traindaddy1 Wishing all: A Happy and Safe 4th of July.
Wishing all: A Happy and Safe 4th of July.
U.S.S. Wisconsin BB-64
Thanks Smokey! Oh wow! Oh wow-wow-wow!
I'll say it again, if the Navy had the battlewagons in commission in the 1970s I'd have joined the Navy instead of the Marines!
(If they still had PT boats too! Hey, I remember "McHale's Navy" and PT-73! To say nothing of PT-109!)
Anyway, here's my contribution to everyone's Fourth of July festivities! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNIITfUDkAE
The red coats are coming! The red coats are coming! Oh wait. They only have fifes and drums not muskets. I guess we'll let em go this time.
Same me, different spelling!
I'm guessing the Wisconsin moved about 30 feet to port while firing that broadside!
pennytrains The red coats are coming! The red coats are coming! Oh wait. They only have fifes and drums not muskets. I guess we'll let em go this time.
Don't worry, they're on OUR side! Back in the 18th Century military musicians wore reversed regimental colors to mark them as non-combatants. In this case the Virginia regiments wore blue coats faced with red so the musicians wore red coats faced blue. It's cool.
pennytrains I'm guessing the Wisconsin moved about 30 feet to port while firing that broadside!
Good guess! A full broadside from an Iowa Class battleship WOULD move the ship sideways. Presumably the same with other battleships as well.
It definitely rocked us. But What looks like a side-ways wake is just the water being broiled up by the muzzle blasts. The ship doesn't move an inch or even heel from a broadside.
The guns have a recoil slide of up to 48 inches and the shock is distributed evenly through the turret foundation and the hull structure. The mass of a 57,000 ton ship is just too great for the recoil of the guns to move it. Well, theoretically, a fraction of a millimeter.
I looked it up on the computer.
smokey1I looed it up on the computer.
I should have! The thing is I remembered reading about the ship moving sideways from a full broadside of the main battery in a book published during WW2. Oh well.
One thing the book DID have was a remarkable photograph taken duing a broadside where the camera caught the shells in flight, not distinctly but as black blurs. Interestingly the shells were all flying in a staggered formation which the book explained was on purpose. Instead of all firing simutaniously the guns were timed to fire at slight intervals to the shells wouldn't interfere with each others trajctories.
smokey1Not sure but it kinda makes sense, but I was told when on board ( by who, who knows) but if you fired the turrets at the same time in oppisite directions you would slightly twist the ship.
You know, that could make an interesting way of solving a mooring problem if there's no tugs available!
Just checking in on Facebook and I see...
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/bpUhqUzufdnjLQB1/?mibextid=xfxF2i
Looking good Mr President!
pennytrainsLooking good Mr President!
What a shock! I was expecting someone else!
I'm honored you're checking out our Facebook page Becky with so many others out there to choose from! Everyone else is invited as well, our club secretary Sonja does a bang-up job putting it all together, both photos and videos. https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaTrainCollectors/
I can't praise her enough!
In fact, our next club meeting on September 19 will feature a program on model railroad Heritage units which all might find interesting. The program will begin 7:15 EST and run to "whenever."
Now that my cover's blown ( ) I'm planning on attending the TCA York Train Meet this October, Friday and Saturday, so if any of you are there and recognize me feel more than free to step up and say "Hi!" I'd love to meet you myself!
Flintlock76 pennytrains Looking good Mr President! What a shock! I was expecting someone else! I'm honored you're checking out our Facebook page Becky with so many others out there to choose from! Everyone else is invited as well, our club secretary does a bang-up job putting it all together, both photos and videos. In fact, our next club meeting on September 19 will feature a program on model railroad Heritage units which all might find interesting. The program will begin 7:15 EST and run to "whenever." Now that my cover's blown ( ) I'm planning on attending the TCA York Train Meet this October, Friday and Saturday, so if any of you are there and recognize me feel more than free to step up and say "Hi!" I'd love to meet you myself!
pennytrains Looking good Mr President!
I'm honored you're checking out our Facebook page Becky with so many others out there to choose from! Everyone else is invited as well, our club secretary does a bang-up job putting it all together, both photos and videos.
Wish I could, but since my wife had her stroke 7 years ago, she can't travel more than 2 hrs before she starts hurting. So my traveling is limited. She gets around good but still needs my help for things like getting stuff out of the oven.
No plans for today. My noise canceling headphones which were suppose to get here by the 3rd arrived yesterday. Didn't help me for the 3rd & 4th fireworks. I ordered last night a power pack to jump the car or truck or mower if needed, For time being once charged it will be in the Nova. It arrived about 10:30 this a.m. Been running the standard gauge 400E with Stephen Girard passenger cars and my 392E with a freight consist behind it. For a bit daily. Hope all have a good day.
smokey1Wish I could, but since my wife had her stroke 7 years ago, she can't travel more than 2 hrs before she starts hurting. So my traveling is limited. She gets around good but still needs my help for things like getting stuff out of the oven.
So sorry to hear that. My best wishes to your wife Smokey!
Honestly I don't care for road trips of more than two hours duration myself but I do make exceptions on occasion York being one of them and out-of-state visits another.
Got my long lost #219 crane car in today :)
Only took it 1 yr. and 3 months LOL.
Good-lookin' piece of gear!
Hey Fife! Check this out!
I remember you mentioned that you had some of these "J" style sail boats in the past. Well this one took one too many trips from the window sill to the floor. Instead of repairing it, I decided to go ahead and saw off the board (stabilizer) so I could use it on the layout.
In doing this bit of surgery I discovered that the hull is hollow and stuffed with some kind of clay or concretion. Anyhow, it looks pretty good in my canal.
Looks good Becky. Nice job.
Looks good on the layout Becky! Who doesn't like the look of a nice picturesque sailboat? The layout's looking good as well! And that's a nice touch of the building flats against the wall to add some depth.
Thanks! It's humble, but it's just the start of a whole new layout plan.
I think I'm going to keep this track configuration for the Christmas layout. The only thing I'm not 100% sure about is the canal. As is the tree would have to go over it and I think the weight of it would damage my poster board waterway. Either way it's back to plasticville and an additional spur across the front for the standard gauge.
Hey, here's a video of a monster-ous O Gauge "traveling roadshow" layout belonging to the North Penn O Gaugers club. It was shot at last weekend's Greenberg show by a young aquaintance of mine. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3_7-Qb5qaU
( Don't forget to hit the "Like" button. It's the "Thumbs Up" icon.)
Click on the channel title "North Penn Valley..." for other videos, he gets around!
Nicely done!
A highly improbable consist.
Looks great Becky
pennytrainsA highly improbable consist.
Improbable, but nicely exotic!
Afternoon,
not much going on train wise, I mean I may see if I can get the C&NW diesels from Menards (powered and non-powered)...But that's it.
I am currently going to see if I can teach myself to code, so I can get my life together.
Not a lot going on here. I need to take a better picture but here is my 428, 429, 430, & 431. I had the 431 ( 6 wheel truck Dinnng car ) Just got the rest about 3 days ago.
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