navydavesof wrote:
ModelMonkey wrote:
Let me know if you can think of anything else.
Oy! Have you gotten a chance to start sketching Flag conversion Newport News pieces (mainly re-purposed Tartar-D structures built around 3" mounts for flag facilities)?...
I'm sorry, Navydavesof, the question was specific to any
Salem bridge features Tracy would like me to capture in the replacement
Salem bridge parts I'm working on. I regret to say that except for turrets, there are no plans to design other
Salem parts or conversion parts for other ships of the class.
Below are some renderings of the new bridge after this weekend's updates. Some of what you see here will change and more details will be added. Features that may be of interest:
- The last rendering shows the door on the aft side of the lower deckhouse you (Tracy) asked me to capture. This door and some, but not all, of the other doors will received dogs, too.
- The length of the uppermost deck and deckhouse matches BoGP drawings. It is shorter than the Very Fire kit's parts.
- The shape of the Mk.37 Director tower is consistent with BoGP drawings and photos of
Salem, considerably differently shaped than the Very Fire kit's tower which is a simple cylinder.
- The black non-skid is consistent with the Very Fire kit, so that these parts will match the kit's "non-skidded" aft superstructure parts. The non-skid looks very thick in the renderings but is actually just 0.1 mm thin, rising above the deck just enough to be paintable. None of the photos I have of the real ship show any non-skid at all. The ship may have had non-skid applied to her decks and perhaps other references I don't have access to show it. If you would like the non-skid removed from the design, just let me know.
- Vertical reinforcing ribs have been added to the interior of the splinter shielding all around. The Very Fire kit has no splinter shielding ribs.
The model will be separated into 3 parts for easier painting. Generally, the separations will be where a deckhouse meets a deck.