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[Brocky]

Good one Steve,

Thanks for the detailed response. It will come in handy when I move on to other ship projects.

I should have explained that I�m working with the BoGP drawings for the USS Yorktown CV-5 and used the 1/700 scale drawings in Roger Chesneau�s book and the measuring tool in Acrobat Reader to to figure out that the PDF files I have are in 1/152 scale if they were printed at 100% zoom.

But this would seem to indicate that the drawings were enlarged when they were scanned. So I worked with your method and determined
1) Stations are 4 feet apart.
2) Reader Tool converted 20 stations (80 ft) to 160.10 mm
3) dividing 127 mm by 160.10 mm gives approximately .79 as the zoom factor

So I guess it�s as Saul says, �It�s all good man�.

Thanks again for the response and the lesson in stations which led to some self taught lessons on stems and Forward and Aft Perpendiculars�. All of which will come in handy I�m sure.

[ModelMonkey]

Happy to announce turrets and fire control directors are available for the recently released Atlantis 1/618 scale Kriegsmarine battleship Bismarck. The Atlantis kit is a re-release of the classic Monogram kit.

[Steve]

Happy to announce turrets and fire control directors are available for the recently released Atlantis 1/618 scale Kriegsmarine battleship Bismarck. The Atlantis kit is a re-release of the classic Monogram kit.

Can anyone post a link showing kit contents or a finished model of the Atlantis/ Monagram kit.

[ModelMonkey]

Can anyone post a link showing kit contents or a finished model of the Atlantis/ Monagram kit.

Here you go, from Scalemates.com:

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogra ... ck--265027

[Iceman 29]

Very nice print.

[ModelMonkey]

Thank you, Pascal!

Happy to announce we've released two new models.

1/350 scale modernized bridge for battleship USS Iowa BB-61 as it appeared circa 1989. The model is intended to help build a modernized USS Iowa BB-61 from the Tamiya 1/350 scale USS New Jersey BB-62 or USS Missouri BB-63 (1991) kits.

1/32 scale Bristol Beaufighter mid-war Radar Operator's Station. The model features Airborne Interception Radar Mk.IV equipment and bin-fed 20 mm Hispano-Suiza cannons. The model is intended to help detail the interior of classic Revell 1/32 scale Beaufighter kits. An early Beaufighter radar operator's station, two different cockpits, dihedral tailplanes and a torpedo are also available now.

[ModelMonkey]

Yamato fans! Happy to announce an accurately shaped and highly detailed primary rudder for models of Imperial Japanese Navy battleships Yamato and Musashi, and aircraft carrier Shinano, is now available in 1/350 scale and 1/200 scale.

The model's overall shape and dimensions match scaled drawings published in the 2017 edition of "Anatomy of the Ship: Battleships Yamato and Musashi" by Janusz Skulski and Stefan Draminski. The shell plating and screwhead pattern detail are consistent with Janusz Skulski's line drawings and the real Musashi rudder as it appears in modern video and photos of the wreck published by Paul G. Allen in 2015.

The model is accurately sized and shaped with extensive screwhead detailing.

Nameplates for Yamato, Musashi and Shinano are also available, 3D-printed in your choice of real metal or inexpensive, paintable acrylic.

[ModelMonkey]

Happy to announce we've added Yamato, Musashi and Shinano auxiliary rudder models in 1/200 and 1/350 scales to the catalog. The real ships had two rudders, both along the centerline, a large main rudder and a smaller auxiliary rudder positioned forward of the primary rudder.

The auxiliary rudder models have been paired with primary rudder models released a few days ago. The rudders are sold together as a set.

[ModelMonkey]

Cyber Monday sale at Shapeways!

All of our nameplates, some of our larger models, and those models not suitable for gray resin printing we offer from another company called Shapeways.* Link: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/Model_Monkey

Shapeways is having a 2-day sale starting today and lasting until early November 30th.

20% off orders $200 or more:
Use code 20CYBER2022 on Shapeways at checkout.

10% off orders under $199:
Use code 10CYBER2022 on Shapeways at checkout.

Codes are valid from November 28, 2022 beginning 12:01am EST and expire on November 30, 2022 at 3:00am EST.

Shapeways orders are placed on Shapeways' website, not from Model Monkey. Shapeways will ship models they print from their factory in New York City or their factory in The Netherlands, whichever is closest to you.

* Shapeways has access 3D printers that can print in real metal as well as 3D printers much larger than ours and 3D printers that use a different technology more suitable for some of our designs.

Happy Cyber Monday!

[ModelMonkey]

USS Saratoga CV-3 fans! Happy to announce a set of 5 Bofors bays is now available in 1/350 scale to help convert your Trumpeter USS Saratoga CV-3 kit to Sara's 1944-1946 late-war appearance.

The two Lexington-class aircraft carriers, USS Lexington CV-2 and sistership USS Saratoga CV-3 were originally fit with recesses on the upper hull sides used to store five of the ships' very large utility boats, a few of which were 50 feet long. The recesses to stow these large boats were called "boat pockets". There were four boat pockets on the port side and one boat pocket on the starboard side, aft.

