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 Post subject: Re: Pennsy
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:14 pm 
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Did they remove all the motor launches when they modernized the Penn, I dont see boat cranes on the modernized pictures. My next one is to kitbash a minihobby bb-39 to be a bb-38 or whatif 1944 arizona.


Yes, the boats and cranes were removed.

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Does any one know where I can get brass barrels for tha main guns on my 1/350 "zona"?
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Hi Guys,
Okay..........I have 3 days to finish the Arizona.
I still have to:
Rigging
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Install main gun turrets, 5"25 open mounts, all boats, anchors, cats and cranes.....
Glosscoat........dullcoat.....filter coat....
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Wish me luck.......!
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Less posting! More modeling! :big_grin: :thumbs_up_1:

Good luck man, See you there!

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Tracy,
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Was the Arizona name in black on the extreme stern/sides of the ship like before Ms-1? I have two tiny decals to use.....?
Thanks, Tony
ps you're starting to sound like Dick Wood!

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PM or e-mail Ron or Don Pruel... they'd know better than I. I don't know what the directives for names would be at that period.

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Does any one know where I can get brass barrels for tha main guns on my 1/350 "zona"?


I ordered some from Burkhardt Masch. There are pics of them in the other AZ thread:

http://www.shipmodels.info/mwphpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5262&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

Burkhardt doesn't sell them as an item on hits site. You have to ask him for them, but I gave him the plans for the 14"/45's when I ordered mine, so he should be able to make them again.

You can send him an e-mail through

https://shop.modellmarine.de/

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Tracy,
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Was the Arizona name in black on the extreme stern/sides of the ship like before Ms-1? I have two tiny decals to use.....?
Thanks, Tony
ps you're starting to sound like Dick Wood!


When ships painted into the camouflage measures the names were to be painted over with the camouflage paint. Unless you have really tiny PE letters and can get them perfectly aligned I wouldn't bother in 1/700.

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Ron,
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To Dick Wood and any others who might be interested,

As far as the smoke pipe tops go, I have yet to find any definative reference as to how far down the stack the "pie shaped" sections went before transitioning to some other shape. I do know that there were six sections, corresponding to the six fire rooms below. The purpose of the separate pipes was to allow the boiler operators and topside lookouts to tell which fire room might be smoking (white or black) excessively, indicating an ineffecient fuel burn.

My recommendation is to build the pie shapes down no more than 1/4 the height of the external stack and with the flat black paint and maybe some fine texturing (I like talcum powder) the visual effect will be about as good as you can get with what we do know.

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Tracy White wrote:
Less posting! More modeling! :big_grin:


MY wife happened to read over my shoulder when I was catching up and added, "Look who's talking!"

Just thought I should add that :big_grin:

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Thanks Brian for the infi, and I will take your apporach when I get there.

Tony:

Go Tony Tony (Sounds like a NASCAR racr with #20 Tony stewart) :rolf_3:

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Hi Guys,
Here are some pics of the Dragon 1/700 Arizona since I got back from the Nats.
This model went together fairly well. It was not 100% accurate, as I came to discover. The project was fun for me, as I got to share with the Az fans and gain some insight into another fascinating ships'....."life"!
I'm not thrilled with my pictures, but here you go........
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It was fun!
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Nice work Tony. And congrats on your win!

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It's nice to see an Az built to that colourscheme =) Will you be highlighting the fighting tops' windows, or are they shuttered closed?

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Hi Guys,
Tim,
I actually painted the windows on both fighting tops with a .5mm artists marker, and then tried to dry brush 5-L atop....did not work. The black still showed through beneath. The problem was, when I used the black marker, I did not keep to within the, "window frames"; otherwise I'd not have needed to do the dry-brushing or whatever afterwards. I just re-painted the fighting tops a second time with 5-L, and called it finished.
Note: The 1/700 Dragon Arizona fighting tops, (on my kit), had window frames of the wrong shape and in the wrong numbers.
I actually filled and sanded the kits' fighting tops to closer match the photos and drawings.
It never ceases to confound me....why did the kit manufactuer do these wrong? Was it actually not known, (the differences), or was it determined more practical/profitable doing the kit incorrectly?
I'll never know, but I am looking forward to buying and maybe building the new Dragon Pennsyl-tucky.....er uh.....Pennsylvania!
All I can think of when I hear the name Pennsylvania....is the old Revell 1/720th kit and its' most cool box art! Throws me back every time!
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Ah I see =) I had a window dissatisfaction problem on my Trumpy Missouri too, but I'll highlight that when I get that thread up ;)

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I like Tony's name for that build (By Jon, by the way). It was a great addition to the show! :big_grin:

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Hi Guys,
Decorum prohibits such language, but Jon indeed had the right idea!
I missed so much of all that whoo-e!
I did not miss what was really important though!
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