Calling all Imperial German Navy Grosse Kreuzer fans

[Bob the Stug]

Being a bit of a dinosaur, I am having nightmares transferring the photo from the gallery or clipboard into the reply? I am using a android phone not computer

Can someone help please

Thanks bob

[Timmy C]

Ok the process is entirely different if you're using a phone.

At the bottom of the reply box, you'll see a tab for Attachments. Tap it. Then tap "Add files". Then tap on whatever app the phone offers for finding your files. Browse around for your photo - I don't know where that is on your device so can't tell you. Hopefully one of the filters like "Images" will narrow it down, or it's a Recent file so it's up top. Tap the image once you find it and it should be added to the post's Attachments. Then click Submit as normal and it should show up.

[Bob the Stug]

[Bob the Stug]

Excellent, many thanks Tim, greatly appreciated!

Now back to my ?? Hopefully you can see the three bands running from the bow backwards.

[81542]

Bob,

I have recently "twigged" what you are on about.

What you are seeing is the overlap of one plate strake above another. I may be wrong but the Germans seem to have adopted this method of joining plates (at least in the above water part of the hull) in order to overcome the need to "joggle" in the side frames of the hull to accommodate the "inside" plates; which was done in British practise. The Germans may also have perceived that their system was stronger than anyone else's but I have no opinion on that: others may differ. The underwater part of the hull was, I believe a different matter. They did, in general, adopt the "in and out" system thus they would have had to "joggle" in the frames to accommodate the "inside" plates for smoothness.

It will be interesting to see how you achieve the desire effect.