Whilst sorting through my box of Belle Époque-related bits and pieces I found two torpedo launches that I built many years ago for a long-forgotten project. They look like this ...
... and were built from some 1:87th-scale ship's lifeboats, some Plasticard sheet and girders, some spare funnels from the old Airfix model of HMS Iron Duke, and some bits and pieces from my large spares box. All they need is a coat of paint and then they can become part of one (or more) of my Belle Époque navies.
The torpedoes for these launches – which I have mislaid/lost – were made from aircraft drop tanks which looked similar to early Whitehead torpedoes.
A Whitehead torpedo on display at the Naval Museum in La Spezia, Italy.
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This was a very creative use of spares and kitbashing/ kit mingling Bob. Your torpedo launchers looks terrific.
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