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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:08 pm 
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JIM BAUMANN wrote:
Ahoi EJM

my personal unbiased view...! :big_grin: :big_grin:
if you can strip tyhe decks -- remove the acrylic piant

dump the acrylic paint when brushing decks and use enamels for your decks

greater opacity even when thin coated, dries slower so can be worked and re-thinned if needed
and I find much less claggy when brushed than acrylics.

just a thought from confirmed enamel brush painter :cool_2: :wave_1:

GREAT works-- soooo much research and work

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No offense, but I stopped using enamels long, long ago as I always had trouble trying to get my brushes thoroughly cleaned after using them.
The planking on the TAMIYA 1/350 New Jersey kit is exceptionally narrow. Probably about 0.50 mm or less wide. Maybe even 0.30 mm.
And the space/gap between planks is even worse. Not very noticeable and not very deep either. If I tried enamels, I'm afraid the results would be the same as with the acrylics.
THE PLANKING AND THE SPACING BETWEEN PLANKS IS EXCEPTIONALLY NARROW. Almost to the point of needing a microscope to see it.
There is one alternative, but I am hesitant to do it as I'm hoping some way to still paint the wood decks a wood color.
The alternative is to paint ALL the wood decks a non-skid gunship gray color just like what I've been doing for some of my other deck pieces on my model. In short, ALL the horizontal decks on the model would be non-skid gunship gray (Except for the aft flight deck.) just like all the decks on an Arleigh Burke destroyer are non-skid gunship gray color.
Would it look weird? Yes, but since my model is a what if fantasy project, I could just say the Navy was testing and/or implementing new deck concepts.
And if I'm not too mistaken, I'm pretty sure I've seen some real photos of Iowa wood decks, (Particuarly at the aft area.) that were "painted over" with a non-skid gunship gray coating. The wood deck was still left in place, but a non-skid coating was applied on top of the wood.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:28 pm 
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DavidP wrote:
you mean this? http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016188.jpg At Suisun Bay, on the far right is the Iowa (BB-61). http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/61a.htm


Sort of. Though I don't think that is any sort of non-skid coating covering the wood decks around turret #'s 1 and 2. The pic is blurry, but I'm willing to bet the decks are simply dark due to being old and worn. Similar to what you see in this pic: http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/01631i.jpg

After some searching, this pic caught my eye. Notice the dark deck areas around turret #3. http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/016346d.jpg


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First off, the aft masts looks great! Definitely take the supports down to the deck on the funnel sides.

Remove the deck paint and give it a thin light grey coat. Then apply a thin tan coat. Finally apply a really thin brown coat. When dry, go back and apply a really thin tan coat. Try on a test piece, might have to experiment with the thinness and number and order of coats. Don't worry about small amounts of light grey showing through, it actually looks more realistic when done in a subtle random way.

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excellent progress--
I must say--that 3-D your flight-deck netting does look pretty damn good! :cool_2:

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JIM BAUMANN wrote:
excellent progress--
I must say--that 3-D your flight-deck netting does look pretty damn good! :cool_2:

:thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

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Thanks, Jim. If I can go for something more realistic, I'll do it. :thumbs_up_1:


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DavidP wrote:
don't forget to cut down the outside of that starboard stern 40mm tub as shown in the picture. http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/0161028.jpg


What the heck is that contraption in the starboard tub? :scratch:
Odd, I've seen pics where it was in the port side tub for the other battleships.
Didn't know there was a landing signal aid attached to the starboard tub also.


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DavidP wrote:
now you do know. supposedly "helicopter starting cable storage". look at sheet 7 main deck in the pdf below.
BB-62 – USS New Jersey – Booklet of General Plans, 1984, Iowa Class https://www.hnsa.org/wp-content/uploads ... 8/bb62.pdf


Got my answer from another site.
It was used for fueling purposes for the Pioneer RPV's. While the JP-5 fuel for the helicopters would come from tanks 2 decks down inside the ship.
The fuel bladder in the tub could be jettisoned quickly over the side in case of fire.
Iowa had hers in the starboard tub while some of the other battleships had theirs in the port tub.


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Below will be the last batch of pics for awhile as I begin the process
of painting the main deck and a few other decks this weekend and next week.
Other things on my To Do list are, but not limited to:
Paint all wooden decks.
Add various whip communication antennas.
Paint helicopter flight deck.
Finish painting portholes in some superstructure assemblies.
Add decals to ship.
Build display stand.
Add photoetch fire hoses.
Add photoetch stairs in some areas.
Buy, paint, and add VLS missile cells.
Paint bow deck area and anchor chains.
Finish building starboard main refueling kingpost.


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Almost done. Still have to do the following yet.
But getting the photoetch fire hoses, and the VLS's has to wait till I get my tax refund so I can buy them. :(

To Do list:

Add various whip communication antennas.
Build display stand.
Add photoetch fire hoses.
Add photoetch stairs in some areas.
Buy, paint, and add VLS missile cells.
Finish building starboard main refueling kingpost.
Add 5” guns.
Add American flag decal on top of turret # 1.

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I did manage to finish this beast. After the refueling kingpost and fuel lines, all I had left to do was add photoetch fire hoses.........which are now finished.
Here are some final pics of when I took my model to two contests earlier this year. I got a 2nd Place Silver at each contest for my model.
Sorry about any blurry pics. :(

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