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Just make it a bit bigger, and then you have more space to play with...say six feet long?
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Hard to know until I make a sample mechanism. Money is tight right now, so I have no R&D budget. I'm hoping for about 3 feet being big enough. That's mostly because transportation would be difficult. I also hope to scale it to one or another size of miniature soldiers, like maybe the 54mm guys.
One good thing is that all the rowers are belowdecks, and won't have to be seen. And the bigger it is, the bigger the motors, the bigger the batteries. As it is, probably a lawnmower battery will be required. I don't want to buy some expensive battery that's super specialized. Small motorcycle batteries might be too big. Hard to say. Many things to work out.
But if it ever hits water and floats, wow! How cool would that be?? :!: 8)
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Go for it..I wish I had space for projects like that!! 8)
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:lol: If I can catch them!
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You wouldn't have to catch them, just burn their sails with the catepult!! :lol: Then you can catch them at your leisure! 8)
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...or just fire a ballista bolt at the primer, and since they're SHELLS, they'd just explode. Heh.
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As the subject's model biremes, check out this 41" long, pre-made, Greek bireme:
HERE
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It's worth taking a look through the shop as well.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/modelshipboutique
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Its nice, but what are the spears about protruding from the Bow? I don't think that is what the Corinthian improvements during the Peloponesean war were all about..... :? ?
Nice model all the same!
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Found this ARLT page with diagrams, including cross sections:
http://blog.arlt.co.uk/blog/Models/_arc ... 23482.html
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