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Those blast bags turned out really well! The hull, too, of course.

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Txs Timmy,
all 3 are now done and preparing last phase on turrets
started also on new bow section

finaly also started doing rudders

first turret done , turret 1, the others will have same finish... but with the extra AA guns on top

This morning I was wondering if I should not do my 1/400 Kagnam Missouri at same time as this Iowa... as I'm doing them both as they where at Tokyo bay...
same painting scheme... I'm fully in the analysis of the differences between them...etc
so I just cleaned up, glued a few necessary stuff... and after about 4 Hours...

As I wasn't realy happy with my last step on turret wings... I decided to re-do it ... differently
a bit more done below water

always looks better with some paint....

and this looks more what I wanted

your inboard prop shafts should be in the middle of the skegs not mounted on the outside & your outboard props appear to be to far out as should be closer to the skegs. did you look at the plans I linked for you as the "Hold" drawing shows the prop\shafts location?

your inboard prop shafts should be in the middle of the skegs not mounted on the outside nope they should be there where I placed them
your outboard props appear to be to far out as should be closer to the skegs...I don care its a matter of mm

you finish one ... or show us a FINISHED ship and we talk and pls David stop giving links to projects or in build that never get finished... a finished ship... nothing else

these are what are in the links I was posting about, not my builds.
Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:44 am
BB-62 – USS New Jersey – Booklet of General Plans, 1984, Iowa Class https://www.hnsa.org/wp-content/uploads ... 8/bb62.pdf
BB-63 - USS Missouri - Booklet of General Plans, 1950, Iowa Class https://maritime.org/doc/plans/bb63.pdf
BB-64 – USS Wisconsin – Booklet of General Plans, 1956, Iowa Class https://www.hnsa.org/wp-content/uploads ... 8/bb64.pdf
look at the Missouri plans pdf for pg 13 which is the hold drawing showing the locations of the props\shafts. it will show you what you are currently doing is wrong. pg 17 will also show the position of the inboard prop shafts located in the skeg not mounted on outside of those skegs like you have done. even your big model shows them in the right location.
I am trying to help you build that model better not worse like you are doing on your own. look at this link
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Triumph68. Thanks for keeping up with the photos and posting of your progress. I am enjoying your work. This is a great project. I bet we all have a Revell 1/535 Iowa class BB in the stash somewhere.

David, Thank you for the those links. The general plans are indispensable. ( Prop shafts: pages 13 and 17, enlarged to 150%, are excellent for prop shaft placement. )

Nino.

Nino, no problem.

Lovely job on the main gun turrets Triumph68. The blast bags and recoil bands look really good. Looking forward to further updates.

good progress!

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start....
makes...
and on turret
AND NO... I'm not making the life jackets that go in there

I think it is floater nets not life jackets that sit in there due to location.

don care... not doing floaters neighter

As I wasn't happy with the seam between deck and hull( there shouldn't be one)...and some of the bottom seams gave holes I didn't see when unpainted so I redid some stuff, repainted red, black and next will be blue ... also had forgotten the little pipes or what ever they are on the rear of the 40 mm protection wall
made some new 40 mm protection walls with the side of a Railing PE, did some more on the seaplanes... etc.... lots of small stuff on this ship

as I wasn't really happy with the protection wall for AA on turret 2... cut the square corners and replaced it with curves... needs fine tuning but will be better

on turret 3 I thought I'd try something to make it look more real... the Cu wire is 0.3mm

Turret 1 and 2 almost finished with the 3 X 20 mm AA and munition boxes placed on Turret 2

You may want to try Plastruct 0.3mm styrene; I find it easier to glue and easier to bend into shape while gluing (if applying to styrene, that is)