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Title: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: nick_75au on March 19, 2010, 04:14:11 am

Hi,
Does anyone have hull lines/ other resources for this class of ship, I'm thinking about a stand (way) off scale for combat.

Nick

(http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/photos/br/mon_hms_erebus.jpg)

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: Niall on March 19, 2010, 10:25:52 am

There is an excellent book -
BIG GUN MONITORS Design, Construction and Operations 1914 - 1945
By Ian Buxton

Published by Seaforth Publishing RRP £35.00

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: Jimmy James on March 20, 2010, 09:27:19 pm

JANES Fighting Ships of WW1 has  line drawings and a photo which would do for the type of model you are building (The hull is basically slab sided and a flat bottom ) Torpedo bulges I think were added later,---  Douglas Reedman wrote a novel about one called I believe HMS Sultan and the picture on the cover was very good as a reference..
Freebooter :-))

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: Arrow5 on March 21, 2010, 08:53:12 am

Douglas REEMAN if anybody needs to search for the author. The paperbacks always had great naval pictures on them.

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: Jimmy James on March 21, 2010, 10:04:29 pm

Arrow5
Do you read the Reeman Books or the Alexander Kent ones (Cover pictures are very good on both)
Freebooter

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: Jonty on March 24, 2010, 09:40:26 pm

  Look up "Profile Morski". Inexpensive and very good.

  Ummm... just as well I checked. They do Roberts and Abercrombie, not Terror and Erebus.

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: Jonty on March 25, 2010, 01:33:52 pm

  I knew there was something else nagging away at the back of my brain: Model Boats do a plan for the very similar Marshal Soult. I seem to remember, too, that was a build article in that magazine.

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: srcampb on March 29, 2010, 01:42:11 am

National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (London) , England has Erebus class hull lines design plan. Last reference I have for the drawing number is 290910.

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: John R Haynes on March 29, 2010, 11:19:38 am

For those who may be interested there are pictures of the IWM 1/48 Marshall Soult in the profile section of my site www.johnrhaynes.com

Title: Re: HMS Erebus, HMS Terror Monitor's
Post by: tassie48 on April 01, 2010, 11:38:54 pm

What a great project this ship would be anyone built one or building one would like to see the outcome and the finished model tassie48