An order has been placed with Strike Models for a Derfflinger Class Battlecruiser, turrets and plans. tephen tells me the order should go out Monday. I hope to use this thread for the build over the coming months. The boat will be built to conform with the following formats: IRCWCC MWC TREATY I will take as many pictures as possible during the build and will post them here and on the Treaty Yahoo site. I may even try my hand at a web site for the build. Thanks all,
That was my 1st ship, back when it was still Swampworks, about 6 yrs ago. It's a great kit and ship. OH, GOOD LUCK.....
I feel like a kid at Christmas. Can't wait to get it and get started. It looks like a very easy hull to sheet.
What are you going to do to be able to make it legal in the multiple formats? Interchangeable systems? Build to the most restrictive rules for each set? Sounds like an interesting project.
Treaty construction rules aren't much different then MWC and IRCWCC. Basically, you build for the tightest set of rules, then dial back the performance specs for speed and pump when running in Treaty. You might not be able to take advantage of every little thing that you could (say the two stringer rule in Treaty) but honestly, imho, this hobby shouldn't be about exploiting the rules as much as possible.
Snipe, I can utilize all the systems in a boat that is used in Treaty that are allowed in the other formats. I can have, gun boards, buttons on the radio and all the other bells and whistles. The rules just state that I can only fire 2 shots per second, pump X amount of water a minute and so on and so on. It should be a fun build. An added plus is not having to patch all that damage.
I'm not very familiar with the treaty rules so I dont really know what the big differences besides speed and pumping are. How do you normally control the pump output in treaty? I'd use an ESC but im sure there are other ways. Any other interesting schemes? Im assmuing you will be using an ESC for the speed differences as well but im sure you could get it done with changing gear ratios or prop sizes? Do you have something in your boat that limits you to two shots a second or does every captain just time that in their head?
As for me personally, I havent battled with the IRCWCC in several years, so I have just used smaller pumps to get my pump capacity down. Pots and ESCs are the easiest answer for a full sized IRCWCC/MWC pump. We allow changing batteries every sortie, so the loss associated with with a pot isnt a terrible deal. Most guys are using ESCs on drives now adays, I think I have the last servo style MAG in the club in my primary ship. I know one guy ripped his ESC out at the Conference after he went dead in the water and sunk, then had his ship start working again on the bench. I think he is going back to an ESC once he gets the wrinkles ironed out. Adding a longer pump discharge hose and just coiling it up some helps lower the pump flow a bit too. ESCs have been talked about, but I am not sure anyone has used one yet, and others have said it would be difficult to use an ESC because of no end point adjustment on the channels you'd plug it into. I'm not smart enough to know the truth on that. I think some guys have even tried running their pumps in reverse for treaty battles to get the flow down, but I am not positive. I've also sleeved down my standard 1 unit pump discharge to limit the pump flow that way. I honestly think using an ESC is probably the best way though if they can get it working that way. As for the shooting it's presently on the captain. When we hear someone that's shooting too fast at the pond, we usually just call out "rate of fire" and the perpetrator will back off. Some of the guys are working on firing circuits though to electronically limit the rate of fire. If they get that all worked out, I dont know if those will become mandatory or not.
Lutzow hull arrived today from Strike Models!! I posted a review in the Product Review section here on RCN. Let the building begin. Very nice hull, turrets and plans. Stephen and Keri were great to work with. Thank you both.
I will try and post some pictures of the hull and turrets tomorrow. Hope to stop by Lowes tomorrow after work and pick up some lumber for the subdeck and some oak for the 01 casemate area.
