating Dock Bermuda'.)

For those wondering, the wreck at Spanish Point is the original floating dock. [1] After retirement, she was stripped of non-ferrous metals, and towed out for scrapping. However, she broke loose in a gale and was grounded. Since then, she has successfully resisted all attempts to remove or break her up.

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[1] The Swan & Hunter H.M. Floating Dock - aka Admiralty Floating Dock No. 1 - served until March 1950. In July 1951, she left Bermuda under tow for scrapping at Falmouth.
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: IBG Models
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: Spalah
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Sea / Re: H.M. Drydock (Bermuda)
« Last post by Story on Today at 12:22:55 AM »
Three period prints and a photo of the original.

For those of you familiar with the Royal Dockyard at Bermuda, the clock towers show the 2nd drydock moored roughly where cruise ships berth today.

Inset shows what I believe to be the 1st drydock with some sort of seaworthy bow tacked onto it.




From these images, it looks like a regular mid-19th century ship's hull could be drafted - possibly as an Out-Of-Scale exercise.

380' at 1/124th scale (which is what I use for Civil War blockade runners) would result in a drydock @ 36" long.

 

Two photos from the end of the first one's life.  Using the dockyard clock towers as a position fix, it's not far from the original mooring. Note the lack of the seaworthy bow.





Thoughts?
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Other / London Haul - lots of weirdness!
« Last post by Faust on Today at 12:07:26 AM »
At the start of June, my local club, IPMS London (in Ontario, Canada) hosted it’s biannual model show. It was a fun event, as always, and the Vendors’ Room gave up a considerable stash of interesting and unusual kits!

From Giant Robots to ‘30s Cars and a few weird planes for good measure, I managed to snag some stuff that I think will interest almost anybody. There's a lot of Whiffing potential in here too; the Goblin cries out for something, and the chopper is already kind of a whif!

Check it out at the link below, and let me know which one is your favourite. I kind of feel a draw to the BMW Celica…

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/londons-scale-model-expo-haul-2025/


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Sea / H.M. Drydock (Bermuda)
« Last post by Story on Yesterday at 11:45:01 PM »
Tripped over these two structures recently and I've been dumpster diving reference material to see how hard it'd be to cobble up a reasonable fascimile.

To start, background readings.

https://www.surfertoday.com/skateboarding/hm-floating-dock-bermuda

Some points - The grandiose half-pipe-shaped structure was 381 feet long, 74 feet tall, and 123 feet at its maximum width. So that'd be 13 inches long and some change at 1/350th scale


https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/library-archive/arrival-bermuda-floating-dock-july-1869

Current location of the original.
https://www.bing.com/maps?q=Stovell+Bay%2C+near+Spanish+Point%2C&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgYIABBFGDkyBggAEEUYOagCALACAA&FORM=ANCMS9&PC=HCTS&cp=32.305801%7E-64.81619&lvl=19.0&style=h

This is the second incarnation - note how simple the lines are.
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