Tinkering with new battleship

[NCGent]

Willy got it right

 

[huub vink]

Of course Willy was right..... he is the Navy guy!

 

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Little more done and I bet it's easier to make out now.

 

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Starting to take shape.

 

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Little more work done.

 

[norab]

not trying to be critical, only offering info, "Truman's Mule" has a slight difference between the front turret compared to the other two turrets

 

[NCGent]

Hi norab, I think Truman's Mule is post WWII, I'm building the WWII era model of BB63 and going by images from that time period. I'll double check just in case I'm wrong though. Is "Truman's Mule" fs9?

 

[norab]

"Truman's Mule" was a nickname crewmen of the "New Jersey" used for the "Missouri"

 

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[huub vink]

Thanks for the update, looks great!

 

[fliger747]

Note on the turrets, the sides are not straight but have a jog with maybe a 10 deg angle. The forward rangefinders for turret one were removed post war on all four ships. So the various features vary as to the date and also vary from ship to ship.

T

 

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Here's a top view of the turret. I'm building the ship the way it looked in 45.

 

[fliger747]

There is a good reference for the turrets and mounts at HNSA.org, a turret and mount "catalog" with drawings of most all of those used during WWII. Many but not all have dimensions as well.

Cheers: T

 

[NCGent]

Hows this for a fire control system?

 

[huub vink]

Looks good!

 

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She has a little more detail now!

 

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