1/144 USS NICHOLAS DD-449 late war

[mabmanu]

Hello .
Very very good work .

[Rick E Davis]

Hey in case you guys didn't notice, WEM announced today that they are going to make 1/144 scale twin 40-mm mounts with PE in the near future.

[oneslim]

Hi Rick,

I saw the announcement, I knew if I started this project someone would come out with a mount. BTW, do You have a clear shot of the Post refit mounts on Nichloas. The drawings from Floating Drydock are dated 1943, but show what looks like a manually aimed mount. The Ordnance Pamphlet#6 shows a powered mount. I can't tell from the photos as in most shots the mounts are covered with canvas. Thanks for any help You may give.


Bob W

[Rick E Davis]

Bob,

I'm a little unsure of your question. All twin 40-mm mounts were powered with a manual back-up. There are different Mods of the twin 40-mm mounts and I can't keep them straight. I don't know if they still can be operated or not, but the quad 40-mm mounts on USS NORTH CAROLINA museum could be manually trained and elevated. It was kind of cool for my sister and I (we were in High School) to operate a mount by ourselves in 1968.

[oneslim]

Rick,

That is a great shot! The gear box and motor are shown. I was confused because the large scale drawing from FD does not have the two motors or the gear boxes for train and elevation. Once again You have the answer.

Bob W

[Rotorhead]

Thats the pic I've been looking for...Thank you Rick.

Regards
Steve

[George Creed]

So where you guys go to ???

No posts for a while ---hows your progress?

Thanks,
George

[oneslim]

George,

Well, for me it was another stay in the hospital. Had to have a repair of last May's AAA surgery, I herniated the scar. The day after this one, there was a massive blood clot, so they had to go back in to fix that. An overnight stay turned into a week. 34 metal clips later and a huge swatch of mesh, I hope to be done with all this. Still can't sit in a chair for more than 15 or 20 minutes.

BTW, I'm waiting for the WEM twin forty mounts to come out, should be soon.

Thanks for asking,

Bob W

[les]

Get healed up soon. We've missed your posts.