GUN TURRETS
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Forum Name: Modelling
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Printed Date: 26 March 2026 at 7:37pm
Topic: GUN TURRETS
Posted By: john allsop
Subject: GUN TURRETS
Date Posted: 13 May 2009 at 8:39pm
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I am new here and i need to find out if the "domes" on the gun turrets are available in 1/24 scale as used on HSLs, i have looked at Deans web site and they don,t seem to have them available for scratch builders. Also i am interested in HSLs built by Herbert Woods and would like to obtain drawings in 1/24 scale. At present i have 9 RAF boats built from John Pritchards drawings, I suspect this is a recurring request about the gun turrets. ------------- JOHN |
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Posted By: Yabbie 1
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 4:20am
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John, I asked a modeller friend what he did for turrets and he said he made his own from aryclic sheet, heated in an oven and then moulded to shape with a male and female die made from turned and polished wood. Not much help I suppose if you just want to buy some.
Yabbie 1
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Posted By: john allsop
Date Posted: 17 May 2009 at 5:20am
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YABBIE, thank you for the info, it,s also in another posting, i will have to make the former by hand unless i can find something suitable. If i remember correctly the "domes" on the whaleback sort of spread out and are a larger diameter than the cylindrical lower part of turret, i must look at photos, no problem as i have plenty in books. I usually make everything myself. The next time i go to a city i will call in the model shop. Minus 4c to-day with snow although it was nice yesterday and i rigged my new Lateen sail for my kayak, went into the"bush" last weekend, saw moose and bears. ------------- JOHN |
Posted By: jimmy p
Date Posted: 22 May 2009 at 2:58am
Can you get plans for the boulton paul turrets? Thinking of working on a rather large scale model soon ------------- A boat is a hole in the water surrounded by wood, into which one throws money |