Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: Arrow5 on June 02, 2019, 05:01:19 pm
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What ship, period of aircraft.etc? I`m selling my manned model of HMS Invincible RO5 and think this is it in former guise. Are any RN recruiting bods with us >
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That isn't Invincible. It's an earlier generation carrier depicted post war. R05 and its general appearance suggests it is a simplified representation of HMS Eagle in the 1950s before her major rebuild.
Colin
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Pre 1959, the last time Eagle had Seahawks embarked :-))
Ned
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Correct answer Ned. It occured to me that one photographed might have been upgraded to the thru-deck one RO5 when she entered service.
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Are you the gentleman I saw all those years ago (35'ish), maybe in Linlithgow but not sure with the huge sit-in carrier?
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Correct answer Ned. It occured to me that one photographed might have been upgraded to the thru-deck one RO5 when she entered service.
Are those two photos of the same ship? They look completely different!
Colin
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Colin that was the question. Did the naval workshop convert this hull RO5 configuration when the newer one entered service as we can`t see the hull ?
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I suppose it is possible but as it would have been done 40 years ago it might be difficult to establish the facts.
Colin
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Are you the gentleman I saw all those years ago (35'ish), maybe in Linlithgow but not sure with the huge sit-in carrier?
It might have been Rich. If I was in Naval uniform then no. it was at Nairn Harbour Festival 1982-ish
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I suppose it is possible but as it would have been done 40 years ago it might be difficult to establish the facts.
Colin
Hence the original post %)
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Your original post specified Invincible which was clearly at odds with the photo which was s bit confusing really.
Colin
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Colin that was the question. Did the naval workshop convert this hull RO5 configuration when the newer one entered service as we can`t see the hull ?
I thought when you acquired it there was no hull, it was just a deck for Naval days and you put the hull on.
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I thought when you acquired it there was no hull, it was just a deck for Naval days and you put the hull on.
No longbuild, it was a waterline model in some disrepair after some years on road and not highly detailed. I added the hull below the waterline and fitted 5 HP engine. The whole hull to deck level was professionally fibreglassed .
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:-)) :-))
Looking at your first post and the picture with the child on it, to me that looks a lot wider than your model.
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Hard to judge Longbuild. If we knew the scale of the aircraft that would be start. Pity the photo doesn't show more. There must be a history of these large PR model ships that went `round the country. There was a fleet RN houseboats on the canals too. Should be pictures somewhere, Fleetlands perhaps, do they have a library i wonder ?
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One hell of a straight running (model) boat {-) {-) {-) {-)