I believe one of the factors on turning circle is beam to length ratio. A finer ship generally creates less friction for its mass in the direction...
TOS, that sounds like a remarkably apt description. I've put it down and I doubt I shall pick it back up. But the details in the larger history...
I'd seen the shot of Argus's hanger (15) before, but that's a larger version than the one I saw. Nice picture. Several interesting pictures. Takao...
Japanese 8" (and 14", 16", and 18" guns) had such rounds ("San-Shiki" type) and they never proved terribly effective. They're mentioned on...
I think the angle of the trajectory is basically a function of shell speed and distance. At extreme ranges all shells will be traveling at...
Carrier design has always been more complicated than quick studies make it out to be. And all the major navies tried all the tricks at one time or...
I am aware of the larger history, but 15 volumes still seems a little . . . daunting. Thought I'd start small. I have a lot of free time, I'll...
[IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Winning the War on a Tide of American Oil . . . in a very small scale. (Well, they do come smaller, but a relatively...
Yeah, but how does it do when it encounters a Tog? Sweet looking model Gromit. Would never have known it was a kitbash. Looks great.
Two Ocean War maybe only makes me a little serious. I was obviously speaking from a position of aggravation back there, but I quite agree. In...
I've been reading through the Morrison Two Ocean War out of a sense that I SHOULD read the USN's official guy, and I must say that I am, so far,...
The circumstances surrounding Jarvis's loss were also somewhat unusual. Like Indianapolis she was far from any friendly witnesses. Further, if I...
Oh, I am equally, no indeed much more distressed by the losses of both Warspite and Enterprise. There was no excuse at all for scrapping either of...
Did you like the stop motion animation in the video? I should have put the stop motion animation closer to the beginning and had more of it. An...
It's been a while since I last posted here and it seems I've written a bit and posted some pictures elsewhere. I is behind. First: I built some...
Given that the longest range and most effective scouting on both sides was land based, I'm not sure the extra flattops make that much of a...
Also missing from the list are the Soviet Gangut class battleships, though their service during both wars was mostly or entirely shore...
That's a big miss on the date. Glad you were able to find him Slipdigit. It's . . . harrowing to think about. I was reading loss reports from Savo...
Scads of good advice above. I think Gromit's take on 1/48 and Monogram/Revel is fairly sensible, if you care to do aircraft. 1/700 or so is a...
My sincere condolences. Your father appears to have been quite a man. Thank you for sharing his story.
