The Ship Model Forum

The Ship Modelers Source
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:57 am

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 20 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 12:53 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:39 pm
Posts: 668
Location: San Tan Valley Arizona
I saw this posted somewhere else that I don't recall. Glad to see here it in an easy access format. This is going to be neat to see as you use that old "Chestnut" of a kit to kitbash these others. Who would have thought?

_________________
Mark
Master Gunnery Sergeant USMC (Ret.)
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

On the bench:

1/200 USS Enterprise, CV-6


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:38 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:26 pm
Posts: 669
Location: USA
Hi David,
The photos posted well and are very revealing.
This should be fun to watch as it unfolds.
I'm guessing a lot of people out there (including me) are very familiar with this kit and look forward to seeing all the permutations.

Dumb question, though. I know what "BB's" are but what are "OBB's"?

_________________
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... uck-Bauer/


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:46 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:06 am
Posts: 972
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Nice to see some of your builds finally! They look really good! I look forward to seeing more! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Aop

_________________
On the way:
--1/350 Tamiya DKM Tirpitz Nov 1944

--1/350 scratch-build HMS Lion never built battleship (1938)

And our artworks!


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 5:41 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:25 pm
Posts: 1532
Location: England
That is fantastic, huge respect to you sir for undertaking such big modifications on kits. I will be watching the buildup of this collection unfold!

_________________
Vlad


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 7:46 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:02 pm
Posts: 2350
Location: Herndon, VA
Hooboy. You're insane in all the most wonderful modeling ways. I love this! Great work, David!

_________________
- Chris

1/700 Saratoga w/Pontos (Needs paint)
1/700 Potato w/Kurama (On hold)
1/700 Murdertorpedoboat Ooi


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 4:47 pm 
Offline

Joined: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:46 pm
Posts: 187
This is a great project - inspired ....and possibly a bit insane - I love it! It certainly highlights the evolutionary process of the USN Standard BB's. Keep up the great work :-)


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 8:33 pm 
I like what you are doing with these kits. I wish to build the USS Idaho BB-42, but the resin 1/350 kit is $350, ouch. If I could get some good plans, maybe your kitbash of an USS Arizona might work for me.


Report this post
Top
  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:09 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:55 pm
Posts: 35
Location: Post Falls, Idaho
This is a test reply, I tried a post earlier and I do not see it, the reply I did as a guest is there.

_________________
Your shipmate, Ziggy

Work in Progress: USS Arizona and Arizona Memorial


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2020 12:32 pm 
Offline

Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:00 pm
Posts: 567
Lovely job on the hulls so far.

I added torpedo bulges to my 1/500 H.M.S. Royal Oak and am currently adding them to my 1/500 H.M.S. Ramillies. So I can appreciate how much work went into getting them to look so nice. I always like seeing models of less common subjects.

Looking forward to further updates.


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2020 12:16 pm 
Offline

Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:00 pm
Posts: 567
Maybe? Maybe not?!

Regardless of method, you have achieved a lovely result with them. I look forward to seeing future updates.


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:27 am 
Offline

Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:00 pm
Posts: 567
Any further progress at all David?


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:22 am 
Offline

Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:00 pm
Posts: 567
Sorry to hear that, hope you get well soon!


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 11:11 am 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
I remember seeing these along time ago. I love to see that the pics have been preserved and that they are still progressing. I'd be happy to print the necessary cage masts for these ships, in this scale, for you. I'd also like to collaborate on WW1 conversions of these ships, because I'm all about the cage masts : ) FYI, the attached pics are the prototype prints of masts for BB-23 and the 1920's South Dakotas in 1:144 scale. I'm working on the ones for USS Arizona, circa 1916, for my own Revel kit bash. Hopefully I'll have some pics after the holiday.


Attachments:
CageMast.jpg
CageMast.jpg [ 877.48 KiB | Viewed 552 times ]
318931497_10167485795460436_4874111162472572035_n.jpg
318931497_10167485795460436_4874111162472572035_n.jpg [ 572.14 KiB | Viewed 552 times ]
Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:17 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
DavidP wrote:
if doing 1916 version you will have to remove the torpedo bulge like I did to the Tennessee. are you going to attempt to correct the concave stern like I'm doing to my models? in this link http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/ ... B39_07.jpg is the 1924 outboard profile that shows barely the erased outlines of the midships hull 5" gun casements that she had in 1916.
http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/BB39/BOGP/
can your printer do 1/429 scale cagemasts?


Yes, Yes, & Yes.


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 9:34 am 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
DavidP wrote:
so what are you going to use to correct your model's stern?


I'm not much of a sculptor, so I'm vacillating between between just 3d printing a whole new stern and making a "mold" to squish putty into the right shape over the existing hull.


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:46 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
DavidP wrote:
I thought you might do 3d printing but watch it as the 2 sides of the hull before it curves into the concave are not the same height. found that out when rebuilding the sterns that ended requiring another 1mm layer of plastic to get both sides somewhat the same shape.


Hmm.. I'm not sure that I understand that? The hull I have in front of me (see attached pic) looks pretty symmetrical. I have to agree that it looks ugly from this angle and needs some attention. I'm annoyed that I've had rubber bands around it for a at least a year in hopes that the pressure would close up the bottom seam amidships but, it's made no difference ; (


Attachments:
IMG_20221225_133525268.jpg
IMG_20221225_133525268.jpg [ 134.19 KiB | Viewed 460 times ]
Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Dec 30, 2022 3:24 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
DavidP wrote:
see how the rubber band going across the skeg/rudder post area is flat against the hull before a gap forms between the band & hull, that flat is not the same height on both sides of the model? I use masking tape & sometimes miniature bar clamps never rubber bands. I remove the skeg to get it out of the way while building up the stern so that once all carved, grinded & sanded to shape then I make a whole new skeg.
frame sections http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/ ... B39_08.jpg


OK that's interesting. Maybe it'd be quicker to 3D print a whole new stern and just lop off the plastic one? I'm thinking it'd be fun to make "upgrade" parts for this kit to allow newbies like me to follow in your footsteps.


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 2:24 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
Thank you! I'm considering options as to what to replace and what to keep.

DavidP wrote:
email sent with body plan.


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:10 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 pm
Posts: 51
I came across a couple of pictures from auction sites about a version of this kit that was motorized.
Does anyone have any info on that? I'd love to see how Revell added that feature in and maybe do something similar.


Attachments:
il_1140xN.3620464420_epo5.jpg
il_1140xN.3620464420_epo5.jpg [ 125.03 KiB | Viewed 326 times ]
il_1140xN.3620464868_56ns.jpg
il_1140xN.3620464868_56ns.jpg [ 133.47 KiB | Viewed 326 times ]
Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:53 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:00 pm
Posts: 12138
Location: Ottawa, Canada
This listing shows the bag of parts that make up the motorization suite: https://www.ebay.com/itm/265207920617?e ... Swn8tg1hNo

Note also the giant hole in lower stern where I expect the prop shafts would exit.

_________________
De quoi s'agit-il?


Report this post
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 20 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], navydave1989 and 58 guests


You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group