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OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 5:56:53 AM   
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sorry for this OT, but this is a state of art work (6.5 years of building it). So much talent he put into this.

https://southwestmeccano.org.uk/models/members-a-c/steve-briancourts-photos/5914-2/
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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 6:35:18 AM   
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Very impressive - tks for posting!

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 2:22:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very interesting. A lot of work too. Thanks for sharing....GP

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 2:25:32 PM   
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Fantastic!


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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 2:59:44 PM   
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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 3:21:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Fantastic work! I was ready to say "it'll never float" until I read the last paragraph and saw the picture there. Thanks for posting.

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/4/2021 6:15:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Lovely model, fantastic dedication to build it over that period of time.

I was pleased to be able to visit the Missouri when I visited Hawaii for my son's wedding. It was quite a buzz to stand where Macarthur presided over the surrender ceremony. When I visited they had a glassed-in desk and documents [replica, I guess] in the same spot where the documents were signed. It really helps to appreciate how large those turrets are when you get to stand under them.

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/5/2021 1:44:56 PM   
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The work on the BB is stunning!

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/5/2021 5:21:00 PM   
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I was ready to say "it'll never float"


Maybe, maybe not, but there was a guy who built a similar type model of the Yamato. Material was different, and needed quite a bit of ballast to float, but he had it in the water.

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/5/2021 9:05:03 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rustysi

quote:

I was ready to say "it'll never float"


Maybe, maybe not, but there was a guy who built a similar type model of the Yamato. Material was different, and needed quite a bit of ballast to float, but he had it in the water.

Read the rest of my post - the last picture shows the model in the water, guns firing.

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/5/2021 9:11:12 PM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


quote:

ORIGINAL: rustysi

quote:

I was ready to say "it'll never float"


Maybe, maybe not, but there was a guy who built a similar type model of the Yamato. Material was different, and needed quite a bit of ballast to float, but he had it in the water.

Read the rest of my post - the last picture shows the model in the water, guns firing.

Photoshop ? His text in page 9 hints at the fact he hasn’t tried, and the picture looks off somehow.

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RE: OT: USS Missouri - WOW! - 1/5/2021 11:58:48 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Ambassador


quote:

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


quote:

ORIGINAL: rustysi

quote:

I was ready to say "it'll never float"


Maybe, maybe not, but there was a guy who built a similar type model of the Yamato. Material was different, and needed quite a bit of ballast to float, but he had it in the water.

Read the rest of my post - the last picture shows the model in the water, guns firing.

Photoshop ? His text in page 9 hints at the fact he hasn’t tried, and the picture looks off somehow.

I interpreted it to mean that after the "not tried yet" post, he subsequently did and posted that picture. It is kind of ambiguous.


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