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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

Ian, do both props spin in the same direction or does 1 spin right & the other spins left?

would not the motor go in reverse if you reverse the polarity with the battery?

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.

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? 

the Princess Royal outboard/inboard drawing i have on my computer as fitted does not show anything in the spotting top.

try this as they had to replace server & site domain. https://www.navsource.net/archives/02/06.htm

email sent.

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.

what do you mean by "line chart"?

Kevin, is it the motor getting hot, the speed control or both?

Kevin, what horsepower?

are all the boats the same or different & same goes for the launches? do you have plans/drawings for the boats & launches?

more penguin video. 

what time period are you doing the model as Trumpeter's painting instructions leave a lot to wonder about?

no problem.

those are not barbettes for the 6in guns but casements. the barbettes are the bases for the 13.5in turrets to sit on. they are similar to what was on the American standard battleships with the New Mexico class being the last to have them in the hull but no guns installed.

BOGP's PG45 USS Panay 1928 (Yangtze River Gunboat, reclassified PR‑5 '28)  

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/mz81mayc5eoa6svhws8cy/ACbuzDy6E6HS2hT_gcp98o8/PG45 USS Panay 1928 (Yangtze River Gunboat%2C reclassified PR‑5 '28)?dl=0&rlkey=wolm1da4b6wtrvw7yi1tbszyc&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

redo the float test after you got it all built & rc stuff installed to make final ballast adjustments.

that used to be the German passenger liner George Washington. https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/alphabetical-listing/g/uss-george-washington--id--3018-0.html

any friends who are cattle/horse farmers as they would have those big galvanized steel tubs for watering those animals?

would it fit in your bathtub if you have 1?

CVE-90 USS Thetis Bay Booklet of General Plans (1945) https://archive.org/details/cve90bogp1945v3

HMS Puncher Booklet of General Plans (1944) https://archive.org/details/d79bogp1944v2

i'm doing 1 too but correcting the hull 1st.

the kit is actually 1/429 scale not 1/426 scale as the box says.