Hi Darius,
yes I couldn't agree more, groups like this make all the difference!!
As for the "wheels" I'm just happy to have them confirmed as reels. I am curious to find out what kind of reels, but if not then it's okay. The one above the aft turrent doesn't look very wide, here is a (very poor quality) picture of Orel if you're interested....
http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=dyfaobvym10&thumb=4I like Jean-Paul's idea too..., but for all five sisters it is a pretty big task. I started going through the little I know and came up with a pretty big and unwieldly list. Making comparisons between A and B, C and D, then A and C and so on begins to get too complicated.
I was wondering if maybe it could be done with reference to something standard, say the Zvezda model? Or what about one of the resin models? hmshood.com do a nice site comparing the accuracy of different kits to the ship, I thought it would be good to do something similar, but comparing the accuracy of Zvezda's kit (which is the same for all of them except the transfers/decals) to each of the different ships.
i.e Borodino vs Zvezda kit, Orel vs Zvezda kit, Knyaz Suvorov vs Zvezda kit and Imp. Alexander vs Zvezda kit
How would people feel about this?
We could forget about Slava for the time being for reasons metioned earlier...
Masch3 I found a picture of those doors for the primary gun turrets, it is of the wreck of the Slava, but the door was the same for the other sisters. This is the only photo I have of a real ship that shows this..
http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=bjumgm1bjnn&thumb=4By coincidence I was doings some rough calculations for what the height the funnel (the aft one), from the top of the square base to the top should be at 1/350. I got 4.50 cm (
edited) high and 1.22 cm wide. This is from the Orel's builder's plans, the same as supplied by Kronma. They show all the internal detail so it is possible that they were not very strict on details such as funnel height. Has any one else tried this? That reminds me I have to measure the "anti-torpedo net shelf"...
u]update[/u]
one of the pictures was deleted by mistake so I have re attached it 6/4/08