Been busy since I last posted, have made the rudders and set them in and plated half the ship with aluminium plates. I utilised the process as described by ARH for the USS Moffett DD362
viewtopic.php?f=75&t=8912 . Very informative build.
Anyway, back to the Mitscher, here are the pics.
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File comment: The rudders attached and a little plating done.
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Not an overly great pic of the rudders, if anyone wants a closer shot, let me know... anyway, rudders were made from 3mm brass plate and the post made from 6mm plate, all filed down to aerofoil shapes and pinned through to enable them to be turned.
At least they will work.
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File comment: Lot more plating and the rudders again.
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Better view of the rudders here... my soldering, well, yeah, need more practice.
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File comment: Full length shot
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Here she is, one side done, ( except for the keel), all the plates measure 26mm x 52mm, going by pictures and a guesstimation of men versus plates on real ships, I cut the plates to represent 6'x 12'. Hope that is close to the real thing.
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File comment: from the bow
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Here is a view of the bow. one side done, the other not... think the plates set it off nicely.
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File comment: better view along the length of the keel
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Just over 200 plates on so far...
Well, thanks for looking and hope to get some more plates on before new years