Recent content by NavyShooter

Maybe we should get some of these:

Here's another example: https://gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&sc=ach-shop&vndsld=1&srchtype=&lci=&sr=1&str=71&lotnf=1&lcn=728478&lct=L&sf=ferm-clos&saleType=A Again, sale criteria: Destruction criteria: the buyer must mutilate (e.g., crush, shred) or smelt the Small Arms Ammunition (SAA)...

Here's a sample of scrap brass sold by GC Surplus: https://gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?snc=wfsav&sc=ach-shop&vndsld=1&srchtype=&lci=&sr=1&str=21&lotnf=1&lcn=733175&lct=L&sf=ferm-clos&saleType=A Note the attached criteria: Destruction criteria: the buyer must mutilate (e.g., crush, shred) or...

I'll suggest finding someone with a metal lathe that can spin out the basic shape for you from solid brass which can be hollowed out to fit onto your canes. Scrap military brass is required to be destroyed as a part of the sale contract - it must be mutilated or melted down, and while it gets...

Innocent until proven guilty. He has now admitted guilt. As such, the administrative measures which may have been prepared but not emplaced are likely now being pushed across the table for him to sign and acknowledge (this being Monday morning after the guilty plea.) I suspect his unit is...

The RCN also blew up Halifax a couple of times...(ok, only once was actually our fault.) So, Vol 3 ships is based on not letting that happen again. Let's put heavy mats at the foot of the ladders as we move small arms ammo onboard....then in case someone drops a can, they won't damage the deck...

I have a bare handful of rounds for my M-H, never fired the fullbore one. I have fired the .22 cadet one though. It's good fun and VERY accurate.

270 grams. Down from 585 grams in the 'lightened' PETG version, and way down from the original 700 gram version. This is the way. I'm going to do a minimum of painting/sealing/details on the ASA-Aero version. This will be my 'at sea' superstructure. The original heavy one will be my...

I'll inject an idea here. Why not grab some drones with the ability to drop HE and use those to deliver the charges? Happening daily in Ukraine....maybe the CAF could use this as a testing ground.

I put about a pound and a half of lead shot along the keel then epoxied it into place. That's about as low as I can get the weight, unless it was a sailboat with a skeg! The problem is the weight of the superstructure. Lightweight material should help. :-) Edit to add - I put about a pound...

And sourcing exotic materials to solve shipboard problems....

So. Shipboard design considerations are something I'm still learning...but....when making an R/C model boat, there's rules about buoyancy and weight that must still be followed. During the initial 'hot tub' sea trials, I noted that the superstructure seemed a bit heavy -ish. Result was that...

On again...off again...?

I saw one of the 'this meal looks horrible' pictures yesterday - with the picture beside it showing what the serving tray was actually cropped from. Turns out the un-cropped image has concrete block walls in the background. I'm pretty sure they don't have concrete walls on ships. That said...

Also - I think the numbers are the right size - ish?