The Ship Model Forum

Hi all

I have been reading up and down the web on the Iowa class last night since I have the plan on re-conditioning my 1985 1/350 Tamiya Missouri but without modernizing...so far so good. I have come across a couple of statements that say that the Navy agreed with the current operators to have two of the ships in semi-operational condition so if need be they could be reactivated. Which two are that? I would guess Iowa and Wisconsin? Now...assumiming the worst and 2015 the USN might need a gun boat to shell the Krim penisula, apart from the reconditioning of the hull and propulsion sytems what other changes would be required? Which electronic equippment would be installed and which additional weapons...I guess the 80ties-90ties suite they have now is out of date...

The new 1/350 Tamiya Missouri 1991 seems a nice kit...and the stuff from Veteran models looks also very nice...so this is a very tempting subject of a future that hopefully will not become reality.

cheers
Uwe

PS: Just spoted a similar thread a bit further down...so no real need to keep this one alive unless you want to.