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PostPosted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 12:49 pm 
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I have some overall images of USS BLACK (DD-666), but for what time frame and aspects are you interested in?

As for the configuration of the "controls", I don't know that there are many or even any controls, since I have not found any clear photos of the "inside" of this portside extension. Most likely if there are "controls" or more likely "communication" equipment, there would be arrangement for communication for the director and twin 40-mm mount with the rest of the ship. The "tub" bulwark for the Mk 51 director was kind of a cramped space on at least some destroyers, and anything in the Mk 51 directors "working circle" was a problem. The communication equipment could be considered "in the way" and moved outside nearby.

This arrangement apparently WAS NOT a standard USN configuration. It wasn't uncommon for a crew to come up with a modification for their ship that they liked. It was highly unusual to have the surrounding bulwark this high on the Mk 51 director, limiting use forward and to the sides. It can't be readily seen, but the aft end is open and not a block. Sometimes the USN agreed and incorporated it into the class standard. Many times not and such mods could be removed in a future yard period. A modification mod idea on one ship, could be seen by another ship and they would copy it. That could be the case here. USS BLACK and USS STEMBEL were in the same Destroyer Squadron, DesRon 48;

DesRon 48 Flag (attach to DesDiv 95)
USS ERBEN (DD-631)

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USS WALKER (DD-517)
USS ABBOT (DD-629)
USS HALE (DD-642)
USS STEMBEL (DD-644)

DESDIV 96
USS BULLARD (DD-660)
USS KIDD (DD-661)
USS BLACK (DD-666)
USS CHAUNCEY (DD-667)

Of these units, I have ONLY found two units with this extension configurations with a solid bulwark or canvas covered railing. However, several units in this DesRon 48 had "out-of-the Mk 51 "working circle" comm and perhaps controls stations. Mostly they are from DesDiv 95.

Below are views of;

First image - USS STEMBEL (DD-644) taken in October 1944 from stern looking into this area. You can't see inside because of the canvas "sunshade" cover, but you can tell that the space was open at the aft end.

Second image - USS HALE (DD-642) taken in February 1945 at the conclusion of her overhaul. You can see that a "cutout" extension has been added outside of the Mk 51 director working circle railing.

Third image - USS HALE taken in 1951 after recommissioning for the KW. You can see that the "comm extension" looks about the same, but still no solid bulwark.

Fourth image - USS ERBEN (DD-631) taken in February 1945, actually next to USS HALE, at the conclusion of her overhaul. You can see that her extension looks similar to USS HALE, except it appears to have a top.

An interesting note here, is that all four of these units were built by Bath Iron Works, original with a configuration intended to support Mk 49 directors.


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With photos I'm interested in ones made circa 1950, shortly after recomissioning of the ship.
And thanks again for the info, already proved invaluable.


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Well I have only one image of USS BLACK (DD-666) taken after she recommissioned on 18 July 1951. Shortly after running a post-commission shakedown, she went into the yard and was upgraded to the "5-Gun" configuration with two quad 40-mm mounts and various censor upgrades and a tripod foremast.

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USS BLACK (DD-666) on 10 February 1945, after completing her last wartime overhaul, this should help with her forward radar and other sensors at the time.

USS BLACK in about August 1951, after she recommissioned for the KW mobilization. Not much change, except no canvas covering of railings.

USS BLACK on 27 May 1952, after she had completed her 5-Gun upgrade.

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Thanks again, Rick.

Been researching the turrets but can't quite figure out the best aftermarket turrets for 1/350. Could you drop a hint maybe? Looking for turrets for USS Black in late war/early 50s configuration.


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That is kind of a subjective question. First off, I have not seen ALL of the possible options available for aftermarket 5-in/38 Gun Mounts (Technically not Turrets) in 1/350 scale. The resin market is hard for me to keep track of and the 3-D printed market keeps expanding with new vendors. I have picked up several resin pieces of these mounts over the years of which some companies are still in business and others aren't. I have or seen two of the 3-D printed mounts, made by Model Monkey and Black Cat. Both are good, the Black Cat units have gone a step further in details because of their higher end printer, but are also more expensive. I believe that you can get both in Europe (via Shapeways for Model Monkey). For late war and post-WWII, the two main deck mounts should be the "double-knuckle" types with a gun captain hood on the mount. Model Monkey currently doesn't have the hoods on any of their mounts. Black Cat does, but they sell both the double-knuckle and single knuckle 5-in mounts in packages of two of which only one has the hood on it. So you would need to figure out how many mounts you need to order. Besides the main deck mounts, on most, but not all, FLETCHER's the 54 mount also has a hood on that single-knuckle mount. USS BLACK did have a hood on the 54 mount. Some resin vendors, make mounts with the hood on them, but as I said, you need to search for what is currently available. If you are good at scratch-building, these hoods are small and not too hard to make and add as needed.

One consideration is the foundations for the mounts. The Tamiya and Trumpeter kits have different ways the mounts are installed on the kit. Some after market makers have the foundation ring on the mount and some don't. You will want to be satisfied that the mounts you get will sit the proper height above the deck. Because of the sheer of the deck forward, this can be tricky to get to look right.


