Have to check that out when I get some spare time...
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Watched a programme on the history of the IJN the other day on the History Channel was most interesting and they mentioned the Yamato and her sister ship a bit plus had graphics of them. I also hear there is to be a film made in japan about the Yamato...
Oh and I am shortly to be building a 1:350 scale model of her so that should be fun:)
Oh and I am shortly to be building a 1:350 scale model of her so that should be fun:)
I thougt there was already at least one film about the Yamato?Watched a programme on the history of the IJN the other day on the History Channel was most interesting and they mentioned the Yamato and her sister ship a bit plus had graphics of them. I also hear there is to be a film made in japan about the Yamato...
Oh and I am shortly to be building a 1:350 scale model of her so that should be fun:)
maybe it has been made already
I noticed that on the submarine one setting will actually have the screws going in opposite directions, permitting a faster turn.
For those that are familiar with the Bismark, her sea trials/shakedown cruise revealed that upon deactivation of her rudder, she could not steer with just screws.
As fate would have it, she was struck by way of airbone torpedo at her rudder.
The sub model has a very slow rate of turn, it doesn't seem to right for a sub this size, it's not that much bigger than the convoy escorts. About the only way for me to cope with the lack of survivability is to wait for the escorts to get within a km, dive, shut off the engines and turn hard so that when the escort is overhead, I can go full power and avoid getting killed.
For those that are familiar with the Bismark, her sea trials/shakedown cruise revealed that upon deactivation of her rudder, she could not steer with just screws.
As fate would have it, she was struck by way of airbone torpedo at her rudder.
The sub model has a very slow rate of turn, it doesn't seem to right for a sub this size, it's not that much bigger than the convoy escorts. About the only way for me to cope with the lack of survivability is to wait for the escorts to get within a km, dive, shut off the engines and turn hard so that when the escort is overhead, I can go full power and avoid getting killed.