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 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: The Roller Ships That Never Were

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: The Roller Ships That Never Were Posted: October 5th, 2014, 9:57 pm 

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Thanks. :)

I plan on drawing the last of Knapp's roller ships, the royal liner, sometime this week and eventually the Bazin liner.

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: The Roller Ships That Never Were

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: The Roller Ships That Never Were Posted: October 5th, 2014, 5:05 am 

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While searching through Google's patent search, I happened to stumble across another buoyant propeller/roller ship concept I had been looking for. In 1896, Goldsbury Pond invented his own version of the buoyant propeller concept, this one however consisting of a tread (referred to as an endless rail...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: The Weirdest "Warship" Never Built

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 Post subject: Re: The Weirdest "Warship" Never Built Posted: October 3rd, 2014, 5:58 pm 

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I found it odd at how lightly armed it was as well.

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: The Roller Ships That Never Were

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: The Roller Ships That Never Were Posted: October 3rd, 2014, 3:10 am 

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Well, it turns out while I was reading through the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation, I was wrong about that patent image, that wasn't the design for the Alice No.2, but an early concept of a ship using his spherical version of the buoyant propeller, the description of Alice No.2 is an upsc...

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: The Roller Ships That Never Were

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: The Roller Ships That Never Were Posted: October 2nd, 2014, 5:53 pm 

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Perfect. Thank you very much. Not only can I go ahead with Alice No1, but I can draw the Sea Palace and Sang's Raft as well. The book on steamship history I have is a collection of news stories and magazine articles on these strange historic vessels, however the chronological collection lacks images.

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: The French Battleship Jean Bart

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 Post subject: Re: The French Battleship Jean Bart Posted: October 2nd, 2014, 3:30 pm 

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Glad to see this nearly completed, or uncompleted as I should say. ;)

I always enjoy the history of the ships as well as the drawings themselves, and the Jean Bart's escape to Casablanca is especially interesting.

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: The Roller Ships That Never Were

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: The Roller Ships That Never Were Posted: October 1st, 2014, 5:29 pm 

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I found the patent for Robert Fryer's buoyant propeller ship, which if built would have been named Alice No.2 http://www.google.com/patents/US233086 I'm still hoping that I can acquire an image of the Alice No.1 which was built, however no luck so far. Well I did find a source in a footnote in the b...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Small Ships

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: Small Ships Posted: October 1st, 2014, 2:46 pm 

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I'm not sure how to classify the Zorb. Does it count as a watercraft/vessel? :? --- This odd vessel is a lighter built by Samuel Pine in 1882 at Long Island for Senor Diaz to serve in the lighterage service in Cuba. What made it unusual was that it was propelled by two screw type propellers mounted ...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Merchant Ships

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 Post subject: Re: Merchant Ships Posted: October 1st, 2014, 3:06 am 

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So I was doing more research and I found an issue of Harper's Weekly from 1882 that has an image of Captain Fryer's Alice No.1 and a detailed description of Alice No.2. I also found an image of the SS Buoyant Propeller through a search of the US Patents Office database. Expect more roller ships soon...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Bremen-class light cruisers

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 Post subject: Re: Bremen-class light cruisers Posted: October 1st, 2014, 12:06 am 

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Beautiful work on the Bremens.

I find the barracks ship conversion really interesting, as well as the story of the Hamburg's career overall.
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