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Boy the Cannon Class has reall got a lot of documentation! Hardly anythig for the John C Butler though! Got good info on the 5" gun turrents at this site: http://www.de220.com/ Also some really good deck views of USS TWEEDY in Mothballs undergoing an Incline Test. I did a mockup...

Atually what I've done so far was a free download of a Uraguay NAvy CAnnon Class DE. I used Adobe Acrobat to up size it to 155% to get it in the 1:200 range. The deck and hull sides were included, So I'm just gonna enlarge them too. Need to sand the frame up real good. As a mater of general...

Made some progress today! Slotted the bulkheads, and cut out the stringers at the waterline. Glued it all together, still needs some sanding, but its starting to look like a DE! First view is from above.....the second from the keel. Card modeling is too cool!

Thats Good to know! I just ordered it from Hobbylinc.com! Theres a stand that you can get with the saw, that makes it into a table top jigsaw, but I either freehand or jus keep moving the workpieceso th immediat cutting area hangs over the edge of the table a bit , while the rest of the...

YEah theres a power supply involved. Mine actually came from Sears as Craftsman had a Mini Tools line fer a while. Microlux is sold at Micro Mark, there is also a mini belt sander I have found invaluable, I actually wore the first one out. Theres also a Proxxon line and a Minicraft tools line...

Ok....I have collected enough data, and I think I'll start the show. This is my first full hull build and its gonna be a kit/scratch/bash. Enlarged the plans for the hull and laminated them to the cardboard backing off of an old drawing pad. Now the fun part, cutting out the keel and the...

Wow.....I figgered the vets here had fopund all the free links that were linkable........Urugauy Navy site....theres a Heavy Cruiser, French Frigate and the Graf Spee too! http://www.geocities.com/cutelo02/

OK...I've upscaled a Free download Cannon Class found on the net to roughly 1:200 scale. Is there a rule of thumb about how far apart the bulkheads need to be in the eggcrate to make a really good support? Would 9 bulkheads of 1mm cardboard in roughly 18" be sufficient, or do I need to fab up...

Groovy! All info would be appreciated.....I've got a Battle Off Samar thing going....wanna do a full hull John C Butler, Gambier Bay (Piece of cake eh?) and would someone PLEASE design a Fletcher? Guess I can go ahean and start that hull!

OK class, Do the John C Butler Class and Cannon Class DEs share the same hull? Both wre built in 1943 and are significantly different in a lot of ways, but can a full hull model of one be used to support the deck and superstructure of another? http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/099.htm...

Great build! I actually got this model as a freebie when I ordered the Cleopatra from PMS, looks like it will be a good warmup exercise before convertingthe Cleo into HMS Surprise.....

OK...looks like midway on Page 12 out of 13 it switches over to the new site in JAn 2004. Is there more after this?

HEy Good Idea!!!! Would sorta be a natcheral wouldn;t it?

Ahhh I understood that to be the case......just wanted to make sure I had it all. I too can send it to anyone interested, and will check with a freind to see if I can get some bandwidth to host the ZIP file.......

I have possessed the magic and majestrythat is the Cleo Thread......adn I find that the project is a bit less intimitading......Definately a long term build.....I find I am in need of a tutorial on the basics of rolling masts and spars from paper...I am conviced that Cleopatra can be built into...

Thanks to jyduchene I now possess the magic that is the Cleo thread too......One monor question.....It did end with page 13 and never advanced as far as the masts spars and rigging?

Ummmm does this mean YES? Someone has it?

WOOT! Cleo came today! Now thats service!!!! Looks like she's already in a slight Nelson Chequer.....not 100% the same as the photos....anyone got the Cleo Thread?

Ummmm anyone still got this thread saved? I'd really appreciate it...just got Cleo in my hot little hands....

The Enterprise plans seem to be close to the Surprize in her "Nelson Chequer" preferred by Jack Aubry. This seems that it would only require modification to the paint scheme on her hull. Indeed, the plans look very similar to the Cleo as printed. Seems I got the last Cleo from the Paper Model...