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Schunken
02-26-10, 12:55 PM
while I wait for SH5...

...and its ready for sea trials!


Flower-Class Corvet USS Snowberry :ping:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Schunken/above.jpg


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Schunken/front.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/Schunken/propulsion.jpg


Its a Revell 1:72 Plastic kit, if you want build one feel free to PM me ;)


Andreas
Safe-Keeper
02-26-10, 01:15 PM
Awesome.
weeksatsea
02-26-10, 01:20 PM
Nice work
jazman
02-26-10, 01:26 PM
Yeah, now you can cram some firecrackers in it, put it on the lake, light the fuse, let it go, and give it a proper U-boot sendoff! Full realism!

Post the video for us, please.
Schunken
02-26-10, 01:42 PM
LOL :)

There is also a 1:72 VII from Revell.... but I think mod it to radio control will be a little tricky (space for batteries a.s.o.)

But it will be look nice to see both on the pond :yeah:

Andreas
Sailor Steve
02-26-10, 01:57 PM
Nicely done!

Just so you know, though, she was Canadian - HMCS, not USS.
Schunken
02-26-10, 02:01 PM
Whoops!

Correct Steve!

The model came in three variants you can choose when build, I think it was two US and the Snowberry is Canadian, indeed!

Andreas
Catfish
02-26-10, 02:44 PM
The Flowers were really a good idea, derived from whaling boats (?) or so i think. In the early war when they did not have radar, the U-boats would outrun them when they spotted them, since the top speed of the Flowers was something around 16 knots maximum.
Later in the war they became a real terror .. especially against submerged boats.

Very nice model, thanks for sharing !

Catfish
Schunken
02-28-10, 03:39 PM
yep, you be correct, in civilian use this Vessel was Whalehunters.

Andreas
CaptainNemo12
02-28-10, 07:42 PM
Awesome model! All you need now is some pics of her in the water!:D
ThePinkSubmarine
02-28-10, 10:14 PM
while I wait for SH5...

...and its ready for sea trials!


Flower-Class Corvet USS Snowberry :ping:

Andreas


Cool kit -- might have to pick one up. But seeing as how it is a Flower-Class Corvette...it ought to have a flower name; and the prefix HMS!

Like HMS Compass Rose... :up:

Please keep us informed with the progress! I'd love to see some completed pictures of it in its natural element!
Kaye T. Bai
03-02-10, 05:56 AM
Looks like that there is an old diesel-electric propelling her. Or maybe just an electric. :up: