Calling all USS New York BB-34 and USS Texas BB-35 fans

[cozmo]

Nice...except its BLUE...who ever heard of a blue battleship...

I know, I just have trouble getting used to it.

Looked around for some information on the kit, but not much, so far.

Is it still available?

Sorry, but I have been out of model ship building for a while and haven't gotten back up to speed.

I have been taking some pictures of the ships I built a while back.

Here is the 1/700 scale Texas

It needs to be cleaned and worked on. This was built in the late 80's (as were all the others I have, mid 80's to about 1990) and stored in a box with a bunch of others for about twelve years. I can spend lots of time just cleaning and updating them before building any of the exciting new stuff. They were all built before the internet got big and research information was harder to come by. And my skills have improved since then.

Lots of others that I will try to get on my site later on. Just cannot figure out how to add the link in my profile. For some reason it doesn't give that option, or how to link to an avatar.

[Seasick]

I know about the blue. It makes it hard to look at. To see it properly you need a 4 megapixel photo.

[gs]

Pretty drastic kitbashing. Extra credit for level of difficulty.

[bb-56]

Actually most of the dreadnoughts where MS21 Blue in '45

[richter111]

Well any new news on a 1/350 PLASTIC version?

figure I keep asking one day someone will say YES ALREADY!

[C. Heenan]

A question about the Samek kit -- I'm particularly interested in the ship as she appeared earlier in her life. For those of you who own or have seen the Samek kit, how practical do you think removing the gun tubs and the torpedo bulges might be. I think I could scratch the rest.

Thanks,
Craig

[les]

I believe there's a 1/350 resin Texas out there too.

[C Heenan]

Hello Les,
There is a very nice 1/350 TExas by Iron Shipwright that I'd love to build, but space is an issue for me so I've had to limit myself where possible to 1/700. That's why the Samek kit was particularly interesting to me.

Thanks,
Craig

[MartinJQuinn]

A question about the Samek kit -- I'm particularly interested in the ship as she appeared earlier in her life. For those of you who own or have seen the Samek kit, how practical do you think removing the gun tubs and the torpedo bulges might be. I think I could scratch the rest.

Thanks,
Craig

There is a review of the kit over on Steel Navy. To answer your question - I'd say yeah, you could take off the gun tubs, but "no" to changing the hull form, if you are backing dating her to "as launched". That bulge is pretty big, plus the secondary gun batteries were completely reconfigured.

Here's a couple of links to pictures (from the L'Arsenal website) of David Griffith's build of the kit:
http://www.larsenal.com/Source/galerie/ ... /Tel19.jpg
http://www.larsenal.com/Source/galerie/ ... /Tel20.jpg

[cozmo]

A little fly on the wall told me "you know who" has a Plastic Texas planned...in big scale

Tease!...ya' think you could water board that fly a little?

I take out the Viking Models kit every once in a while, and look at the parts. I'm just not ready for the amount of effort it would take to make that one look the way I want.

[MartinJQuinn]

New York in 1942

New York, 1942, Ms12 Mod

in 1944

New York, 1944, Measure 31A/8b

And finally Texas in 1942

Texas, 1942, Ms12 Mod

Photos from NARA. Scanned and turned into photos by a friend of mine, which I purchased and scanned again to post here.

[J. Soca]

hi guys

i've been meaning to ask you this question for a while now, you see those two things next to Texas' hull ,are those hydraulics of some sort? if they aren't please excuse my ignorance TIA.


http://www.usstexasbb35.com/


Jose

[TommyL]

I wonder... has anyone been on the USS Texas "hard hat tour"?

I am considering it sometime this year. Would it be worth the trip?

W

Follow these links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoAZgIqsYmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFto7WYLlA&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdr7tvcZfMM&feature=user
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttB0hjQN ... re=related

"Would it be worth the trip?" YEAH!

TommyL.

[Tracy White]

i've been meaning to ask you this question for a while now, you see those two things next to Texas' hull ,are those hydraulics of some sort? if they aren't please excuse my ignorance TIA.

If you're referring to the horizontal poles visible in the photo Martin posted, those are boat booms, used for tying up ship's boats while at anchor.

[J. Soca]

Thanks Tracy, I was referring to this picture though. Those two things sticking out of the water resemble boat booms and it�s most likely they are there to stop the ship from moving but for some reason they looked to me like hydraulics. BTW this pic comes from the USS Texas website.

Jose

[Tracy White]

Ahhh OK, you're talking about her currently. Those are to keep her moored and in position in the inlet cut for her; they allow for some vertical movement as the water level changes.

[J. Soca]

they allow for some vertical movement as the water level changes.

then it could be said these work pretty much like hydraulics lifting up the ship from the water right? thanks again Tracy


Jose

[Tracy White]

They are similar in that there is a rod moving within a tube, but they don't physically move or lift the ship. All they do is hold it in place while letting it rise and fall with the water level. I'm not sure how much tidal changes there are or if it's just seasonal changed in river level.

[(J) Soca]

They are similar in that there is a rod moving within a tube, but they don't physically move or lift the ship. All they do is hold it in place while letting it rise and fall with the water level. I'm not sure how much tidal changes there are or if it's just seasonal changed in river level.

I got it now Tracy!!

Thanks

Jose

[j leyland]

Does anyone have an idea how I could contact Charles Moore, who used to have the fabulous Texas website? Thanks, John