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RogerBW
RogerBW
Sat, Jan 26, 2013 10:51am

The engineering is lovely. The days when one could see what was happening; I’m sure that’s some of the appeal of steampunk.

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Danielm80
Danielm80
Sat, Jan 26, 2013 11:31pm

The fact that this exists makes me feel better about the world.

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Captain_Swing666
Captain_Swing666
Sun, Jan 27, 2013 12:45pm

I’m sure you’ve been told this but the front guns are trained and elevated on the Scratchwoods Services  some 12.5 miles away on the M1.

I find that kind of comforting and the ultimate in customer service solutions: “That sandwich was stale”. Shoot!!!!!

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Mara Katz
Mara Katz
Mon, Jan 28, 2013 3:21pm

…make smoke?

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RogerBW
RogerBW
Mon, Jan 28, 2013 3:24pm

If you change the fuel composition slightly, you can cause the boilers to emit thick black smoke rather than the usual fairly wispy stuff. This is quite handy for confusing the enemy as to where other ships in your fleet might be. (At least in the era before universal radar; Belfast was built when it still made some sense.)

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