Richard Welling Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 /media/tinymce_upload/494250c22b6e6c5bc4b6bff2f0982916.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/c7e2555f639cb1f85639b36fab9351a3.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/646a0489ece51172219f05e91eba3ef4.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/ff48ee4393d939182ef441ca2969b724.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/7fe887b599cc96bee500d1bc2f7fba00.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/3f1f57a4c381ca19a8ae5e265884f85c.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/96309fc9bbd6ddda02b6ca63ec1434ea.jpgHMS Hood was due for reconstruction in the late 1930s, but the time could not be found.If she had been reconstructed, it would have probably been along the lines of HMS Renown, or possibly, she would have carried 12 to 16 x 5.25s as a secondary armament.This reconstruction is a bit ahead of its time, but what-ifs are part of the fun, a pastime given to me and respected by me by those brave men who fought and died for my freedom.For all its horror, World War II was a just war, for all its faults, democracy is a fleeting institution, measured against 50,000 years of human "progress".Anyway, I have rebuilt the Hood a number of times, including a few fairly conventional reconstructions, but here is a very unique one:1/600 HMS Hood, armoured angled flight deck battleship-carrier.6 x 14" guns. 16 x 4.5 DP. 46 x 40mm AA 32 x 20mm AA. 40 aircraft.Flight deck 608 x 96 feet. 2 catapults, one fixed, one rotating. 2 lifts, 9 arrester wires. 8 searchlights. 2 main fire control and five secondary AA directors. Radar fitted.Length 860 feet. Max beam, including 8 degree angled deck, 122 feet.2 Lifs, 3 Hanger areas, 3 machine shop/repair areas, lower half hanger built onto the quarterdeck. Total of 40 aircraft, 18 fighters, 10 fighter bombers, 12 torpedo bombers, with other part of lower hanger used for aircrew accomodation.Hull Armoured against 11" shellfire ie 9" belt), hangers, including armoured flight deck, armoured against 8" shellfire, ie 6" hagners, about 4.5" to 5" armoured flight deck.Flight deck angled and hull bulged to port to help offset the weight of the starboard control positions/funnel etc.Spent many hours tinkering and improving it over the years. Going to add some deck railing to it soon, but doing the rigging is a bit hard, as all the main pieces move and lift out...One of the starboard twin 4.5's needs a fix up too.A what if hybrid ship, one of a kind, too bad force Z didn't have something like it...You can do a lot with 1/600 ships and an imagination, I wish they would make more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Meister1707820176 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Looks really cool. You wouldn't want to be taking off with those guns firing!That huge under deck section made me think of this http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/105500/Aircraft-Carrier-Golf-Course-105630.jpgWould be fun to do something similar but with the under deck being a swimming pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 What a great what-if, well done, and I admire your modelling skills to say nothing about your imagination. Super job and one to be proud of.Remember we do this for fum John the Pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Welling Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 What a great what-if, well done, and I admire your modelling skills to say nothing about your imagination. Super job and one to be proud of.Remember we do this for fum John the PomThanks John. It is very nice of you to say so, however, my modelling skills are rather mediocre, compared to say, ships that Patrick Camilleri has done.They are amazing, especially that 1/600 example of HMS Roberts, that is a real beauty.Anyway, despite my rather average modelling skills, I enjoy the 1/600 ships, like Patrick, for their adaptability.Whilst I am not great at scratch building parts, Airfix 1/600 parts are so adaptable.I especially like making "never were" ships and hybrids, just to see how much we can adapt the design within the available dimensions..One reason I always bought Airfix ships were that they were available and cheap.The Asian made 1/700 ships were always very expensive. Now it is the other way around.1/700 is everywhere, 1/600 is hard to get. A pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKev Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Great concept, but still hard to beat the looks of the original, even 100 years on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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