| Pictors Studio | 07 Jan 2013 9:12 p.m. PST |
I don't know if this has been discussed before but it is mostly new to me. They were thinking about making a giant battleship out of pykrete and keeping it up north. Sounds like a great scenario for a WWWII game. link |
| wminsing | 07 Jan 2013 9:18 p.m. PST |
Yep, one of my favorite off-the-wall ideas. I neat fictional battle history, assuming the ship made it into service:
link -Will |
| Phil Hall | 07 Jan 2013 9:45 p.m. PST |
Mythbusters built a pykrete boat in Alaska and sailed it. |
| Kaoschallenged | 07 Jan 2013 11:55 p.m. PST |
Yep. It was a few years ago.From my response there, TMP link Quite a bit out there on the subject. David Manley even wrote up the stats for this theoretical class of ship for VaS.
link project-habbakuk.blogspot.com 1/700 HMS HABBAKUK pykrete aircraft carrier (1943)
link Mythbusters episode with Pykrete
link link Robert |
| Big Martin Back | 08 Jan 2013 4:12 a.m. PST |
It's one of those ideas that keep getting "rediscovered". I remember hearing about it in the 70s! |
| Ed Mohrmann | 08 Jan 2013 6:26 a.m. PST |
My favorite story around Pyekrete is the ricochet fired
by a Senior British Officer in a crowded meeting room ! |
| robertsjf | 08 Jan 2013 7:08 a.m. PST |
Heat ray. problem solved! |
| Bob in Edmonton | 08 Jan 2013 7:20 a.m. PST |
The test site was Patricia Lake, near Jasper Alberta. link Pretty place. Apparently some material related to the project (engines I think--can't find the link) has been found by divers. |
| boy wundyr x | 08 Jan 2013 8:21 a.m. PST |
Hallmark/Figurehead did one in 1/6000 too. It was also one of the superweapons covered in the "My Tank Is Fight" book that was out a few years ago, one of the few non-German superweapons to make it. |
| GROSSMAN | 08 Jan 2013 11:24 a.m. PST |
Al Gores global warming would sink them all. |
| CmdrKiley | 08 Jan 2013 4:29 p.m. PST |
Correction: Al Gore's hot air would sink them all. |
hindsTMP  | 08 Jan 2013 6:29 p.m. PST |
I'd be interested in seeing an image if anyone ever bought and painted the Figurehead version. BTW, "CmdrKiley", I see you are one of those "I don't want it to be true, so it isn't" people. MH |
| boy wundyr x | 09 Jan 2013 9:50 a.m. PST |
There's a pic halfway down the page here:
link In my head though, I always picture something more circular, like a giant iceberg or Fortress of Solitude; the planned reality is just a big carrier. |
| Lion in the Stars | 09 Jan 2013 1:55 p.m. PST |
Whooooooa[/Keanu voice] That's freaking HUGE! |
proves that you don't need to be a master painter or invest hundreds of hours working to get good results.
