RE: Newbie here, how does it all work?
Umi,
Old message (I am thinking Nov. battle). Yep, the ballast shifting was to get the bow further up the beach.
As for the links, there are two groups that I am following on the Yahoo site. Both have to be signed up for to post, perhaps to read, don't know. The one for Big Guns is called BigGunsModelWarship and is at [link=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BigGunsModelWarship/]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BigGunsModelWarship/[/link]
The other group is the Small-Gun or Fast Gun group, IRCWCC at [link=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IRCWCC/]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IRCWCC/[/link].
You can view them on the web by going to Yahoo.com, then choosing Groups, then going to the groups I listed above. The groups have pictures, files, links, etc. Lively discussions as well. We would be happy to see you there.
Wreno