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  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. ddp
    warm water with dish detergent, rubbing alcohol or both then sun light for 30 plus minutes.
  4. ddp
    we all learned something.
  5. ddp
    ok. understood.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. ddp
    would not call it "kitbashing" but "corrective surgery".
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. ddp
    the stern gun tubs are too far forward causing the catapults to overhang those gun tubs.
  12. ddp
    you must be glad that you also did not glue them solid as then that would be an extremely serious problem to try to fix.
  13. ddp
    if your model had the 2 rudders & 4 props like the real ship had, then your model might have handled better then it currently does.
  14. ddp
    should have put the lead shot into bags so can be removable til all work is done so you would know what lead weight is needed to get the model down to the correct waterline.
  15. ddp
    the model's tower of the forward superstructure appears to be to tall in relation to the heights of the 2 smoke stacks. the ship's profile drawing in the bottom picture backs that up that the tower is too tall.
  16. ddp
    is that hull warped from the swimming pool deck to below the port holes to the right of the clear tape holding the decks to the hull?
  17. ddp
    the layout & shape of the aft superstructure appears to be wrong according to these links. Starboard view off Norfolk Navy Yard, 3 June 1942. http://www.navsource.net/archives/01/015560.jpg November, 1944. http://navsource.net/archives/01/055/015515g.jpg in 1945. Line drawing by A.L. Raven http://www.navsource.net/archives/01/015596.jpg http://www.navsource.net/archives/01/55a.htm
  18. ddp
    Ian, do both props spin in the same direction or does 1 spin right & the other spins left?
  19. ddp
    would not the motor go in reverse if you reverse the polarity with the battery?
  20. ddp
    double check my math to confirm the belt thickness. that is why i said a dremel tool or similar to reduce or remove the belt & replace with new belt so no wavy lines caused by reducing belt thickness.
  21. ddp
    what time period of the war for NC? armor belt thickness for that class would be 12" so at 1/700 scale it would be .435mm thick, do you have a dremel tool or similar to remove that belt & replace with 2 layers of .2mm or 1 layer of .5mm thick styrene sheet?
  22. ddp
    the Princess Royal outboard/inboard drawing i have on my computer as fitted does not show anything in the spotting top.
  23. ddp
    try this as they had to replace server & site domain. https://www.navsource.net/archives/02/06.htm
  24. ddp
    email sent.
  25. ddp
    here is some more. if you want larger versions of the drawings i had posted as site might limit posted file size then i need your email address so i can send them to you.

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