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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Note the memo seems to only require a plan to be submitted - its not a directive to actually execute the change at this time.

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

And caused the USN to introduce the "Belknap pole" at deck's edge closer to the bow, so that nearby ships have two points of reference for the carrier's size/heading.

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A more sensible fit than the containers of cruise missiles shown in graphics and models

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Friend goes to Korea, acquires a destroyer, and Tim gets a couple evenings of fun.

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A little palate cleanser/reward before returning to regularly scheduled naval construction programming

Pieces from the final bag of parts in the Lego Concorde set are laid out on a table, sorted by color and part type, alongside the completed fuselage of the rest of the model.

A close up of the vertical stabilizer of the Lego Concorde, the result of the parts in the previous image. The bottom half of the stabilizer is a deep navy blue with Concorde printed in elegant font, in accordance with the livery of the early aircraft.

The model is displayed on its stand in its inflight configuration. It occupies most of a kitchen island.

The model is displayed in its ground position, wheels down and nose dropped.

Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

sloppiest slop that ever slopped

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

As someone who knows a thing or two about boats, I can say this shape is wrong

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

shipyard temporarily plane yard

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

yes but you have to buy 200 of them to make one:

Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

For the fellow photography nerds who want to know what the camera settings were to take this rather demanding shot: (thank you NASA for not scrubbing it! and caveats that this does not speak to any postprocessing or multiexposure combinations)

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A Idea for the Resolution of the Current Crisis

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This should be fun. A very unusual kit with lots of interior options (hangars), to be inserted as modules through the bottom of the hull and into the superstructure.

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

At risk of losing my boat card

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

but this is some "step 1 draw two circles step 2 draw the rest of the fuckin owl" stuff

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Hey @unavaleable.bsky.social, you made it onto a meme aggregator account on insta!

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Looks like they did shortly after my pieces, with the cradles installed and visible in photos ever since. Seahawk-based AMNS as well by 2017 or so.

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Smolmars now has a buddy...and preview of what's to come

And being from 2012, it came with the inevitable meme

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And the very short op ed in Canadian Naval Review version from 2012:

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oh look what's evergreen (my 2013 master's thesis on...the USN and a Strait closure)

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Smolmars (minor modification: split the front window in two because ✨accuracy ✨)

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The only time I'll build AFVs for myself is when they're going with a ship. Tiny HIMARS and Bradley!

Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Huh, totally missed that Iver Huitfeldt received upgraded 76mms: (img src: flickr.com/photos/rcnmr...) @navalnoerby.bsky.social @anderspucknielsen.dk

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Speed limit applies! And a souvenir from Canada 😝

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

autotranslate HATES this one word!

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

absolute garbage of a holiday break

Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

There must be some thicc wheels under here on this bus

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Love that there's no boneless option

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Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Also, the classic Ropp text "Development of a Modern Navy" has a 10-page section towards the end as well on French submarine acquisition in the 1900s.

Timothy Choi @timdocchoi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hmm, this might have something towards the end: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-French-F...