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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Odd Vehicles And Ships

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: Odd Vehicles And Ships Posted: October 8th, 2014, 7:35 pm 

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Captain Robert M. Fryer, an American sea captain and inventor, designed and built his own variation of the roller ship concept in 1882 named the Alice No.1, which became known as the "queerest craft to ply the Hudson". Built at a yard in the village of Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York, the unusual c...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Odd Vehicles And Ships

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: Odd Vehicles And Ships Posted: October 8th, 2014, 5:58 pm 

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Thanks eswube.

@Rodondo - Unfortunately the most extensive source of information on either vessel is the short passages in "Niezwykłe okręty" that mention them. They seem to be experimental vessels that were little known outside of the communities of their builders.

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Do YOU know this Yugoslavian admiral?

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 Post subject: Re: Do YOU know this Yugoslavian admiral? Posted: October 8th, 2014, 1:55 pm 

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He's mentioned in the book "The Naval Policy of Austro-Hungary" as a Rear Admiral in command of the Danube Flotilla in 1917. Austro-Hungary was split apart at the end of WWI, and part of the Danube Flotilla ships were confiscated by the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It is likely that Wickerhau...

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: Portuguese Navy

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: Portuguese Navy Posted: October 8th, 2014, 1:19 pm 

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Your drawing is very accurate and is a fine example of a small ship in this scale.

Do plan on drawing the NPR Albatroz and NPR Acor as they appeared in service of East Timor?

 Forum: General Discussion  Topic: ONI-Defense's Worklist

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: ONI-Defense's Worklist Posted: October 8th, 2014, 12:57 am 

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Updated. October 7, 2014.

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Odd Vehicles And Ships

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Odd Vehicles And Ships Posted: October 7th, 2014, 9:35 pm 

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A thread for the oddballs and freaks of history and today. Thanks goes to eswube for providing references for these weird vessels from the book "Niezwykłe okręty" (Unusual Ships) by Jan Piwowoński. Wilcox Sea Palace. This boat is similar to the Winans family's cigar ships, however it had two cigar s...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: Republic of Texas

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: Republic of Texas Posted: October 7th, 2014, 3:57 pm 

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I love seeing my home state represented so well here.

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Random picture thread Mk 2

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: Random picture thread Mk 2 Posted: October 7th, 2014, 3:53 am 

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How Russians break ice. http://cdn.gajitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/russian-chainsaw-boat.jpg What a tragic end to the unfortunately named Love Love... http://bookofjoe.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c5dea53ef0133f5c40985970b-600wi ...actually the boat was built that way. French artist Julien Berthier...

 Forum: Non-Shipbucket Drawings  Topic: A yacht Heuser scale!

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: A yacht Heuser scale! Posted: October 7th, 2014, 3:04 am 

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I love all these yacht's of yours heuhen.

For the 3D models, which program do you use to model them with?

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: US Coast Guard 250' Lake class cutters

ONI-Defense
 Post subject: Re: US Coast Guard 250' Lake class cutters Posted: October 6th, 2014, 10:44 pm 

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Excellent work. I concur with maomatic, it'd be nice to see how the Lake class cutters appeared in British service. :)
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