Club Catch - up (not ketchup)!
It's kind of hard to keep up with all the stuff that's been coming in recently; I wonder why! You mean with all the free time on hand, as we put our lives on pause because of "covid 19", our better halves haven't been able to fill up our lives with all those domestic chores that have been waiting for attention. God bless 'em, we can still slip away to the shipyard. This blog is a potpourri, a teaser, that covers several goings-on in the yards. Bob sent in a veritable barge
Don's Tirpitsz gets the "camo"
All naval warships in World War II had their own type of camouflage depending on their surroundings Some were just rectangular shapes along the sides of hulls, and upwards over the guns and bridge, or curved designs to represent waves. The most unique camouflage was on the sister ship of the Bismarck.....the DKM Tirpitsz. Her camouflage consisted of triangular shapes side by side to form an intricate pattern. I have tried to find the name of this camouflage, and I think it
From the Commodore: Here's a long story
I saw this Mega Blocks toy (these are *not* LEGO quality) years ago. I was fascinated by the articulated rowers...ankle, knee, waist, shoulder and elbow. And I have created some interesting models from toys in the past. So why not? I bought two models to make it longer by having two centre sections. It was meant to be pushed over the floor so I had to build a hull which you can see here in dark green. I had to add a rudder, too. As expected the rowers don’t actually generate
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