Your build of the Bismark has brought back a lot of memories. I was a teenager when I built it and my friend Bill built the Hood, We sailed them in the creek out back of my house. Years later I built the Bismark for my 5 year old son. It was motored, but not RC.He enjoyed watching me build it and when it was done, painted and dry I did a dry run to make sure it worked. We went to a small pond located in a cemetery. (With what happened only fitting) The ship set sail and for some reason it reached the middle something went wrong. It wasn't going the way it should. In addition it was getting lower in the water. THen just like a real ship it turned bow down and sank. My son loved it and cheered and clapped as it went down.. I did recover it. Bill and I built a number of models before he got "To old" to play with toy. But we had good times. Now I have a new Bismarck to build and in honor of BillI who passed a number of years ago I have the Hood. So when I post it please recall this. THanks.
I am glad you didn't put the Swastika's on. Not that it offends me but in the life of Bismarck she only had those Swastika's painted on for about three days in order to prevent friendly fire as she was headed out to sea. They were painted over like you show the moment she got out to see.
The speed for this scale looks far too high to my uneducated eye. 34mph/200 = 0.17mph. The models look like they are traveling at human walking pace. Say 2-3mph? More dramatic perhaps?
Your build of the Bismark has brought back a lot of memories. I was a teenager when I built it and my friend Bill built the Hood, We sailed them in the creek out back of my house. Years later I built the Bismark for my 5 year old son. It was motored, but not RC.He enjoyed watching me build it and when it was done, painted and dry I did a dry run to make sure it worked. We went to a small pond located in a cemetery. (With what happened only fitting) The ship set sail and for some reason it reached the middle something went wrong. It wasn't going the way it should. In addition it was getting lower in the water. THen just like a real ship it turned bow down and sank. My son loved it and cheered and clapped as it went down.. I did recover it. Bill and I built a number of models before he got "To old" to play with toy. But we had good times. Now I have a new Bismarck to build and in honor of BillI who passed a number of years ago I have the Hood. So when I post it please recall this. THanks.
I am glad you didn't put the Swastika's on. Not that it offends me but in the life of Bismarck she only had those Swastika's painted on for about three days in order to prevent friendly fire as she was headed out to sea. They were painted over like you show the moment she got out to see.
Wonderful models, the wake is interesting, triple screw vs quad screws cause very different washes?
I have all 4 screws working on HMS Hood however, with Bismarck I only have the outer screws counter rotating with the middle one free turning.
@@davemanning4443 thanks! Looks fantastic
The speed for this scale looks far too high to my uneducated eye. 34mph/200 = 0.17mph. The models look like they are traveling at human walking pace. Say 2-3mph? More dramatic perhaps?