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#4281778 - 07/25/16 02:13 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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How 'bout these babies?


#4281783 - 07/25/16 02:38 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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How about this one.



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#4281785 - 07/25/16 02:40 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Now we're talking business! biggrin

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#4281815 - 07/25/16 03:59 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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USS Missouri. Fast-forward past the first 25 seconds of cheese:


#4282012 - 07/26/16 07:04 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Battleships and cruisers are always impressive to me.
I like these two "sisters" - GNEISENAU and SCHARNHORST.
Smaller than most battleships, they ran with a maximum speed of 31.3 knots
and carried 9 main guns with a calibre of 28 cm (11 inch).



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#4282013 - 07/26/16 08:06 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Look at all those AA guns on the Ticonderoga! And the 3.5" guns were firing the proximity fuse invented in England and developed and made in their thousands in the USA. I don't think the Japanese ever figured out why so many of their Kamikazes were shot down long before reaching their targets. Of course they didn't get much in the way of first-hand reports winkngrin

The fuses were also responsible for so many V1 flying bombs being shot down by AA fire which would normally be very difficult against such a small and fast target.

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proximity_fuze][/url]

The word 'fuse' is again spelt differently as 'fuze' over the water.


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#4282014 - 07/26/16 08:14 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Apparently one of the Gneisenau's turrets of 3 guns is now a museum in Trondheim Norway. I don't suppose they get fired much now. whenpigsfly


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#4282016 - 07/26/16 08:17 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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The Yamato - the worlds biggest ever Kamikaze. Yet another battleship sunk by aircraft like the Prince of Wales and Repulse years before, though it took a bit of sinking it seems.


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#4282212 - 07/26/16 08:00 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Olham......great vids about those old girls. What a time.... Thx for sharing

#4282224 - 07/26/16 08:56 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Olham, the Scharnhorst is probably my all time favorite battlecruiser of any time period. I built a model of her when I was around 12 and that's when the love affair started.


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#4282891 - 07/29/16 01:54 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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#4282917 - 07/29/16 07:27 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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I wager that must have been a popular cockpit configuration. biggrin

A BE.9, I believe.


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#4283123 - 07/30/16 06:52 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Banjoman]  
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Originally Posted By: Banjoman
Olham, the Scharnhorst is probably my all time favorite battlecruiser of any time period. I built a model of her when I was around 12 and that's when the love affair started.


Scharnhorst is the name of my cat. He's 18. His predecessor was Tirpitz who lived to 17. Before her came Bismarck who sadly was sunk at 4... Anyone sense a pattern here?

Rick

#4283127 - 07/30/16 07:19 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Buff1]  
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Originally Posted By: gaw1
Olham......great vids about those old girls. What a time.... Thx for sharing

Originally Posted By: Banjoman
Olham, the Scharnhorst is probably my all time favorite battlecruiser of any time period.
I built a model of her when I was around 12 and that's when the love affair started.

Ha, yeah, when it comes to war machines, the Germans can be quite sexy! biggrin
I also had a model around that age - an AIRFIF 1:600 scale.



Originally Posted By: Buff1
Scharnhorst is the name of my cat. He's 18. His predecessor was Tirpitz who lived to 17.
Before her came Bismarck who sadly was sunk at 4... Anyone sense a pattern here?

Seems your next cat will be named GNEISENAU ?
Luckily, the cats didn't realise what names they had been given. Might have gone to their heads! biggrin


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#4283133 - 07/30/16 08:11 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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I wonder what message those flags mean on the Scharnhorst? I see there is a seaplane on the turret at the rear. I believe they were an ARADO aircraft. I like the motor boat as well.


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#4283143 - 07/30/16 10:46 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Love the old battleships. I built a massive model of the USS Missouri back when I was about 10 or so, as I recall it was about three feet long and motorized. And speaking of old battleships, some of you may recall that about a year and half back I was fortunate enough to acquire this little item:


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It is a carved wooden box from the SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, the last of the König class battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Here is a photo of her shortly before she was scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919:



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#4283146 - 07/30/16 11:08 AM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: JFM]  
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Originally Posted By: JFM



Interesting tidbit about the first observer who operated from the front office of the B.E.9 : Lt. Herbert "Stumpy" Tillson, during one of his early flights in the bus and in an attempt to get the pilot's attention concerning another aeroplane coming in behind them, waved his arm and pointed rearwards. This temporary lapse in good judgement was never repeated by Tillson who thereafter had to learn how to sign his name with his left hand. Later in life he became quite successful selling items specifically designed for the cack-handed.

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#4283157 - 07/30/16 01:00 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Lou, where on earth did you find that box? I love stuff like that.


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#4283162 - 07/30/16 01:44 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Banjoman]  
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Originally Posted By: Banjoman
Lou, where on earth did you find that box? I love stuff like that.

He doesn't find this stuff - these items find HIM... biggrin


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#4283180 - 07/30/16 02:59 PM Re: The Lost Thread [Re: Olham]  
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Yep, he's the cool stuff magnet.


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