Unfortunately the club has disbanded do to shrinking membership, but many clubs are still active across the US and Australia.įirst things first – decide what ship you want to build. A Yamato weighs around 40 pounds and is around 6 foot in length and 10 inches in beam.Īlso new is our club's promotional video. The ships themselves can get fairly heavy. The guns way anywhere from a 1 to 1.5 pounds. They have a very good website which includes a list of currently active clubs. The currently are selling everything you need to battle. Big Gun is what is pictured in this instructable. Big Gun uses various ammo sizes upto 1/4' linked to the ships actual cannon size and allows you to arm all the guns. Small gun limits the number of cannon and they are all bb size. You can learn about the hobby from they support both versions of this hobby small gun and big gun. I made several design improvements to the cannon, but cost of having parts cnc'd drove the prices up to high. More about me.I've built 5 ships from scratch and used to run a small business selling supplies and building cannons for the ships. This instructable walks you through the process of building a model warship from just a set of overhead and side views. The only damage is to the balsa wood on the hull, since the internal components are protected by shielding, and the electronic equipment is usually waterproofed. The ships are quickly recovered, repaired, and put back in the game. This allows easy recovery of the ship when it sinks. The models are equipped with a float attached to a recovery line. They have bilge pumps to simulate damage control, are electric powered, and are armed with low-pressure CO2 cannons, that can rotate and depress. The wood or fiberglass hulls are covered with balsa wood skin. The ships are 1/144 scale (range from 3 to 6+ feet in length), WWI - WWII era (1900-1946) warships, transport ships, and occasionally submarines. But, we have to warn you, you're going to get hooked on this hobby. Any questions? Good, you can ask any Midwest Battle Group member. Oh, and we cannot forget the need to defend your port city from bombardment from sea. It's Allied versus Axis Battleships, and Cruisers and Destroyers maneuver for attack, or struggle to protect the cargo ships that are valiantly trying to get supplies through.

How else can you simulate real sea battles. Yes, we shoot holes in our models on purpose. All ships have a float and recovery line so there is no need to go swimming unless you want too. When enough holes are put in the easily punctured balsa wood covered hull to overload the internal bilge pump, the ship will sink. So what exactly is R/C Warship combat? It is a hobby where scale model warships, armed with low-pressure CO2 cannons, fire small ball bearings at an opposing ship. Welcome to the fascinating world of R/C BIG GUN Warship Combat.

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