Captains! I built your nightmare!
 

while I wait for SH5...

...and its ready for sea trials!


Flower-Class Corvet USS Snowberry :ping:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...nken/above.jpg


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...nken/front.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...propulsion.jpg


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


Andreas

Awesome.

Nice work

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.

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

Nicely done!

Just so you know, though, she was Canadian - HMCS, not USS.

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

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

yep, you be correct, in civilian use this Vessel was Whalehunters.

Andreas

Awesome model! All you need now is some pics of her in the water!:D

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!

Looks like that there is an old diesel-electric propelling her. Or maybe just an electric. :up: