I think that the base of each antenna is painted according to its purpose. Receiving antennas are painted blue and trasmitting antennas are painted red. At least this is what I recall from serving aboarg H.S. Formion, ex U.S.S. Joseph Strauss DDG 16...
Tony she's coming out great!!!
As long as the asw decoys are concerned, later on the fanfare system was later exchanged with a much more modern equivalent. Nixie I think was the name... But Tailorbill's description is more than accurate...
NIKOS (NICK)
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Hi Guys,
The more you study, the more you learn; case in point the funnels.
I found that the DDG's funnel caps are partially closed on the top, there is a plenum divider, (for lack of a better term), and on some DDG's a "splitter" running longitudinally; not on DDG-22 from the 70's though.
The BuShips dwgs showed the WEM funnels short in height by .020", so I added a strip of .020 styrene atop the kit funnels and shaped the perimeter afterwards. Then, carefully opened up the tops and added the transverse divider.
Here you go: more accurate funnel cap(s).
Sources:
BuShips 1/96 drawings
RDB Photo CD of Adams DDG's
Numerous DDG pics from Navsource, TinCan sailors sites etc...
Happy Fathers' Day
Tony
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Hi Guys,
Here she is:
DDG-22 USS Benjamin Stoddert...... late 60's to early 70's.
The DESRON emblem is in question, as its' background color differs from WestPac72. Source, Mr. Bill Halvorson DDG-22 vet.
I want to thank Bill for sending his treasured pics from WestPac72 to me for added accuracy on this build. Rod Stewart was right; every picture tells a story!
Thanks Bill!
Tony
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Now about that squadron emblem. I was thinking......that pic could be
before WESPAC 72. According to the Stoddert history on DANSF, DDG-22
was initially assigned to Destroyer Division 12 in August, 1965 with the
homeport of Pearl Harbor. If one looks closely at that pic, the helo deck
extensions are casting shadow over the main deck bulkheads. Knowing
Stoddert was built with those extensions, means the photo could very
well be before she was transfered to the newly established DesRon 33
in early 1971. I do have pics from our WESPAC 73 with the DesRon 33
Tiki squadron emblem on the upper superstructure.
Later photos (1980s) of the Stoddert show the helo deck extensions
gone and what looks like the DesRon 25 emblem in place of the DesRon
33 emblem. Rest assured, WESPAC 72 was with DesRon 33. Your great
looking project will be correct with the "33" Tiki emblem in place port
and starboard.
Hi Guys,
Here is the SPS-39 and its platform.
The kit provided -39 was passable, but got damaged. The kit provided platform was p/e and just too thin..believe it or not...for 1/350 scale.
I was able to embelish the motor for -39 and the radar itself.
more soon!
The platform fwd extension had a separate similarly shaped motor type device that was about teh same shape as the -39 motor. I have no idea what this was, but it was there in 1972; not later though.
Tony
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Tony Bunch wrote:Hi Guys,
The more you study, the more you learn; case in point the funnels.
I found that the DDG's funnel caps are partially closed on the top, there is a plenum divider, (for lack of a better term), and on some DDG's a "splitter" running longitudinally; not on DDG-22 from the 70's though.
The BuShips dwgs showed the WEM funnels short in height by .020", so I added a strip of .020 styrene atop the kit funnels and shaped the perimeter afterwards. Then, carefully opened up the tops and added the transverse divider.
Here you go: more accurate funnel cap(s).
Sources:
BuShips 1/96 drawings
RDB Photo CD of Adams DDG's
Numerous DDG pics from Navsource, TinCan sailors sites etc...
Happy Fathers' Day
Tony
In order to be more exact, the funnel was divided in two halves right untill the bottom of it. This is owed to the fact that the for half was for the 1a boiler and the aft half was for the 1b boiler. You could crall up the funnel right at the end of it from steps attached to the for and after ends of the internal part of the funnel. This was done in order to enable the cleaning of the funnel every external inspection of the boilers that was carried out every 18 months.
Moreover, the openings at the port and starboard sides of the funnel are the intakes of the forced draft blowers of each boiler.
When the ship was at port, the funnels tops were closed by placing tents on them. Those were tied to a bar that surrounded the funnel top at about one or two feet distance from the funnel end. There was also a bar attached right at the base of the funnel top as it clearly seen in the pictures posted by other fellow shipmates...
