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  1.    Old Collingwood reacted to a post in a topic: USS Missouri by Amphibious0311 - Very Fire - 1/350 - PLASTIC
  2.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: USS Missouri by Amphibious0311 - Very Fire - 1/350 - PLASTIC
  3. ddp
    are you removing some of the paint where the parts are to be glued onto the deck?
  4.    Old Collingwood reacted to a post in a topic: Rebuilding the fleet by mikegr - 1/700 - restoring old plastic models
  5.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: USS Pillsbury DD-227 by michael.denigan - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1/96
  6. ddp
    i think your black waterline is too high as should be below the reinforcing hull strake not above it according to the US Navy's Booklet of General Plans of that class i have saved on my computer.
  7.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: HMCS Bonaventure by NavyShooter - 1/96 scale - an RCN fitting out
  8. ddp
    i have plans for 1958 & 1967, which do you want? will need your email to send them.
  9.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: USS Missouri by Amphibious0311 - Very Fire - 1/350 - PLASTIC
  10.    Amphibious0311 reacted to a post in a topic: USS Missouri by Amphibious0311 - Very Fire - 1/350 - PLASTIC
  11. ddp
    the bofor mounts will be the same colors as the surrounding camouflage both vertical & horizontal.
  12.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Puncher by NavyShooter - 3D Print - 1/144
  13. ddp
    the model is riding to low which means the model is to heavy. even the red part of the hull is to high as the waterline should be just above the prop not as high as yours, even the plan's author's model is riding higher then yours. the plans i linked before shows all that info.
  14.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Puncher by NavyShooter - 3D Print - 1/144
  15. ddp
    i think your model has to much weight causing it to ride low so that even on calm water, the wave action is almost getting into the bow area when compared to this link. https://www.navsource.net/archives/03/0305307.jpg https://www.navsource.net/archives/03/053.htm
  16.    yvesvidal reacted to a post in a topic: USS Missouri by Amphibious0311 - Very Fire - 1/350 - PLASTIC
  17. ddp
    warm water with dish detergent, rubbing alcohol or both then sun light for 30 plus minutes.
  18. ddp
    we all learned something.
  19. ddp
    ok. understood.
  20. ddp
    i know that the platform is to overhang but the upper half of the tower is not to overhang but be vertical flush with the lower half of the tower.
  21. ddp
    to me kitbashing is when modifying a model's appearance to look totally different from the original appearance like these. kitbashing Revell's 1/429 scale USS Arizona into the OBBs(old battleships) of ww2 from the Wyoming class to the Colorado class. on the 2nd item, look at this link which is of the real ship as it shows that halfmoon projection that Canute says were it should be. http://www.navsource.net/archives/01/016384a.jpg in this cropped view of the forward superstructure from Missouri's Booklet of General Plans 1944 that i linked above, you can see that except for the different platforms, the vertical front face of the tower is vertically aligned flush unlike yours which is sticking out past the lower part of the tower.
  22. ddp
    would not call it "kitbashing" but "corrective surgery".
  23. ddp
    what i am calling the base which the tower is sitting on is actually the "secondary conning station". look at these plans as there is a problem to your model in in that area & maybe more. BB-63 USS Missouri Booklet of General Plans (1944) https://archive.org/details/bb63bogp1944 https://archive.org/details/ship-design-drawings?tab=collection&query=uss+missouri http://www.navsource.net/archives/01/63a.htm
  24. ddp
    is the section of the forward superstructure circled in red glued to the section circled in yellow because if yes then there are some problems. 1: the red section is to far forward causing it to overhang the yellow section as both sections' faces should be vertically flush. 2: the red section minus it's base platform is in reverse in that the flat front should be towards the bow & the rounded angled back should be facing the stern.
  25. ddp
    the stern gun tubs are too far forward causing the catapults to overhang those gun tubs.

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