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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Sea => Topic started by: Beekster on June 10, 2016, 08:05:36 AM

Title: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Beekster on June 10, 2016, 08:05:36 AM: Hi all, new around here. Normally a Sherman guy, but I do imagine quite a number of what-if projects and occasionally actually build one. This is one of those, based on a story I wrote following a refereed wargame about the opening weeks of WW1 off the east coast of North America (I'll post the story in the fiction section). HMcs British Columbia is shown in her fictional WW2 configuration. She's 1/700 scale, built using a Kongo hull, Hood superstructure and turrets, and Prince of Wales secondary battery. I plated over the original secondary battery casemates, widened the superstructure, and fitted American mid-war radars as was done for Richelieu. Enjoy!

***Edit to add link to Greg's back story: Stories > HMCS British Columbia (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6416.0;topicseen)
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: TurboCoupeTurbo on June 10, 2016, 09:06:35 AM: Oh my, now that is pretty! Good job, and welcome!

Could a request for more close ups be entertained?
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on June 10, 2016, 09:22:50 AM: Welcome aboard Greg! I had no idea you were fond of anything other than the Sherman tank :)

Very nice match up on the parts with your hull. It is well balanced and certainly looks like it would be an asset to our Canadian cousins in defending their maritime interests.
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Beekster on June 10, 2016, 09:34:21 AM: Quote from: TurboCoupeTurbo on June 10, 2016, 09:06:35 AM
Oh my, now that is pretty! Good job, and welcome!

Could a request for more close ups be entertained?

Sure...I'll get the photo booth set up tomorrow. My camera normally takes ~3MB .jpeg files at full resolution; I presume I can't post something that large? I have several resolution settings to choose from, so I can dial it down for more images.
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Volkodav on June 10, 2016, 06:24:03 PM: :)

Very nice!
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: FAAMAN on June 10, 2016, 08:58:06 PM: Funny, that looks decidedly Italian, different cool 8) 8) well done :)
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on June 10, 2016, 10:49:29 PM: Hey, I think I know that model, I saw it at the IPMS Vancouver show a couple years ago, no?

IIRC, the backstory was amazingly awesome-sauce!

Alvis 3.1
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Beekster on June 11, 2016, 02:30:25 AM: Quote from: Alvis 3.1 on June 10, 2016, 10:49:29 PM
Hey, I think I know that model, I saw it at the IPMS Vancouver show a couple years ago, no?

IIRC, the backstory was amazingly awesome-sauce!

Alvis 3.1

Indeed you did, Alvis...that was its show debut.
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Feldmarschall Zod on June 11, 2016, 08:25:01 AM: Greg.

Great looking ship. Welcome to the site.

Chad
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Brian da Basher on June 13, 2016, 01:43:32 AM: That's incredibly well done and love the look of a battleship in war paint!

Welcome to BtS, Greg! That's one heck of an introduction!

Brian da Basher
Title: Re: Battlecruiser HMCS British Columbia
Post by: Beekster on June 14, 2016, 01:22:32 AM: Here are a few more close-up images. Unfortunately, my camera's settings will only produce files of ~150kb on the lowest setting and ~500kb on the next highest resolution, so I can't get closer to the 375kb file limit. At full res, the files are about 3MB each and anybody that wants big ones for inspiration can email me any time. Enjoy!