Recent content by NavyShooter

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?

The number came with the decal set - the 22 on the forward part of the flight deck was removed early in the ship's career supposedly due to the number paint being slippery compared to the rest of the non-skid. As for the gloss vs matt finish - I have a can of matt clear coat that will be added...

Had to leave the model in the garage for most of the winter - and it was too cool to effectively seal the decals down with a clear coat. The first layer of that got applied today. If you'd like to see her in person, I should have her out at the annual Shearwater Hobby show in a couple of...

A Screening Frigate can be a meat shield for a HVT. A Screening Frigate can provide national presence on the world stage in multi-national tasks so we can at least show the flag.

I was looking at Marine Traffic last night and didn't see a whole lot of ship movement through the straight....I'm guessing folks don't want to be first.

Active Countermeasure system. The AN/SLQ-503 RAMSES (Reprogrammable Advanced Multi-mode Shipboard Electronic Countermeasures System) is an active radar jamming system designed to protect naval vessels, specifically the Royal Canadian Navy's Halifax-class frigates, against anti-ship missiles...

Rumours of the WSO from the F-15E being found/recovered this evening.