Looking very good Nick - How is the pre-dreadnought fleet review for Wicksteed progressing?
James
Hi James
It's certainly coming along very well now I've got the repetitive process of port hole mass production out of the way! I've been following your build with interest too. looking good!
Coming on nice. I have a question about the stern planking. I realise there were blast plates on the deck forwards but was not aware they were so extensive on the quarterdeck, or is there more planking to go?
What's this about a pre-dreadnought weekend at Wickstead?
Cheers
Geoff
Hi Geoff
Thanks for the positive comments, the blast plates were bigger than I thought too. I've compared them on the NMM plans and the pictures I've seen in RA Burt's British Battleships 1889-1904 book. There is a little bit of planking by the superstructure corners near the 6inch guns but other than that the rest is blast plate!
To answer both you and James...
At the Mayhem weekend at Wicksteed this year we are trying to gather as many battleships, armoured cruisers, protected cruisers, TBDs, gunboats,etc from the Victorian period to the early 20th Century on one lake. It would be nice to create our version of the Spithead Naval Reviews from the turn of the last century.
So far we have
HMS Prince George (pre dreadnought)
HMS Kent (armoured cruiser)
Askold (Russian protected cruiser)
Descartes ( French protected cruiser)
iJN Kasuga (Japanese armoured cruiser)
SMS Emden (German Protected Cruiser)
IJN Yoshino
IJN Mikasa (Japanese Predreadnought)
X2 Royal Navy TBDs
Possibly...
HMS Mars (pre dreadnought)
HMS Niobe (Armoured cruiser)
HMS Pelorus (protected cruiser)
HMS Hannibal (Predreadnought)
HMS Dreadnought (well we have to don't we!)
Hopefully other Mayhemers might bring their vessels too, I know BobK has a couple of early vessels too.
So bring along as many as possible the more the merrier!