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Title: revell Glasgow tanker, the guns
Post by: jamnjammer53150 on August 03, 2012, 02:49:36 pm
I have the revell Glasgow tanker , and I  have heard that there one was a war time oiler built using the kit . There are even deck guns in the kit but I cant sort out where thy would go. nor can i find any reference photos of the tanker in war time configuration . any help would be nice as i wnat to make it up nive with pe rails and catwalks and th elike
Title: Re: revell Glasgow tanker, the guns
Post by: TailUK on August 03, 2012, 03:44:42 pm
The revell kit is an old chestnut, it's been around for years.  It's a fair representation of the "T2" class of tanker and you'll find chapter and verse on them here on the interweb- thingie!  They built literally hundreds of them.  It's a shame it's to such an odd scale as only Heller had any warships that would match the 1/400th scale but you could still make a neat diorama using one of those.
Standard T2 tankers were pressed into service with the U.S.Navy as the Kennebec class oiler.  T2-As were converted to fleet oilers as the Mattaponi class.

Title: Re: revell Glasgow tanker, the guns
Post by: jamnjammer53150 on August 03, 2012, 07:52:43 pm
Well the 400 scale allbeit odd . airfix makes a montgomery destroyer and the superdelux titanic with the brass and wooden deck is in 400. And that is why i got the tanker so i would have somthing
to keep the titanic company .

I got some 1/350 Aitcraft carrier catwalks for it , and plety of 400 rail . So it will be a fun one . Granted I am new here but I am known for building oddball subjects
Title: Re: revell Glasgow tanker, the guns
Post by: oldiron on August 03, 2012, 09:00:23 pm
Try this site. It may help:  http://www.motionmodels.com/ships/misc/bushyrun.html

John
Title: Re: revell Glasgow tanker, the guns
Post by: jamnjammer53150 on August 07, 2012, 01:03:05 am
Thats the icket !! thanks