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Post by nicksumner on Dec 24, 2021 16:59:26 GMT
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all!
There are minor updates to the, USN, USAAF, US Naval Aviation, Italian Naval Aviation, Regia Marina and Order of Battle appendices at the Drake's Drum website if anyone is interested over the Christmas holidays.
Back in the New Year!
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Post by lordroel on Dec 24, 2021 17:03:12 GMT
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all!There are minor updates to the, USN, USAAF, US Naval Aviation, Italian Naval Aviation, Regia Marina and Order of Battle appendices at the Drake's Drum website if anyone is interested over the Christmas holidays. Back in the New Year! Thanks for the nice updates nicksumner and also tou you and all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. |
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Post by nicksumner on Jun 30, 2022 15:57:07 GMT
Pleased to announce some updates to the website. The Beta version of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Arm appendix has been uploaded while Version 1.0 of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Arm appendix has replaced the Beta version previously posted. Updates, revisions and corrections to the Royal Navy Air Arm, Kriegsmarine, Italian Army, Marine National and Spanish Armada appendices have also been made. In other news, Part 4 of the Drake’s Drum series Drake’s Drum: The Horizon of Our Hopes will soon have reached the first draft stage and I’m hoping it will be ready for Beta readers by December. It will complete the story, bringing it up to the first decade of the 21st Century. Some eye candy… The following pictures are Photoshopped
The Q2M Taiyo was a Mitsubishi design for a patrol bomber for the IJN to replace the Kyushu Q1W in that role and the Mitsubishi G4M in the torpedo attack role.. In OTL it never got off the drawing board. In Drake’s Drum, it does…
 The Tachikawa Ki-94 II was a high altitude fighter that in OTL only got as far as the mock up stage.
Another flight of fancy… The Kawasaki Ki-164 a fictional design based on the OTL Ki-64. Instead of the tandem engine set-up of that aircraft (which flew in prototype form in OTL) the Ki-164 uses the Yokosuka Ha-74 (YE-3B) experimental ‘X’ block engine which was under development at wars end in OTL. There is an excellent article here about the YE3B and you can read about its TTL development path in the aircraft engines appendix at the Drake’s Drum website.
L to R The Kawasaki Ki-64 (flew as a prototype in OTL), the Kawasaki Ki-88 (design only in OTL), the Kawasaki Ki-164 (conjectural design from the Drake’s Drum timeline.
The Kawanishi H11K 'Soku.' In OTL it was to transport troops and cargo from Japan to the far flung Pacific outposts and only got as far as the mock-up stage.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 1, 2022 11:30:28 GMT
Pleased to announce some updates to the website. The Beta version of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Arm appendix has been uploaded while Version 1.0 of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Arm appendix has replaced the Beta version previously posted. Updates, revisions and corrections to the Royal Navy Air Arm, Kriegsmarine, Italian Army, Marine National and Spanish Armada appendices have also been made. In other news, Part 4 of the Drake’s Drum series Drake’s Drum: The Horizon of Our Hopes will soon have reached the first draft stage and I’m hoping it will be ready for Beta readers by December. It will complete the story, bringing it up to the first decade of the 21st Century. Some eye candy… The following pictures are PhotoshoppedThe Q2M Taiyo was a Mitsubishi design for a patrol bomber for the IJN to replace the Kyushu Q1W in that role and the Mitsubishi G4M in the torpedo attack role.. In OTL it never got off the drawing board. In Drake’s Drum, it does… The Tachikawa Ki-94 II was a high altitude fighter that in OTL only got as far as the mock up stage. Another flight of fancy… The Kawasaki Ki-164 a fictional design based on the OTL Ki-64. Instead of the tandem engine set-up of that aircraft (which flew in prototype form in OTL) the Ki-164 uses the Yokosuka Ha-74 (YE-3B) experimental ‘X’ block engine which was under development at wars end in OTL. There is an excellent article here about the YE3B and you can read about its TTL development path in the aircraft engines appendix at the Drake’s Drum website. L to R The Kawasaki Ki-64 (flew as a prototype in OTL), the Kawasaki Ki-88 (design only in OTL), the Kawasaki Ki-164 (conjectural design from the Drake’s Drum timeline. The Kawanishi H11K 'Soku.' In OTL it was to transport troops and cargo from Japan to the far flung Pacific outposts and only got as far as the mock-up stage.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 29, 2023 12:34:44 GMT
For those who are interested, nicksumner being interviewed by SLP.
