Hi everyone
Don't worry I haven't fallen off the edge of the world- though it felt like it!!!
I have just spent the last week holidaying in South Devon/Dorset near Lyme Regis, the only downside being the absolutely terrible phone and internet signal. It took me several hours to read some of the posts on this thread due to poor download speed in the area! However, I have taken notes and have ordered the book suggested by Geoff so I am looking forward to it arriving sometime next week. Whilst twiddling my thumbs waiting for the signal to return I have read cover to cover R.A Burt's British Battleships 1889 to 1904, and as Victorian has pointed out it's a fantastic read especially the chapter referring to the Majestic class but the others are just as good.
With regards to the build to far I have ordered the plans last Saturday so I am just waiting for them to arrive in the next couple of weeks- fingers crossed for this week!
Thanks for the pictures and suggestions- Victorian hope you enjoyed yourself at the Engineer's Show at Warwick, the Friedmann book is also excellent covering the Pelorus class and the 'Niobe' but your models are brilliant and the pictures are good in the book but you can't see as much detail as you would lie to see- the problem of too many men wanting to have their picture taken getting in the way of all that important stuff that us modellers like to see!
I'll be looking through the Majestic section again tonight... can't keep away!