Hello All,
My name is David Hughes. Several years ago I built a model of the Royal Navy Astute class SSN. I entered the competition that was for builders on the Caswell site and subsequently my efforts got trashed by he who shall not be named. At the time I thought that rather harsh and moved on. A couple of weeks later I received a nifty little box in the mail full of Goodies. So there’s a sunny side to getting trashed by Dave.
Anyway, looking back over that episode and re-reading Dave’s comment on my work I understand where he’s coming from. I look back over it myself and oouch! I still love my Astute, it’s cool in a really boxy way. As my friend John Slater said, it really is a ‘muscle submarine’. She runs really well.
Anyway I’m throwing my hat into the ring so to speak and starting another build. Heck, sure I’ve got enough on my plate with retraining and going back to Uni as well as holding down full time work but the creative urge will not be deterred. So I’m sure dave will trash my efforts, He may even call me a freaking 72 scale fiend from Oz land, Except I don’t do 72nd. I can handle it. Actually I don’t really do any scale and that probably drives people up the wall. So don’t ask what my next boats scale will be because I don’t know!
Enough about that. The boat that I’m doing is one I’ve wanted to do for years. I am finally getting around to building the HMS Resolution Class SSBN. I’ve always liked British boats. I think they have really interesting character. The Whale like bow in particular gets me. This feature has evolved over time through both SSN’s and SSBN’s and I’ve always though some of the subtle curves are so cool.
I have picked a challenging design. In this I mean that information is actually hard to come by. I have trolled the internet for hours looking for good photos of this boat. There are a few really good pics available but not a lot. I have a bit of a conspiracy theory here… Most of the photos that I have of Resolution and her sisters of which there were three more HMS Renown, Repulse and Revenge are taken from the bow aspect. There are very few amidships pics and almost no close up pictures of the rear.
There is a photo here that shows Revenge during her launch. All the launch pictures that I have seen are from this aspect of from ground level. There is not one showing the rear. Is this a deliberate policy? Other than launch photos there is one pic of Revenge in Dry dock which I think was taken after she was decommissioned. This is a useful pic, but once again is taken from a similar angle.
Just last year I was over in Edinburgh and walked over the Forth Bridge. Rosyth, in the distance. So close yet so far. 6 years earlier I was also there and contacted the shipyard telling them I would love to have a look at the R class boats. I was told it was out of the Question…
It’s easier to get hold of better dry dock photo’s of Vanguard that reveal more, than it is to get pics of a boat that has been decommissioned for almost twenty years! Pic the logic out of that one!
Enough for now.
Davidh
My name is David Hughes. Several years ago I built a model of the Royal Navy Astute class SSN. I entered the competition that was for builders on the Caswell site and subsequently my efforts got trashed by he who shall not be named. At the time I thought that rather harsh and moved on. A couple of weeks later I received a nifty little box in the mail full of Goodies. So there’s a sunny side to getting trashed by Dave.
Anyway, looking back over that episode and re-reading Dave’s comment on my work I understand where he’s coming from. I look back over it myself and oouch! I still love my Astute, it’s cool in a really boxy way. As my friend John Slater said, it really is a ‘muscle submarine’. She runs really well.
Anyway I’m throwing my hat into the ring so to speak and starting another build. Heck, sure I’ve got enough on my plate with retraining and going back to Uni as well as holding down full time work but the creative urge will not be deterred. So I’m sure dave will trash my efforts, He may even call me a freaking 72 scale fiend from Oz land, Except I don’t do 72nd. I can handle it. Actually I don’t really do any scale and that probably drives people up the wall. So don’t ask what my next boats scale will be because I don’t know!
Enough about that. The boat that I’m doing is one I’ve wanted to do for years. I am finally getting around to building the HMS Resolution Class SSBN. I’ve always liked British boats. I think they have really interesting character. The Whale like bow in particular gets me. This feature has evolved over time through both SSN’s and SSBN’s and I’ve always though some of the subtle curves are so cool.
I have picked a challenging design. In this I mean that information is actually hard to come by. I have trolled the internet for hours looking for good photos of this boat. There are a few really good pics available but not a lot. I have a bit of a conspiracy theory here… Most of the photos that I have of Resolution and her sisters of which there were three more HMS Renown, Repulse and Revenge are taken from the bow aspect. There are very few amidships pics and almost no close up pictures of the rear.
There is a photo here that shows Revenge during her launch. All the launch pictures that I have seen are from this aspect of from ground level. There is not one showing the rear. Is this a deliberate policy? Other than launch photos there is one pic of Revenge in Dry dock which I think was taken after she was decommissioned. This is a useful pic, but once again is taken from a similar angle.
Just last year I was over in Edinburgh and walked over the Forth Bridge. Rosyth, in the distance. So close yet so far. 6 years earlier I was also there and contacted the shipyard telling them I would love to have a look at the R class boats. I was told it was out of the Question…
It’s easier to get hold of better dry dock photo’s of Vanguard that reveal more, than it is to get pics of a boat that has been decommissioned for almost twenty years! Pic the logic out of that one!
Enough for now.
Davidh
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