im thinking of building the russian destoryer Novik launched in 1910 but idk how early the rules will let me go as far as the year the vessle was launched.
I like this little destroyer. I found plans online, copied, enlarged, and adjusted them. I think it would make a great 1/144 ship. One rudder, one powered prop, should be able add 3/8" or so to depth of hull and stay within limits. I built a 5lb Capitani Romani with almost 1lb to spare. It has two motors and torp setup for "Big Gun". EDIT: I believe the weight is going to be about 1lb built with scale draft. About 3 lbs at 1/96 scale.
Doable but tricky. Would at most mount a single-shot spurt gun from an accumulator. Sounds like something I would do to prove I could. If you do it, Ben, check the Orfey builds in the build forum. If you have questions, I'd be happy to help. But it WILL be tricky If you'd like to do a Russian cruiser instead (a bit easier but still small and cool), I have free plans I can email you.
She actually weighs a hair more (2.56# max model weight in MWC), and has 3 shafts vice 2, which makes her better for our purposes, since you can just drive the center shaft and have two drag props!
I can't remember where I saw the plans, but it was from one of the Polish Plans services for model makers (not profile morskie).
