"Building pre-dreadnaughts?" Topic
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nnascati  | 23 Apr 2019 3:57 p.m. PST |
All,
So inspired by Bob Cordery's new book, I've dusted off some very cartoony ships I made a couple years ago. I am fine with their appearance, except for torpedo boats and destroyers. Are there any online sources with good diagrams of what these should look like? I just need a rough guide, not looking to make display models.
I've based all the hull son carpentry biscuits to give you an idea. |
 Yellow Admiral | 23 Apr 2019 6:06 p.m. PST |
All my resources are physical books. :-( Try looking at the photos and diagrams in the Wikipedia pages on early destroyer and TBD classes. Start with the earliest DD class of each nation, and keep clicking the "Succeeded by" link to get to the next class, until you leave the period.
UK
Germany
France
Japan
Russia - Ix |
| Yellow Admiral | 23 Apr 2019 6:13 p.m. PST |
Some generic common features of early TBs, TBDs, and DDs:
- The turtleback bow, usually a half deck or even a full deck higher than the rest of the hull
- Low, small bridge/pilothouse
- Multiple funnels (2-4)
- Big cowl vents to let air below decks
- Torpedo tubes, of course. Lots of fixed tubes on small boats and early boats.
- Small size. Even the "high seas" destroyers of the pre-dreadnought period were pretty bad sea boats. They were just small and light and had low freeboard.
- Ix |
| NCC1717 | 24 Apr 2019 4:18 a.m. PST |
Try the 'related images' links on this page for several early 1900s drawings: link |
| nnascati | 24 Apr 2019 4:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks to all for the tips and suggestions. |
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looks at a fast-assembly naval kit for the Age of Sail.