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By the way, am I right that all the turrets on the Black have late-type turret faces with early shell drop "tails" on the rear? If not, what configuration do they have exactly? My friend won't leave me be with this question.


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Наши турели класса Fletcher в масштабе 1/350 имеют позднюю конфигурацию.

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Yeah, Steve, we see Rick is a Fletcher-class guru and we're super lucky to be talking with him. And we have been looking at the MM turrets, but there is an issue. The turret faces are late type as they should be, but, looking at the photos, Black has early type shell drop "tail" on the rear of the turrets, which neither you not BCM make. Unlike you, thought, BCM has other issues with the turrets which leaves you, Steve, and the question: if it is confirmed that the turrets' faces are late type but their rear ends are early type, could you print them like this and sell them to us?


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:21 am 
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Tulliy,

Sorry to be late in this discussion, I hurriedly wrote my last reply before I went to a family gathering three hours driving away.

I get confused when terms like "early-war style" and "late-war style" without images or pointers as to what you are referring to. So I'm not sure of what differences you are referring to.

Also, realize that there were multiple variations among the 175 FLETCHER class units according to builders, timeframe reflecting upgrades, and changes made to ease things like maintenance or to reduce damage from nature's actions. It is almost impossible for a kit manufacturer or after-market maker to cover all these variations. You may or may not have noticed yet, that there were TWO types of 5-in/38 mounts. Ones with the Gun Capt. hatch on the right and one with the hatch on the left. USS BLACK fortunately has ALL her mounts of the "righty" type. This happened because the USN wanted to make as few variants of the basic 5-in gun as possible. There had to be "left" and "right" guns for twin mounts, and rather than make a third mount strictly for single mounts, they installed "left" or "right" or a mix of the two on destroyers. No manufacture makes both types. To be truthful, few people even notice.

The FLETCHER class was built by several building yards, ten of these yards built the Square-Bridge variant over a period of roughly three years and underwent multiple changes in configuration along the way. USS BLACK (DD-666) was the 66th unit out of 175 units in "commissioned" order. So she was fairly early in the production of the class. But, the builders didn't make or even procure themselves the armament, it was Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). The USN contracted separately for the 5-in/38 mounts and furnished them to the builders.

The gun mounts from the first built units in the class went through changes as well. Initially the mount "shield" or cover if you will as well as the bulwarks around the lighter AA weapons, was made out of a heavier gage steel. But, in order to save weight, these materials were changed to a lighter and thinner steel, with all welding, except for bolt fastener connections. Unless the destroyer was lost, the original shields were replaced with the lighter shields. The original shields, particularly the double-knuckle ones, were made with a degree of rivets. By the time that the Square-Bridge units started construction, most of these weight saving measures had already taken into practice. Some changes were made during construction for various reasons and NOT ALL of these changes necessarily are retrofitted to previous built units.

I don't know how to answer your questions. Below are views of USS BLACK's forward 51 mount in June 1943 and then in 1971 as she was about to be scrapped. The aft shell eject chute appears to still be the same. Followed by two "late construction" FLETCHERS. The only difference I can see, is that USS BLACK's spent shell chute appears to have a "rounded" shape and the two late war built units have a "straight" shape. Likely this was done to ease manufacturing. See the June 1953 image of USS BLACK further down for a bette view of her chute.

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Below here are the fronts of the first Square-Bridge unit commissioned (USS BROWNSON (DD-518)) and one of the last Square-Bridge units completed (USS SHIELDS (DD-596)) and of USS BLACK. Other than a few minor differences, they look about the same. I'm not sure of what you are calling "(mounts) turrets' faces are late type"?

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The only thing that I think you are referring to are what appear to be "reinforcement ribs" (or sealing strips) added to the fronts of some mounts.

USS BLACK (DD-666) in May 1952
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USS BLACK (DD-666) in June 1953
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USS BLACK (DD-666) in about 1954
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Tu11iy wrote:
Yeah, Steve, we see Rick is a Fletcher-class guru and we're super lucky to be talking with him. And we have been looking at the MM turrets, but there is an issue. The turret faces are late type as they should be, but, looking at the photos, Black has early type shell drop "tail" on the rear of the turrets, which neither you not BCM make. Unlike you, thought, BCM has other issues with the turrets which leaves you, Steve, and the question: if it is confirmed that the turrets' faces are late type but their rear ends are early type, could you print them like this and sell them to us?

Да, я могу сделать для вас башню с лицом или хвостом, которую вы видите на рисунках ниже. Когда вы с Рик определите, какая конфигурация лучше, просто дайте мне знать.

Какой масштаб вам нужен? Капот не для печати в небольших масштабах, как 1/350 масштаба.
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Yes, I can make a turret for you with either face or tail you see in the renderings below. When you and Rick determine which configuration is best, just let me know.

Which scale do you need? The blast hood is not printable in small scales like 1/350 scale.

