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MightyPaladin -> HMS Hood (10/16/2008 3:57:38 AM)

in LEGO!



Q-Ball -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 4:00:45 AM)

Wow, there's a guy with time on his hands. Enough time to play a couple years worth of WITP.



cyberwop36 -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 4:33:21 AM)

Cool, I bet that one has better armour than the original.



MightyPaladin -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 4:41:50 AM)

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Cool, I bet that one has better armour than the original


ooh, that could be fun. 

1. Get this guy to make the Bismark
2. Give both models to the Mythbusters
3. "test" hypothesis [:D]



Chris21wen -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 8:47:12 AM)


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ORIGINAL: cyberwop36

Cool, I bet that one has better armour than the original.


Half amoured. The Admiralty knew she was too lightly armoured and had completed half of her upgrade when she was sunk. Too busy showing the flag to complete it.



Apollo11 -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 10:10:48 AM)

Hi all,

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ORIGINAL: MightyPaladin

in LEGO!


WOW [X(][X(][X(]

That looks incredible... I have tons of LEGOs (never gave them away) but I might have 0.1% of what this guy has...


Leo "Apollo11"



Feinder -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 12:59:52 PM)

That is truely astounding.  My son is almost old enough to play with the "big boy Legos".

Can you imagine going Christmas shopping and seeing that in the Lego isle.

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"New!  HMS Hood.  100,000 pieces!  Comes with motorized turrets and exploding center!"
(M-80s sold separately, truck available for rent at Customer Service to bring it home)

Next kit to be released : DKM Bismark, comes with motor but will only steam in circles.


-F-



Elouda -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 1:35:12 PM)

For the JFBs out there, in the same size category, there is a 22ft Yamato around...

Im surprised I hadnt stumbled onto the Hood before, but thanks for introducing me to it - absolutely magnificent.



Tiornu -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 4:01:39 PM)

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The Admiralty knew she was too lightly armoured and had completed half of her upgrade when she was sunk.

I'm not sure what you're referring to. Hood had no substantial armor additions after her completion. At that time, she was arguably the best-protected ship in the RN.



Feinder -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 4:12:44 PM)

Mildly interesting article on the proposed refit of the HMS Hood:

WWW.HMSHOOD.COM

-F-


Interesting note in the article...

"Location of shell rooms and magazines–. This, Hood's "Achilles heel," would not have been fixed. The powder magazines would still have been situated dangerously over the shell rooms. "



Chris21wen -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 6:07:11 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Tiornu

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The Admiralty knew she was too lightly armoured and had completed half of her upgrade when she was sunk.

I'm not sure what you're referring to. Hood had no substantial armor additions after her completion. At that time, she was arguably the best-protected ship in the RN.



I've always been under the impression that her forecastle had been reinforced. I now she was scheduled to have all of it done but I've just tried to find out where my info came from and can't so it seems i'm wrong.



Tiornu -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 11:31:00 PM)

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I've always been under the impression that her forecastle had been reinforced.

I took a quick look and couldn't find any reference to changing the forecastle or the forecastle deck. If I had to take a guess, maybe you're remembering the unusual main deck arrangement; Hood was the first RN ship with the protective deck extending horizontally across the full width of the ship, but this applied only to the deck above the magazines. The midships had just your basic turtledeck, and this is the great irony--the fatal 38cm hit probably went through this turtledeck area where there was no horizontal protection and, because of the extreme target angle, was able to get into the magazine area.

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This, Hood's "Achilles heel," would not have been fixed

I personally don't see this as a big deal. Do we consider Scharnhorst and Bismarck tragically vulnerable for having their shell rooms below their powder magazines? Hm, well, maybe we should....



MkXIV -> RE: HMS Hood (10/16/2008 11:53:19 PM)

What a slacker he only did a waterline version! He now needs to complete it Keel Up! [:D]



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