Captains! I built your nightmare!

Schunken · 02-26-10, 12:55 PM

while I wait for SH5...

...and its ready for sea trials!

Flower-Class Corvet USS Snowberry

Its a Revell 1:72 Plastic kit, if you want build one feel free to PM me

Andreas

Safe-Keeper · 02-26-10, 01:15 PM

Awesome.

weeksatsea · 02-26-10, 01:20 PM

Nice work

jazman · 02-26-10, 01:26 PM

Yeah, now you can cram some firecrackers in it, put it on the lake, light the fuse, let it go, and give it a proper U-boot sendoff! Full realism!

Post the video for us, please.

Schunken · 02-26-10, 01:42 PM

LOL

There is also a 1:72 VII from Revell.... but I think mod it to radio control will be a little tricky (space for batteries a.s.o.)

But it will be look nice to see both on the pond

Andreas

Sailor Steve · 02-26-10, 01:57 PM

Nicely done!

Just so you know, though, she was Canadian - HMCS, not USS.

Schunken · 02-26-10, 02:01 PM

Whoops!

Correct Steve!

The model came in three variants you can choose when build, I think it was two US and the Snowberry is Canadian, indeed!

Andreas

Catfish · 02-26-10, 02:44 PM

The Flowers were really a good idea, derived from whaling boats (?) or so i think. In the early war when they did not have radar, the U-boats would outrun them when they spotted them, since the top speed of the Flowers was something around 16 knots maximum.
Later in the war they became a real terror .. especially against submerged boats.

Very nice model, thanks for sharing !

Catfish

Schunken · 02-28-10, 03:39 PM

yep, you be correct, in civilian use this Vessel was Whalehunters.

Andreas

CaptainNemo12 · 02-28-10, 07:42 PM

Awesome model! All you need now is some pics of her in the water!

ThePinkSubmarine · 02-28-10, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schunken

while I wait for SH5...

...and its ready for sea trials!

Flower-Class Corvet USS Snowberry

Andreas

Cool kit -- might have to pick one up. But seeing as how it is a Flower-Class Corvette...it ought to have a flower name; and the prefix HMS!

Like HMS Compass Rose...

Please keep us informed with the progress! I'd love to see some completed pictures of it in its natural element!

Kaye T. Bai · 03-02-10, 05:56 AM

Looks like that there is an old diesel-electric propelling her. Or maybe just an electric.

02-26-10, 12:55 PM	#1
Schunken Medic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 168 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Captains! I built your nightmare! while I wait for SH5... ...and its ready for sea trials! Flower-Class Corvet USS Snowberry Its a Revell 1:72 Plastic kit, if you want build one feel free to PM me Andreas

02-26-10, 01:15 PM	#2
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Awesome. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

02-26-10, 01:26 PM	#4
jazman Commander Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crush Depth Posts: 449 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Yeah, now you can cram some firecrackers in it, put it on the lake, light the fuse, let it go, and give it a proper U-boot sendoff! Full realism! Post the video for us, please. __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

02-26-10, 01:57 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Nicely done! Just so you know, though, she was Canadian - HMCS, not USS. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-26-10, 01:20 PM	#3
weeksatsea Watch Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 22 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Nice work

02-26-10, 01:42 PM	#5
Schunken Medic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 168 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	LOL There is also a 1:72 VII from Revell.... but I think mod it to radio control will be a little tricky (space for batteries a.s.o.) But it will be look nice to see both on the pond Andreas

02-26-10, 02:01 PM	#7
Schunken Medic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 168 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Whoops! Correct Steve! The model came in three variants you can choose when build, I think it was two US and the Snowberry is Canadian, indeed! Andreas

02-26-10, 02:44 PM	#8
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	The Flowers were really a good idea, derived from whaling boats (?) or so i think. In the early war when they did not have radar, the U-boats would outrun them when they spotted them, since the top speed of the Flowers was something around 16 knots maximum. Later in the war they became a real terror .. especially against submerged boats. Very nice model, thanks for sharing ! Catfish

02-28-10, 03:39 PM	#9
Schunken Medic Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 168 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	yep, you be correct, in civilian use this Vessel was Whalehunters. Andreas

02-28-10, 07:42 PM	#10
CaptainNemo12 Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 307 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Awesome model! All you need now is some pics of her in the water!

03-02-10, 05:56 AM	#12
Kaye T. Bai Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Western Hemisphere, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster Posts: 584 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Looks like that there is an old diesel-electric propelling her. Or maybe just an electric.