What's new at the Home Port of Big Gun Warship Combat?

11/27/2011

• What's this? An update nearly 6 years after the last? Could it be?? Yes, it is. The first of the mothballs is coming off the old site. We'll just have to see what comes of it.

03/30/2005

• Updated the Project California page. For those that have followed the VERY long on-again /off-again saga, you might be interested in learning that a CNC mill has been found and on its way. This opens up all kinds of possibilities for Project California, and maybe some other things as well.

10/29/2004

• Updated the Homeports page with a new link to the R/C Naval Supply, and new parts provider of props, struts and bilge pumps. Also, added a link to Solder Tools, a provider of butane solder tools, torches, guns and supplies.

03/28/2004

• The Big Gun e-amil list service has changed providers. Ship-to-Ship is now serviced by FreeLists.org. Visit Ship-to Ship for instructions and feature descriptions.

10/26/2003

• Added a hull photo section to the Project California page. Details on the frame assembly and cannon mock-up position. Also added a somewhat off-topic photo section dedicated to my Arizona model. This is a post-Pearl model, repreenting the ship as she was on December 10, 1941. USS Arizona, BB-39, Photo Album.

06/13/2003

• Began the Naval Code page. This will be the clearing house for Big Gun Rules from various clubs, including a comparison of all details. There will also be recommendations based on historical usage and playability.

02/28/2003

• Updated the Project California page. The main armament design has changed and improved. A graphic of the new cannon is now included.

08/01/2002

• Added 2 articles to the Naval War College page. They are "Quality Combat," published in the AusBG newsletter in July, 2002, and "The Condensed History of Combat Capable Torpedo Development."

04/11/2002

• Updated the Homeports page with a new link to the BBG. They have revised their site layout. Check it out!

04/11/2002

• Updated the Project California page.

03/18/2002

• Updated the Homeports page with a link to the "How To Manual" from the MBG. The manual is hosted online by BDE R/C Combat Supplies .

02/18/2002

• The Naval War College was updated with three articles by Stuart Calvert, of the NZBG, a 1/96 scale club. The first 2 were included because of their excellent technique of producing great superstructure detail with ease and speed. The 3rd presents a rotation option for single-barrel piston selector-type cannons.

01/25/2002

• Search Ops Redesigned the Search Page to better serve Big Gun sites, and to effectively eliminate unrelated outside hits. Several homepages were added to the index, and some strategic restrictions were incorporated to block generic, or useless information.

11/10/2001

• Homeports page has minor updates. Cleaned up /updated links, and eliminated a few that reference dead sites.

03/15/2001

• Project California has minor updates in various departments. It appears that the laser cutting option may work.

01/07/2001

• Ship-to-Ship now includes directions to both mailing lists, and the new Bulletin Board.

01/02/2001

• Project California has minor updates in various departments.

12/12/2000

• Minor updates since 11/04/00 have not been mentioned here. Project California continues with the first image of the new sealed breech concept for secondary cannons.

11/04/2000

• Project California continues to grow. Theory and projections make up the bulk of it. Maybe someone will get some ideas. The "committee" has plenty, to be sure. ; )

10/18/2000

• Repaired and updated many internal links. Project California will grow rather large, so it now has its own directory. Text links on each page were updated, and 2 sections were de-listed until further work can be applied.

10/17/2000

• Uploaded the Newletters page. Currently, it lists the SCBG and MBG publications. If you wish your club to be included, send us a note.

10/01/2000

• Began work on the Project California BB-44 page. This section will document the activities surrounding the construction of BB-44.

09/10/2000

• Added Lee Dugan's excellent Hull Repair series to the Photos page.

09/09/2000

• Loaded additions and corrections to the Homeports page.

01/26/2000

• Loaded the first series of photos, the H39 collection.

01/13/2000

• Loaded major updates and corrections to the Homeports page.

01/09/2000

• Loaded three articles to the Naval War College from Tim McCarty.

• Upgraded the Search page controls to allow for much more user flexibility.

01/03/2000

• After-Action Reports gets its first input from Australia! The information comes from their mail list and is donated to us by Bill Kirwin and Brett Farquharson. Other clubs are encouraged to submit their reports as well!

• Homeports now lists 5 "for sale" pages. Start your searches at one of these sites.

01/01/2000

• The first update of 2000? (I won't get into the millenium /non-millenium debate). The Hull Survivability Study in the Naval War College was updated to add Sovietskii Soyuz, Borodino and Kronshtadt. The information came to me by way of favor from Brent Jernigan, member of MBG. Thanks Brent.

• Homeports now has an image header. For those of you that might be interested, the left shot shows the USS Arizona in port. The right image is of the USS Arkansas in port.

• The Homeports page also has 2 new "For Sale" links added. Eventually, am internal page with sale links will be added to this site to answer search queries. (Due to the number of Homepage links, that page is NOT listed as searchable.)

12/30/99

• The Homeports (links) section is loaded. It categorizes the usual dog-piled chain locker into a sectioned presentation, with a table of contents at the top. This one will definitely undergo tuning. No graphics loaded yet.

12/22/99

• The Naval War College article collection is mostly online. Construction and Operations, and Warfighting both are missing one article. Miscellaneous has none.

• A couple more graphics are loaded. Search Page is one of them

• Speaking of the Search Page, it now indexes well over 300 pages. NTXBG was not in the initial search runs. (Oooops, sorry John.) : )

12/20/99

• The Search page is now active. My last report shows that 289 pages throughout the world of Big Gun have been indexed, with over 215,000 words. This is a first, and hopefully one that will be worth more than its effort. This search system gets smarter with new searches, and increases its accuracy over time, or so says the search company. Access it from the Navigation Bridge.

• Some of the new graphics are loaded, specifically (if you care to look) the headers for Enlist, After Action Reports, Home and Naval War College. Others will follow this week at random intervals.

12/16/99

• The day after. The Rules page was uploaded. It includes 2 files that represent the complete BGCWI Rules of 1997. Read the page for pertinent information on the Rules current status. BGCWI Rules, 1997.

• The partially completed Enlist page was uploaded. The link to Home Ports returns no page since Home Ports is not ready for publication yet.
• The Naval War College page was uploaded. The articles listed in it will be loaded later. Check out the topics and layout. Annapolis graphics not loaded.
• The Ship to Ship page was uploaded. Graphics not included. Features Mail-List instructions and information on live communication efforts.

12/15/99

• The Big Gun page is partially uploaded. This includes a few basic components, including the majority of the Navigation Bridge. Most of the options are not functional just yet, and a couple have been left out. Visitors that are familiar with the old site will be comfortable with the form of this new one, though the full functionality of its completed form will be far superior.

  Most of the graphics have been left out pending "tweaking".