Title: A battleship you can tow!
DirkPitt - June 21, 2007 07:54 PM (GMT)
OK ... I want one! :)
Admiral Graf Spee
Model build by William Terra, Maine, USA
Scale 1:20
The model is scratch build like a canoe using 2,54 - 10,16 cm (1 - 4 in) bass wood strips and then covered with fiberglass.
Estimated weight 318 kg (700 lbs).
The beam is 1,32 meter (52 in).
The length is about 9,1 meter (30 foot).
It can carry 2 persons.
The model is powered by a 15 hp (11,2 kw) outboard engine under rear gun turret.
It can sail 24 kilometer per hour (15 mph).
Furthermore the model has a music system build in.
While William Terra cruise the lakes of Maine he enjoy listen to Wagner.
The Commander-in-Chief in the photographs below is William Terra.
William Terra would like to see more models build in this scale.
Construction time 4 years, so far. It is estimated to require at least two more years of work to make the model complete.
more pics
Admiral Graf Spee
Model build by William Terra, Maine, USA
Scale 1:20
The model is scratch build like a canoe using 2,54 - 10,16 cm (1 - 4 in) bass wood strips and then covered with fiberglass.
Estimated weight 318 kg (700 lbs).
The beam is 1,32 meter (52 in).
The length is about 9,1 meter (30 foot).
It can carry 2 persons.
The model is powered by a 15 hp (11,2 kw) outboard engine under rear gun turret.
It can sail 24 kilometer per hour (15 mph).
Furthermore the model has a music system build in.
While William Terra cruise the lakes of Maine he enjoy listen to Wagner.
The Commander-in-Chief in the photographs below is William Terra.
William Terra would like to see more models build in this scale.
Construction time 4 years, so far. It is estimated to require at least two more years of work to make the model complete.
more pics
oswalder - June 21, 2007 09:46 PM (GMT)
That is really awesome. I could totally cruise around on a little lake in one of those. Now if only you could get one of the rear turrets to fire out some trolling lures. :lol:
Can anyone tell how the driver can see to steer the thing? It looks like he's facing the main superstructure with no good window to see through.
Can anyone tell how the driver can see to steer the thing? It looks like he's facing the main superstructure with no good window to see through.
Andy in West Oz - June 21, 2007 10:58 PM (GMT)
Very, very cool. Now we just need an Exeter, Achilles and Ajax to keep the Graf Spee well behaved! :P
Looks like some of the superstructure is see through, Erik.
beer:
Looks like some of the superstructure is see through, Erik.
beer:
Owen Ruger - July 3, 2007 03:02 PM (GMT)
Okay, that's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I want on too!
Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, school and the wife with one on the way! Have a great 4th everyone. cop:
Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, school and the wife with one on the way! Have a great 4th everyone. cop:
oswalder - July 3, 2007 05:38 PM (GMT)
I just remembered that we have a lot of really old comic books up at my cabin. Things like Donald Duck, Yogi Bear, and other Hanna Barbara cartoons. Anyway, there is an advertisement in the back cover of one for your very own rideable tanks, complete with rotating turret. Plus, it only cost like $0.38 or something (like I said, the comic book was old). I couldn't tell what kind of propulsion it used, I imagine you pumped it like a bicycle. Growing up, I wanted one so badly. p: