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Need at very least hull lines for HMS Royal Oak or class, post torpedo blister. Plans would be marvelous.

hull lines from profile morskie.
if you need more send offline your email address
ciao peppe

A&A Plans published 1/192 plans of HMS Royal Oak, general arrangement as in 1937, in 1971. The two-sheet set includes hull lines.

The A&A Plans were latterly owned by Sambrook Marine (and distributed by WEM in the UK), and then were bought by Taubman Plans:

http://www.taubmansonline.com/SIRROYALOAK.htm

Thank you peppe,.. these are the first lines I've seen of the Royal Oak. I will be sending mail tonight for other mentioned.

Linux,.. it sounds like you are well aware of these plans mentioned available from taubman. Have you seen them or do you know quality/accuracy?

The 1/192 plans of HMS Royal Oak were drawn by "AJR" (as far as I can make out), who I presume to be one of the owners of A&A Plans - Alan Raven or John (Arthur) Roberts. Perhaps someone can confirm?

The plan and profile - sheet one of the two-sheet set - were also published in 1/384 scale in British Warships of the Second World War (Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1972, ISBN 0668026073), also by Alan Raven and John Roberts.

Yes I have the plans and they seem excellent, though I have not studied them in detail.

peppe,.. again many thanks for all the drawings sent,.. I was starting to think I might never find drawings for Royal Oak unless they came from National Maritime Museum UK. I have a few sets of drawings for other ships, a couple have been redrawn from poor quality internet copy. Most are Russian or French vessels. I'll put up a list at some point free to any who want them.

Linux,.. My curiosity is peaked a bit. I'm assuming you have an interest in the Royal Oak. Please forgive me if I come off as prying too much, but you said you'd not studied the plans closely enough ( again assuming ) to determine accuracy.
To me it sounds like you are familiar with the subject.
I intend to start a build of Royal Oak shortly. Any input on things to watch for or pay attention to regarding detail and accuracy would be greatly appreciated.

I have viewed several photos of "ships of class" and noticed differences in super structure, fire control, mast, etc. thats obvious at first glance. I would think a myriad of smaller details that require a close look or knowledge of, also appear.

Need to determine if the morskie plans accurately depict Royal Oak. and are they proportionally correct?

I have started re-drawing the basic hull lines as they appear to be correct dimensionally. And best I can tell they have proper shape and structure/equipment locating. If anyone knows differently please yell "STOP". I do not want to waste time. ( one never knows how much they have )

Cheers

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