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  1. ddp
    what is there, the catapult machinery enclosure or the 4" armor belt?
  2. ddp
    Ted, how come you did not glue in the catapult machinery enclosure or was it to paint that area 1st before doing the enclosure? no 4" armor belt visible on that model as should be about .5mm thick at 1/200 scale?
  3. ddp
    Mike, ship's props are a bronzy color not red but the prop shafts are red.
  4. ddp
    do not think the base layer is white but maybe a light gray as the bow waves are whiter then the ship.
  5. ddp
    same color as the lower hull but not the props as they are somewhat a bronze color.
  6. ddp
    Greg, is there another piece for the bow for below the waterline as it currently does not look right? http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/pix1/0501100001.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/011000.htm
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    Roger, Panama lock dimensions hardly influenced the design of these fleet carriers as it was the Washington Naval Treaty that influenced those ships. that treaty only allowed 135,000 tons to the USN for aircraft carrier builds so out of that limit deduct 72,000 standard tons(Navsource) total for the Lexington class aircraft carriers which leaves 63,000 tons which was used on the next 4 aircraft carriers not including CV-8 USS Hornet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Naval_Treaty https://www.navsource.org/archives/02idx.htm the reason the Hornet was built to the mostly Yorktown class specs as it was faster to use that class drawings then to wait for the Essex drawings to be finished & start building to those specs.
  8. ddp
    what do you mean by "legacy of their Cruiser beginnings"?
  9. ddp
    then also check for the stl files for the 20mm & quad 40mm boffers guns.
  10. ddp
    except that the ship's aircraft is a Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk-5 not a Hellcat.
  11. ddp
    check these links for the quad 40mm mounts & 20mm guns. https://www.3dmodelparts.com/1-500-quadruple-40-mm-bofors-autocannons-with-shields-4-pcs/ https://www.3dmodelparts.com/1-500-single-20-mm-oerlikon-cannons-pedestal-mount-16-pcs/ BB-63 USS Missouri Booklet of General Plans (1944) https://archive.org/details/bb63bogp1944 i would use an old #11 blade to scrape the hull down to the main deck. when i do mine eventually from the periods of 1944 to 1984, i'll be replacing the original main deck with .040" sheet plastic. i've done that in this link which is an ongoing project. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=165105
  12. ddp
    i use masking tape too as i hardly use clamps. take a look at this link as might come in handy even tho for 1940 Yorktown. CV-5 USS Yorktown Booklet of General Plans (1940) https://archive.org/details/cv5bogp1940
  13. ddp
    the twin barrel 20mm gun mount has the magazine on both sides. http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/cat-0014.htm
  14. ddp
    are you certain the ammo drum is on the left side of the gun & not the right side? http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/cat-0004.htm http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/cat-0006.htm http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/cat-0008.htm http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/cat-0010.htm http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/index.htm
  15. ddp
    should always do a R.T.F.M.D. 1st before diving into something you have not done before.
  16. ddp
    SZKUTNIK, where did you get the locations & layout of the docking keels on the bottom of the hull as different from the Booklet of General Plans i have of that ship? what 5" guns are to the right of the 14" main guns & which is which?
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    Egilman, i presume you have never attempted to correct that 1/429 scale Arizona concave stern. take a look at this link. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=165105 take a look at this link about the correct scale for that Revell USS Arizona. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=286900
  18. ddp
    hopefully you did not glue down the 5" 51cal gun mounts yet as that cylinder shaped shield that the gun barrels are sticking out of is for weather protection as they are made from canvas & rolled up for action or warm weather. look at attached links. http://navsource.org/archives/01/038/013803c.jpg http://navsource.org/archives/01/039/013954.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/013921a.jpg when the weather shield is lowered to cover the gun mount openings, 5" guns #1 - #6 are pointed to the bow & 5" guns #7 - #10 are pointed to the stern.
  19. ddp
    Dave, don't know if you know about this site about your ship. http://www.mustangone.com/putnam/ is this the set of plans you are using? DD-692 USS Allen M. Sumner Booklet of General Plans 1968 what are you using to get the sonar dimensions from?
  20. ddp
    Massimodels, what part of Toronto as i use to live in the Bathurst & Steeles area for a couple of years in the mid 90's?
  21. ddp
    Ian, the degaussing cable, on the hull near the main deck or on the deck itself?
  22. ddp
    Joe, where were they located on Adm. Scheer, in the bow or on the lower hull sides? "SONAR and hydrophones are seperate technologies. The former is an active detection system using high frequency sound, the other is a passive listening device with directional capabilities. Hydrophones were developed in WW1 and SONAR came along in the interwar years. By the 1930s Germany had its own version of SONAR, called an S-Geraet, which was developed independently of British SONAR (ASDIC) research. The German GHG hyrophone arrays were highly developed and efficient, but like all hyrophones, was effected by sea state and ship speed. To the best of my knowledge, only escort vessels had the S-Geraet, although it appears that most large surface ships in the KM had the GHG as a passive early warning system." https://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140
  23. ddp
    i don't see any sonar ports in the bulbous bow in this link. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-launching-of-the-battleship-bismarck-in-hamburg-1939-37005865.html?imageid=6980C079-3173-4F05-ADDA-EB82E5E33A88&p=291611&pn=1&searchId=6e2d733b32b38bc8390c317c0395e4c5&searchtype=0 read this link as ship supposedly did not have active sonar. http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140
  24. ddp
    Ian, if the middle & stern decks are not glued down to the frames then could put shims in under the decks to build up the right amount of sheer for those 2 deck pieces.
  25. ddp
    no problem.

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