The steps for climbing to the chimneys were placed at for of every funnel . The steps to the for funnel started from the esm "balcony"at the main mast, whilst the steps of the aft funnel started at the base of the funnel and above the rope storage box, at the base of the replenishment boom...
Hope I helped...
NIKOS (NICK)
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Hi Guys,
The latest progress pics.
The aft funnel and its 1972 yard arrangement.
The stiffeners are .012 steel rod and the yards are .018 brass rod.
I used CA cement and cleaned away the excess with a #11 blade and 320 file.
Here's the latest...
Thanks to SailorBill for the pics........
This would have been extremely difficult without these pics; as there are really none around.
Thanks again, Bill
I have 50/50 chance of finishing this by the IPMS Nats.
Tony
Much more to do on this sub-asembly, but I'm half way through...
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Hi Guys,
A little pre-mature as the aft funnel assembly is still not finished, but I may not get back to this for a couple of days.
The SD IPMS annual contest is tomorrow and the TF 96 fleet run will be this Sunday. I need to clean the shafts on my 1/96 DDG, re-charge the batteries in the boat and in the transmitter.
I want to have this aft funnel assembly ready to paint by the weekends end. Then I'll start on the foremast at earnest.
Tony
ps Thanks Carl!
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Hi Guys,
Been at it again.
The aft s/s is almost finished. I'm still wondering if there is a worthwhile change in adding grills, (that are not available), to add on to the funnels' sides. These are fan intakes according to GTD; makes sense to me.
There will be 3 antennae to be attached later on this sub-assembly.
I'll be painting the deck grey tonight.
Tony
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Very nice job on the SPG-51 illuminators. Great attention to detail with the camera mount arm and the counter balance on the opposite side. Those counter balance weights don't give much when you accidentally whack your head on them, I can tell you that.
It's hard to tell from the angles you show, but how is the depth of the reflector on those illuminators? A lot of people think that the illuminators for the Tartar system and the AEGIS system are identical, but having worked on both I can tell you there is a marked difference in them. The largest difference is the Tartar reflectors have much more interior concave area and from the profile are much thicker than the AEGIS counterparts. Just curious if the WEM casting looks right to you.
Great work all around. 30 some days to go!
-Devin
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Devin wrote:Great work all around. 30 some days to go!
I can see it now - Tony trying to explain to the stewardess why he's drying to dull coat the model in the galley of his cross country flight! "You don't understand, I have to get this finished!"
Martin
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne
Devin wrote:Great work all around. 30 some days to go!
I can see it now - Tony trying to explain to the stewardess why he's drying to dull coat the model in the galley of his cross country flight! "You don't understand, I have to get this finished!"
My guess is he'll dullcote in the hotel room the night before, giving that wafting laquer smell of fresh dullcote, hovering over the tables. On the plane flight, he'll be pouting because security wouldn't let him take on the tools and glue to attach the railings with!
Darren (Admiral Hawk)
In the not so tropical climate of the Great White North.
Hi Guys,
You guys crack me up!
I do have a back up plan. The guy I built the 1/350 Knox for offered to let me take it to VA if I don't get this DDG finished in time.....heaven help me.
I have a confession to make....I was still finishing my 1/700 Arizona at 11:41 pm from our Anaheim hotel room on August 22 2007!
I am taking the entire month of July off from Phillip's Hobbies to get some extra modeling done. I have worked my Monday's off from my regular job at Phillip's Hobbies the last 3.5 years. $10 per hour and 35% employee discount; not too shabby for my Monday's off.
I was advised by a close friend to NOT hurry the DDG, and to get it finished by OrangeCon in October, and to take the FF instead. Makes a little too much sense to me! Dave, you're mature beyond your years!
I spent 3 hours today on the midships tri-pod kingpost, as the kit one is cast metal and need a lot of clean up; plus it's too big, (according to BuShips DDG drwgs), so I started out with some .0625" brass tubing and .040" brass dowel and an assembly jig.
The deck grey is dry now. It's been 5 or 6 days since I did my first painting on this. I have not used my airbrush since December otherwise!
You guys are too cool! Thanks for being my friends.
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