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Post by nicksumner on Dec 4, 2023 12:26:16 GMT
Very proud to announce the impending release of my new book Drake’s Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes. The fourth and final part of the series brings the story to a conclusion. It is published by Sea Lion Press and should be available by Christmas. The image is the cover artwork. 'A Prayer From the Ocean of Storms.'  |
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Post by lordroel on Dec 4, 2023 15:53:35 GMT
Very proud to announce the impending release of my new book Drake’s Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes. The fourth and final part of the series brings the story to a conclusion. It is published by Sea Lion Press and should be available by Christmas. The image is the cover artwork. 'A Prayer From the Ocean of Storms.' I know a Christmas gift then. |
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Post by nicksumner on Dec 18, 2023 12:51:07 GMT
I'm happy to announce that Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes has just been released as an e-book and the paperback version will be released shortly. The new book covers the period 1948-2015 and concludes the story.  |
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Post by lordroel on Dec 18, 2023 15:57:00 GMT
I'm happy to announce that Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes has just been released as an e-book and the paperback version will be released shortly. The new book covers the period 1948-2015 and concludes the story. A book i will get for myself as a Christmas present. |
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Post by nicksumner on Dec 24, 2023 19:08:31 GMT
Three UK prime ministers from Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes. L to R Archibald Sinclair (Liberal) in office 20/2/41 - 15/5/52 Rupert Brabner (Conservative) in office 24/6/56 – 31/3/67 Harold Wilson (Liberal) in office 31/3/67 – 5/4/1976  |
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Post by nicksumner on Dec 24, 2023 19:10:04 GMT
Some Presidents of the United States in the Drake's Drum timeline. Top left: Adalai Stevenson (Democrat) 20/1/53-20/1/57 Top right: Earl Warren (Republican) 20/1/57-20/1/61 Lower left: Joseph P Kennedy (Democrat) 20/1/61-20/1/65 Lower right: Barry Goldwater (Republican) 20/1/65-20/1/73  |
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Post by stevep on Dec 25, 2023 21:35:03 GMT
Three UK prime ministers from Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes. L to R Archibald Sinclair (Liberal) in office 20/2/41 - 15/5/52 Rupert Brabner (Conservative) in office 24/6/56 – 31/3/67 Harold Wilson (Liberal) in office 31/3/67 – 5/4/1976
Now that is interesting with Wilson as a Liberal PM and presumably a fairly successful one as in power for nearly a decade.
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Post by stevep on Dec 25, 2023 21:39:32 GMT
Some Presidents of the United States in the Drake's Drum timeline. Top left: Adalai Stevenson (Democrat) 20/1/53-20/1/57 Top right: Earl Warren (Republican) 20/1/57-20/1/61 Lower left: Joseph P Kennedy (Democrat) 20/1/61-20/1/65 Lower right: Barry Goldwater (Republican) 20/1/65-20/1/73
Well Joe Junior survives to become President but a Goldwater Presidency could be interesting. Hopefully not in the Chinese sense.
The other point is that they all seems to complete their terms so no sudden deaths or resignations.
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Post by nicksumner on Feb 7, 2024 19:47:10 GMT
A big update to the Drake's Drum website has just gone live. Photographs from Part 4 Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes have been added. Just as a taster, we have a photograph from the time of the Crisis Cascade of 1973. An RAF Hawker-Siddeley Hotspur fighter (based on the Hawker P.1125, a project from OTL) intercepting a Soviet Tu 95 bomber over the North Sea. This image is Phottoshopped |
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Post by nicksumner on Feb 23, 2024 14:40:25 GMT
There is a new update to the Drake's Drum website which includes the addition of password accessible content.
It consists of Annex 19, which is a complete Drake's Drum timeline and an Interlude chapter which was an attempt at comic relief, but didn't really propel the plot forward.
If you would like to know the password please email me with a picture of your copy of either the paperback version of Drake's Drum: Horizon of Our Hopes or a picture of the screen of your reading device with the map of Africa that is printed near the end of the penultimate chapter. My email is available in the 'Author' section of the Drake's Drum website and there is a link in my sig line. Please allow a day or two for a response.
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