1:20 Graf Spree

[Stewart]

https://www.bismarck-class.dk/shipmodels/german_models/admiralgrafspeeterra.html

Model build by William Terra, Maine, USA
Kit Manufacturer Scratch build
Scale 1:20
Additional Information The model is scratch build like a canoe using 2,54 - 10,16 cm (1 - 4 in) bass wood strips and then covered with fiberglass.
Estimated weight 318 kg (700 lbs).
The beam is 1,32 meter (52 in).
The length is about 9,1 meter (30 foot).
It can carry 2 persons.
The model is powered by a 15 hp (11,2 kw) outboard engine under rear gun turret.
It can sail 24 kilometer per hour (15 mph).
Furthermore the model has a music system build in.
While William Terra cruise the lakes of Maine he enjoy listen to Wagner.
The Commander-in-Chief in the photographs below is William Terra.
William Terra would like to see more models build in this scale.
Construction time 4 years, so far. It is estimated to require at least two more years of work to make the model complete.

 

[Steve_S]

OMG.... He sits in it!!! I want to ride in that thing!

 

[Baz]

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William Terra would like to see more models build in this scale.

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How about a 1/20 of HMS Ajax and watch them go at it!

 

[Roger]

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William Terra would like to see more models build in this scale.

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How about a 1/20 of HMS Ajax and watch them go at it!

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Don't forget Exeter and Achilles!

 

[kennypinkerton]

Wow!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

That's way cooler than the stuff they make around here...

 

[weewillie]

thats one heck of a fishin boat

 

[JamesWilson]

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Construction time 4 years, so far. It is estimated to require at least two more years of work to make the model complete.

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Six years!? Why, that's practically enough time to do a big Healey.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif

 

[kennypinkerton]

Things slow down once you actually start using it, I would imagine. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[JamesWilson]

ARRRRGGGGHHHHH! as Charlie Brown would say... I might never finish it then.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonod.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif

 

[coldplugs]

The numbers on the bow (and the 2 stickers) are a Maine boat registration. It's interesting that his reg (ME109E) also has a German WW2 connection. (I know it's really "Bf" but "ME" was pretty commonly used).

 

[kennypinkerton]

I saw the Messerschmidt numbers too. I have a nice guillows kit of one on the entertainment center, along with a FW190.

 

[Peter_Rogers]

that is awesome. Now all it needs are a couple of real guns in the Turret and you could really have some fun. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif

 

[Dave Richards]

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Wow!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif That's way cooler than the stuff they make around here...

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