This is my Radio Controlled 1/48 scale Battleship, USS Tennessee BB43. She is 12ft / 4m long and I am still adding things to it. I had to build its own trailer to transport and store. She is launched and retrieved the same as a normal boat and I built her own WWII dock to park it when on the water. Together with her own Tug and a Collier cargo ship 'River Burnett' to escort, also both in 1/48 scale. River Burnett is designed to sink, then I can raise it again with a switch on on the transmitter.
The working search lights on Tennessee are surefire tactical torch heads, which puts a good solid beam of light across the water when night sailing. Besides the navigation lights she also has superstructure illumination lights together with working street lamps on the dock. All four motors are water cooled with cooling fans throughout the ship and directed out the funnel. She has her own sound system which I can play 6 different pre-recorded sounds. This includes ship announcements, 1940s music and a call to battle stations with an anti air battle. It also has pre recorded morse code that is displayed from signal lamps near the bridge. I can rotate the main gun turrets and I am about to build the firing mechanism of flash and smoke. The sound for the guns is already in the sound system. She is close to 100% scale, however not 100%, as I added things like a bow thruster etc. All of the other actions you can see in the movie.
The Tennessee is made from Timber, sheet metal, white metal, fiberglass, bits of my kids toys, anything that I could lay my hands on really. You are only limited by your imagination.
Some of the photos have been taken by a really talented photographer at the club. River Burnett was built by a very experienced model craftsman. I just gave it a birthday and added some TLC
She normally sails at the Sunshine Coast Model Boat Club, Sunshine Coast Australia.
I hope you enjoy watching as much as I have enjoyed building her.
30 сен 2024
