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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:24 pm 
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Talk about amazing work!!!
Seriously clean PE work there.
I'm looking forward to following your build.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:25 am 
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hi poss. silly question on the lhd vehicle deck how are the different vehicles stored,ie would the m1 be at the front or back
during transport

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:39 pm 
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As I've been browsing USS Wasp model gallery pics, I came across this pic from Peter Van Buren's USS Wasp gallery:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... hd1-49.jpg
What is the box like structure to the left of the aircraft elevator? What purpose does it serve?


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:43 pm 
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No clue, but not all ships have had it over their service life

Boxer LHD-4 without June 2010:
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=86987
Boxer LHD-4 without October 2012:
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=135093

Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 without July 2003:
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=8773
Bonhomme Richard LHD-6 with June 2008:
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=60821

Just another detail to keep in mind....

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:15 pm 
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Yeah, my bad - copied and pasted and forgot to change without to with.
I had seen (and thought I'd saved) a photo that looked to me like it showed remnants of that structure after removal, but I wasn't able to locate it the other night, so it looks more like a structure that was consistently added than removed or "comes & goes."

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:46 pm 
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On the Gallery Models USS Wasp kit, I noticed there are no very, very thin lines running along the bottom of the hull to demarcate where the black boot topping line should be. How am I supposed to figure out how high or low that boot line should be on the hull?


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:59 am 
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I used the drain pipes in the pictures, and matched it to the kit.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:05 am 
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OK, I'm looking at the winch on the Bataan's island, and it looks to me that there is a railing that goes around it. Also it looks like there's a railing that goes around the two antennas, and these look like they have the top rail or cable painted red. Is this right, or am I just seeing things.
I know my Bataan has some errors in it, but I'd like to make some of it right. LOL

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:49 pm 
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Here's the best ones I know about for Bataan:
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=31268
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=32914

I'm not sure what winch you're referring to; do you mean the kingpost on the starboard side of the island for refueling? If so, try
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=41986
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=43409
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=72119

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That second picture confirms it!!!
I have all the other pictures but that one.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:16 pm 
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Looking for advice... port side of LHD hull, I opened the "embarkation port" - the one used for the brow, etc. along with the corresponding hatch on the upper vehicle deck. After doing a check fit I discovered that the opening in the hull is high relative to the one on the vehicle deck by about 0.16" (almost five scale feet).

As I see it, I have four alternatives:

1. leave it the way it is,
2. incorporate some sort of ramp system to make it look like it's supposed to be that way,
3. lower the opening in the hull, or
4. raise the vehicle deck.

From my perspective, option 1 isn't really on the table. Option 2 would be easy but would be one of those things that would always nag me. Option 3 is my favorite but I would lose the very fine hatch coaming detail molded onto the hull. Option 4 would take a lot of work, and might not even be possible once I really take a look at it.

The photos below show a "big picture" view of the area in question, and a detail shot taken perpendicular to the opening in the hull. Note there is also a slight x-axis translation to deal with as well, which could be accomodated with Option 3.

A little more info. While typing this post I got the bright idea to do some relative measurements between prototype photos and the model (see third photo). If you like arithmetic, bear with me for a moment.

From the model, I get:
width of port: 0.40" or ~ 12 scale feet (I'm being loose with data here)
distance from bottom of port to top of flight deck: 1.54" or ~ 45 scale feet

from the photo I get:
width of port: 0.52"
distance from bottom of port to top of flight deck: 2.19"

If I scale the 0.52" to 12' and use that factor on the distance from the port to flight deck, I get 50'... or exactly the number I want to justify alternative #3 (that is, that the opening on the model is five scale feet too high on the hull). Of course, I'm not quite so arrogant as to think my measurements are that precise, but it sure looks like I could make a case for lowering the opening without causing the rivet counters to blow an aneurysm.

Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks,
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:54 am 
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Here are some pic's of my club mates USS Makin Island LHD8 during float testing in wading pool....he had to do one section of hull at a time....

These pics are from early summer (Jan' ish) hopefully he will have her finished by end of the year...


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:59 pm 
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RandyM wrote:
1. leave it the way it is,
2. incorporate some sort of ramp system to make it look like it's supposed to be that way,
3. lower the opening in the hull, or
4. raise the vehicle deck.


Hey Randy - I missed your post for a few days somehow. I ran into the same problem and mulled over the same solutions, but ultimately am going with the ramp. I was unsure if lowering the opening would make it look wrong when painted - it's not that far above the waterline to begin with and if it's only a scale foot or two over the waterline when moved that would look off to my eye. Since the viewers will only be able to look down one side, they shouldn't really be able to tell how much of a step at the end there is, and the real ships do have a noticeable one, albeit not five feet!
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=10596
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=39858
http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=67540

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:16 am 
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Anybody know the dimensions of the hangar deck inside a WASP class ship? I couldn't seem to find any info. anywhere.


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Hello there,
I am considering buying on of the Hobby Boss Wasp kits in 1:700. I have noticed the different kits have got different prices, even when bought in the same shop. So my question, are all the Wasp-class kits generally the same except for the decals, or are there in fact differences between the kits?

Thanks and regards,
Alex


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Thought everyone might like to see this... This pic was on Huntington Ingalls Industries Facebook page this morning. A recent sunset shot of the PCU America LHA-6... The pic has a link to a slideshow by HII, which also has pics of new LPD's & the new class of USCG National Security Cutter's...

Thomas

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Finally got some time to spend at the bench. Makin Island is home-ported here and she happens to be having some significant work done on her stacks to correct some "issues." I was lucky-enough to attend a recent Change of Command (can you say "photo-op?") and obtain some builder's drawings of said stacks, which I used to create as shown in the photos below. Almost done with well and vehicle decks, then on to the hangar. I managed to rework the transom so that it is operable. I used a combination of white and (red/green/blue-in-one-package) LEDs to illuminate everything. So you can change from normal to NVIS to low-light at the flip of a switch :)

These shapes were fun to duplicate...
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Topside - the funnel openings are much larger than the other ships in the class, and include two pairs of oval-shaped pipes on the angled portion of each stack. If anyone knows where I can get oval tubing let me know (the stuff from K&N is too large...). I may have to print some.
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As seems to be standard for me, I spent HOURS carefully opening all the windows on the kit's Pri-Fly space. Only after I was finished did I notice MKI's pri-fly was redesigned with MUCH larger windows. I discovered that this was done because when the first batch of ships were built, blast-proof windows of sufficient size were not available. So here's a shot of the new Pri-Fly.
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Tracy... I somehow missed your response too re: the misalignment of the loading hatch with respect to the vehicle deck... sorry. I decided to take the plunge and do some surgery on the hull with the following results. Compare the top of the opening with nearby hull details on the BEFORE image (upper-left) with the AFTER image (upper-right). Now everything lines up as it should.

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Looking good Randy!

I don't know of any oval tubing per se, but the profile I see in the photos looks like you could replicate it fairly easily by sawing the appropriate diameter tubing in half and then gluing sheet styrene in between. A saw and miter can make this fairly easy as long as you're not trying to do really tall/long sections.

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