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Guest; Thank You, as far as the guns go , I am making ( or just saying ) that the mains are 16" and the secondary are 11"

Sorry forgot to log in
Im the quest guy

Mitch

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Ships in dock:
USS.Saratoga 1.535 scale Desert combat (currently on hold)
Ships in repair:
SMS Tirpitz 1/540 (adding new radars and fixing the main guns)

Superb................ Kitbashing the german rangefinders and fitting atop the us ones is original and when I saw it I just gapped...

Can you post a picture of the entire bb??? Very eager for new updates...

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I would like to see pics from front-leftside-right side-back..
So from all sides
Its just amazing 11'' 2nd guns O.o
and 16''quads as mains
That is to much for this size
Btw is his lenght same as enterprise ?? O.o
If it whas a real ship..
Mitch

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New Ships Planned For Shipyard:
USS.Missouri 1.545 scale to new jersey desert combat
Ships in dock:
USS.Saratoga 1.535 scale Desert combat (currently on hold)
Ships in repair:
SMS Tirpitz 1/540 (adding new radars and fixing the main guns)

What class of destroyer is the wreck? I thought it was a "4-piper" at first, but am not sure now (is it the old Revell "Forrest Sherman"? it appears to have post-war AA and ASW weapons). Great work on modelling the wreck, anyway - the bulkheads + decks at the break, the splintered deck and the crumpled/holed bow look very convincing.

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Most impressive indeed , keep up the good work.



Jose

Thanks yall for the encouraging words.
Mitchell; The ship is just shorter than the Enterprise, the modern one anyway.
EPinniger; The sunken ship is actually the Chinese destroyer from modern times called the Da Lian, I wanted a cheap kit to tear apart like this and this and her sister ships are the only ones that fit the bill. I just couldn't phathom paying out 40-60 bucks for a kit that I was going to destroy ( no pun intended ) anyway.
But I took the pics some of yall were looking for and they are below. I do thank yall for the advice and the encouragement.








Oh and sorry for taking so long to get back with yall, I've been out on the raod for 2 days, and sunday I couldn't get on this site for anything, anyone else have that problem?

She's comig out great...

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GREAT GREAT GREAT
And the next project?
When this baby is done..
An super duper yamato??
Ore an Mega CV ? (carrier)

Mitch

BTW ur B gun (numer 2 from front)
Has to Be the A gun..
every battleship that didng had the thing on the side.. whas a A gun
Those rangewatchers i mean whit it...
the A gun dont need them but B-C-D does..


as ucan see the guns..
Mitch

Thank you all, as for the placement of the forward gun, I didn't know that and thanks, luckily their just set on there right now so I ca move them around

Not to much to update as it's taken me forever it seems to get the anchor chains and what not in place , I also added a place for the aft crane operator to operate, then I had a nasty gap down the whole side of the ship ( from using the wrong thickness of wood for the deck ) but in one of the pics you can see that I added some cover to fix that . But there just seems like i'm missing something on the forecastle, and the U.S. is something i'm toying with and think it looks pretty good, let me know what you think. Thanks and haave a good one.

Greetings...

Will you place 20mm aa guns at the port and stbd sides of the forecastle? If you want to add more detail try placing the anchor chain keys that are used for brakes for the chain ...

Compare your photo with this one and you will get the point ...Great job as always...

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well this has been a fun project. This is probably going to be my last update for this one. I got a lot of work done since the last update. even though i still have work to do, namely the rigging.The next time you see this project it'll have a done stamp on it. so take a look and tell me what you think. Thanks to all of you that havae helped me out with this project, i truly do appreciate it.

Very nice update.
And very nice ship
Can u copy it and send it to me?

Mitch

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New Ships Planned For Shipyard:
USS.Missouri 1.545 scale to new jersey desert combat
Ships in dock:
USS.Saratoga 1.535 scale Desert combat (currently on hold)
Ships in repair:
SMS Tirpitz 1/540 (adding new radars and fixing the main guns)

Superb....

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This has been an ingenious design all along PRO i really like the plane hangar at stern well thought


Jose

Ah its just so cool to have a battleship, and theres only 1 from it

Mitch

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New Ships Planned For Shipyard:
USS.Missouri 1.545 scale to new jersey desert combat
Ships in dock:
USS.Saratoga 1.535 scale Desert combat (currently on hold)
Ships in repair:
SMS Tirpitz 1/540 (adding new radars and fixing the main guns)

Congrats on finishing the build, Pro. I know at some points during it you were on the edge of your sanity, congrats on making it through!

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Thanks yall, I was at most points on the egde of insanity . because when I started this build I was for sure what most of the components were such as a barbette. and now that i'm working on the rigging i'm still going nuts . but i hope to have it finished by 4, oct for the local model show.