In December, 1943, USS Saratoga CV-3 reported to Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, for a major, month-long, mid-war refit. As part of the refit, her boat pockets were extensively modified becoming anti-aircraft weapons stations for 40 mm quadruple Bofors cannon mounts. Ammunition clipping rooms were built within the pockets and shielded sponsons were constructed extending outward from the hull. This set of 5 models captures the pockets as they were reconfigured as weapons stations.

A set of highly detailed pre-war boat pockets for Lexington and Saratoga are presently in design. That set will depict the pockets' original configuration as boat-stowage stations.

A late-war island, funnel, 5"/38 cal. twin-gun mounts (turrets), rudder, and nameplates for both Lexington-class ships are also available.

Have fun. Monkey around.�

[ModelMonkey]

In addition to the USS Saratoga CV-3 Bofors Bays shown above, we've also released a Bristol Beaufighter late-war maritime strike fighter/day fighter Observer's Station in 1/32 scale, intended for the classic Revell kit.

This new station model joins two previously-released Beaufighter station models (an early-way and a mid-war radar operator station, both for night fighters), two different cockpits (early-war and late-war), dihedral tailplanes, thimble radome, and a torpedo.

[Frank Fowler]

Hi Steve, Any chance you have plans to rescale the Saratoga bays to 1/700 for the Tamiya kit. Don't know if it would even be possible. Thanks

[ModelMonkey]

Hi Steve, Any chance you have plans to rescale the Saratoga bays to 1/700 for the Tamiya kit. Don't know if it would even be possible. Thanks

Hi Frank, great question. I hope to be able to offer the set in 1/700 scale, too. That will take some doing but if successful, I'll announce it here and on Facebook.

Initial 1/700 scale test prints have not been successful; the flight deck supporting girders become too fragile in 1/700 scale to print properly, so much work needs to be done to try to make the models printable in 1/700.

Assuming that redesign work will be successful, please help with a measurement to make sure the new bays will fit a 1/700 scale Tamiya kit as intended. I have a 1/700 scale Fujimi Saratoga model in hand but not the Tamiya kit. If you have a Tamiya kit and access to a digital caliper, please measure the distance from the bottom of the kit's bay parts to the top of the hull part where the flight deck parts rest, as shown in the photo below.

Unlike the Trumpeter Lexington-class kits' boat pockets, the 3D-printed bays do not have an overhead because on the real ship the bottom of the flight deck is the bays' overhead. That's why you see exposed transverse girders that jut out into space on the 3D-printed models. Those girders are intended to support the flight deck. Not having an overhead also helps make the bay parts much easier to paint.

Cheers!

[Frank Fowler]

Hi Steve,
Thanks for the reply and consideration for 1/700. I took out the Tamiya and measured the cutouts with my digital calipers. Each one is 0.2 inch; however, the bottom of each is not a straight line like the Trumpeter kit nor are they uniform in shape like the Trumpeter kit. The one pocket on the Starboard side is close to uniform like the Trumpeter and the 4 on the Port side are all different from each other. If you like I can take some photos and email them to you or post them on your Facebook page.

[ModelMonkey]

Thanks so much, Frank!

Email, please.

Cheers!

[Jon C Ryckert]

So Steve, can we expect Lexington May 1942 boat pockets???

[ModelMonkey]

So Steve, can we expect Lexington May 1942 boat pockets???

Hi Jon, in 1/350, yes. In 1/700, I hope so.

Cheers!

[MartinJQuinn]

USS Saratoga CV-3 fans! Happy to announce a set of 5 Bofors bays is now available in 1/350 scale to help convert your Trumpeter USS Saratoga CV-3 kit to Sara's 1944-1946 late-war appearance.

Holy Cow!! Amazing!

[ModelMonkey]

Thanks so much, Martin!

And thanks to Frank for sending photos of the Tamiya 1/700 scale Saratoga kit's hull parts!

The way Tamiya chose to design the bay openings of their otherwise excellent 1/700 scale kit is a bit of an unpleasant surprise. The Tamiya kit's hull includes some of the same features that we include with our bays, such as splinter shielding and the outer wall of clipping rooms, etc., and a lip on the inside of the hull that may complicate fit. Since the Tamiya hull and our bays both include some of the same features and have a problematic lip, it would seem that rescaling our existing 3D-printed 1/350 Bofors bays will not produce a set of bays that will fit the Tamiya kit. To use our rescaled bays with a Tamiya kit, the modeler would have to cut away significant features of Tamiya kit's hull, a task most customers would reject. The model ship market generally prefers drop-fit replacements requiring no hull cutting. This means that a new 3D Bofors bay design would be required specifically to fit the Tamiya kit. Since the design queue is full for the foreseeable future, I'm going to pass on a new 1/700 scale Tamiya kit-specific design project for now in favor of other projects with better sales potential. I am not saying no to 1/700 scale Bofors bays for the Tamiya kit, just not now.

Very sorry for any disappointment.

[ModelMonkey]

USS Arizona BB-39 fans! Happy to announce a 1941 boat deck and casemate is now available in 1/350 scale.
Link: https://www.model-monkey.com/product-pa ... d-casemate

The model was designed from scans of shipyard construction drawings and high resolution photos obtained from the US National Archives for maximum accuracy.

The model is intended to help improve kits by Banner, Eduard, Hobby Boss, and Mini Hobby Models.

Have fun. Monkey around.