Many years ago, I built a 1/350 scale Oct. 1943-May 1945 New Jersey out of the 1/350 scale Tamiya Missouri kit with an Iron Shipwrights resin rounded bridge and Eduard photo etch seen here:
Unfortunately, that model nose dived and was "destroyed." Many years have gone by since then and I told myself I would wait for a 1/350 scale kit of the New Jersey in her WWII fit. In recent years, Veryfire has released a "WWII New Jersey" kit. Unfortunately, this kit really represents New Jersey from July 1945 onward, where she saw virtually no combat. In this configuration, she bombarded Wake Island and then was Spruance flagship of the invasion / occupation force, but nothing else. Needless to say, I was disappointed by the copy paste route Veryfire took. While I may choose to pick up the Veryfire Missouri kit and convert that into New Jersey in 1/350 scale in the future, for now I've decided to try my hand at 1/700 scale.
I've purchased the 3d printed round bridge from model monkey and began some preliminary fitting and priming.
I have also purchased the deluxe detail set for the Tamiya 1/700 Missouri kit from Flyhawk. I chose the Tamiya Iowa kit over the Missouri kit because I had thought it would be an easier conversion. In reality, the Missouri kit might have been better, however Tamiya left all of the Missouri kits parts in the Iowa box so there really was no difference.
One thing I don't like, and I'm not sure if I'll go aftermarket to "correct" it, is Tamiya's choice of placement for the wood deck seams. They could not be worse. I believe the seams are exactly the same as they are on the 1/350 New Jersey/Missouri kits. I may buy an aftermarket wood deck and then paint it over myself. I find the prestained 20B decks to be off in color.
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