1/72 Scale Mk 51 Mine

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Model making is my hobby. I have enjoyed this hobby for many years. The parts in my shop were designed by me for my own projects. I decided to make them available for others to use.

Over the years I have been asked many time which items for painting and assembling my model I recomend. The following is some of the items I
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This controlled mine for harbor defense is typically laid in groups of 13. Mk 51 is a vertical cylinder (62 x 37 in), carrying 3275 lb of TNT (total weight is 6200 lb). Mk 51 resembles Mk 18, but Mk 51 is substantially larger. This weapon was probably exported after World War II. Mk 51 Mod 0 was designed to counter conventional submarines, and it was modified postwar (to Mod 1) to counter midgets down to a 30-ton displacement. Mod 1 uses Acoustic System Mk 6, a line of hydrophones. The mine itself has a magnetic induction sensor. The operator ashore, who can monitor 10 hydrophone channels (13 mines/ group), has access to both the acoustic and magnetic sensor outputs. The operator times mine firing based in part on a judgment of the size of target. Target size is indicated in part by the number of mines responding to the target.

https://hartshorn.us/Navy/navy-mines.htm