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Anyone know what these are? I've been looking for reference that would give me information on what appears to be depth charges located on starboard and port sides of the ship at the stern. I don't think they are actually depth charges, but they look very similar to it. Hopefully there is a knowledgeable person who can shed some light on this. Again, this picture is borrowed from Navsource. I added the red arrow to show the area in question.
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I missed it when it was here, but the photo I shared that shows the deck tie downs was taken in St. Petersburg, Fl, just about 25 miles from my home. They had an open house for the public to come aboard and show off the new ship. Unfortunately, I found out too late and missed it. As I understand it, the ship was built in Mobile, Alabama.
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Another facet of the ship that fascinates me is the small crew it requires to run it. Less than 50 crew personnel. And it's not a particularly small ship, either. I know it's crazy, but I ordered a set of modern .50 caliber gun mounts that are located on the stern of the ship. At this scale, even if I can build them, it will take a macro shot to show they are there. These ships can be mission equipped for just about any mission imaginable. That's what is so unique about them besides the fact they can operate in such shallow water.
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Lou Here is a photo I borrowed from Navsource, https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj6m_W898fcAhVr7oMKHWBDCvYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navsource.org%2Farchives%2F15%2F1502.htm&psig=AOvVaw0yNQ52FVU8Z_q-OfqGuQfJ&ust=1533078184672617
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Adding photo etch details continues. Lots of very small pieces.
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Very well done, OC. You are systematically building a great battleship. The attention to detail is very well evident.
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Brother, that's a masking masterpiece. You put in a lot of hard work masking that camo, and it paid off. Beautiful!
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The Germans did have wire-guided versions of the Fritz X bombs to counter the jamming techniques employed by the Allies on their radio controlled bombs. You can read a brief mention of it here: http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/the-azimuth-smart-bombs-of-world-war-ii/
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That's probably correct, Lou. I think they might have had one type of bomb that was radio controlled, and another that was fly by wire. Can't recall which was which.
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Many times I have thought how easy it might have been as a rear gunner on a Dauntless dive bomber to have accidentally shot the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft while in a feverish battle with an enemy fighter. But the slow and deliberate fire of ship guns, not so much.
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A minor addition, but a solid improvement over the kit gun barrel.
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I'm pretty sure part of the basic training for a gunnery mate aboard the Bismarck would have been not to fire the secondary guns into the crane.
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I noticed that Peddinghaus does a complete set of decals for a 1:200 Scharnhorst, including the hull camo. I am guessing these were designed for the Hachette Scharnhorst as I've never seen another except in paper.
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1:200 scale details look just amazing. Beautiful job you're doing on your model, Semore. What are you planning as a followup to the Bismarck. Too early to tell?
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A modest start to construction of the USS Independence Littoral Combat Ship 2. Pictured are a few of the details to be added to the model to enhance the kit supplied parts. First, the Veterans Models Ratheon Searam Anti Ship Missile system. Next are a set of Model Master brass masts, antennae, and main gun barrel. Then there is the kit-supplied photo etch. Three photo etch sheets in total, there are two sheets of the details shown in the second picture. The hull is split into two main parts, upper and lower. Here is an interesting video of the Ratheon Searam Anti Ship Missile Syetem.
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That's an absolutely wicked looking German bomb. I've got to admit, the Oerlikons are not an easy build, but not impossible either. You could probably cut some plastic rod to simulate the pedestals and get it pretty close. The real ones are tapered, but you'll probably not notice the difference at this scale. You are doing a great job, OC. Just keep doing things the way you want it and you'll be fine.
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Going to do a simple build of the modern U.S. warship USS Independence LCS-2. Will not get bogged down in a lot of aftermarket items, just a couple of add-ons and the kit supplied photo etch. The Independence is an assault transport ship designed for littoral combat and a variety of missions.
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Before you glued the Oerlikon gun pedestals to the gun mounts, did you file off flat the little brass pin, or did you glue the gun mounts to the pins? I found that the pin didn't fit the hole in the mount, the pin being too large in diameter. The mounts were too fragile for me to re drill the holes a little larger to fit the pins. So opted to file the pin off flat against the top of the pedestal. It doesn't take much to have parts of those assemblies to fly off into the nether regions even after they've been glued together. God forbid a cat or something of that sort brush up against them after they're built.
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Can't recall exactly what I had to do because it's been more than a year since my DoY build, but I used fine wire as pins to hold the crane boom to the cab as well as the piece attached to the boom and all the pieces were movable including the swing pivot/shaft that went into the deck. If I remember correctly, I may have had to re drill the holes in the deck for those to fit. Is that where you had problems getting things lined up, Greg. At the deck?
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With the crazy high prices and interest modelers show in the antiquated 1:200 Nichimo Yamato kit, I have to believe there would be a market for a newly tooled 1:200 Yamato. And if they added a 1:200 KGV too, that would be magical.
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Looks great OC. Very convincing. Does it come with a decal for the placard in front of the model?
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