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I had never really looked at the shapes of the spent shell chutes, but I'm wondering if the difference isn't more a matter of who made them, than when they were installed. Because frankly there does NOT seem to be a time difference. The early built USS BLACK has what Steve (Model Monkey) has labeled as "late model" chute (with the circular clean-out plate?) as completed through 1970's, but the late built USS CUSHING (DD-797) and USS LITTLE (DD-803) have the type of chute that Steve is calling "early model".

For those not aware of it, when the first FLETCHERS were built, there wasn't a chute on the aft end of the mount. There was a door. That was replaced by the chute during Fitting-Out at the Navy Yard they were assigned to. Below are images of USS O'BANNON (DD-450) as completed in June 1942 and a view of USS NICHOLAS (DD-449) in January 1944. Both were fitted out at BosNY, and the modification to the shield would have been done there. As you can see, another variant for the chute. Also, note the ladder locations on these two mounts!!

At every yard period, there were always a long list of OrdAlts for changes or upgrades to the various weapons and fire control onboard the ship.

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Meanwhile, at NYNY when USS FLETCHER was Fitting-Out in July 1942, she had the chute installed and with a "squarish" clean-out plate. Then in the second close-up view, you can see that where the braces or whatever they are for (I wonder it they are water seals, because they had a big problem with seawater entering this area where a lot of the electrical and hydraulic equipment was located) would later be located line-up with seams.

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Then in August 1943, at MINY, FLETCHER's chute is the same and we get a view of her gun mount face with "braces".

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This doesn't answer the question about USS BLACK's gun mount configuration, but does show that Steve (Model Monkey) and Benjamin (Black Cat) could be making a multitude of variants which are only a bit different and are hard to see in 1/350 scale. There are always a multitude of minor differences between various units in each class of destroyers. When I personally model a destroyer in 1/700 or even 1/350 scale, I don't worry about little things that would be hard to see or even notice. I concentrate on he bigger things, like bulwark variations, sensors installed, the Gun Captain's Hood, etc. Both the Tamiya and Trumpeter FLETCHER kits have plenty of errors that need correcting, replaced, modified, or simply ADDED because it is missing to be accurate (both Tamiya and Trumpeter don't have flag bags or a boat winch!!!). In the larger scales, like 1/144 scale and 1/96 scale, then what can be seen and noticed grows. Each modeler has to decide what is GOOD ENOUGH.

It appears from the images I have of USS BLACK and that show the mounts, that the three images below show what her basic configuration of her mounts at the end of WWII into early 1950's were. Call them what you want, but there really was no "early and late", except for the addition of braces on the front face, handrails along the side of the mounts, and a hood for the Gun Captain.

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By the way, this image of USS CHARLES K. BRONSON (DD-668), shows that some of USS BLACK's sisters had hefty vertical reinforcements added to the 51 mount late WWII, because of damage from heavy seas. Something that was more common on the SUMNER and GEARING classes. Also, the "metal Charleston Navy Yard" style sliding metal covers for the gun port was being added on many units at the end of WWII. But, not on USS BLACK.

Also, note the 5-in/38 gun being worked on alongside BRONSON, provides details without the shield installed. You can see the equipment that the access plates on the right side are there for.

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This doesn't answer the question about USS BLACK's gun mount configuration, but does show that Steve (Model Monkey) and Benjamin (Black Cat) could be making a multitude of variants which are only a bit different and are hard to see in 1/350 scale


I tend to agree - these are the kind of details that the individual modeler should task himself with learning how to make and not worry about buying ready made parts with every detail engraved into the part. This is called "scratch building". Try it, you'll like it!! :thumbs_up_1:

When I begin STODDARD (1/144 Scale) I will use the 5" gun mounts purchased from Model Monkey a couple years ago, refer to my 1968 photos and if I find differences, make them myself. Isn't this what the hobby is all about? (No fault with Steve if he wishes to make more variations to his 5" gun mount offerings!)

Just my humble opinion,
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BTW, Rick - excellent photos!!!

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You didn't know how to answer the question and yet you answered it, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge, Rick, and sorry you had to write this much.


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Both my friend and I do a fair bit of scratch building or rebuilding kit details for historical accuracy, but I don't see (neither does my friend) how exactly we make a practically clean trumpeter turret in 1/350 as accurate as 3d-printed ones. I for one am going to just add PE to Tamiya's Fletcher turrets and forget it, but my friend for some reason chases the highest accuracy possible, which is way too hard to achieve via scratch building with a part this small. And we ain't too experienced. Didn't stop me from scratch building a Lexington-class bridge in 1/350, but this is harder.


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Did I get it right that you can't print the hood on top of the turret in 1/350, Steve?


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Hi all again folks:

At the risk of being too demanding, would somebody have pictures of the oil canning effect of the areas around the stern and the bottom between the bilge keels ? I have very little info about the stern, and nothing at all reg. the bottom, and I think it would be advisable to gather some more before doing anything.
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Did I get it right that you can't print the hood on top of the turret in 1/350, Steve?

Ты прав. Капот слишком хрупок в масштабе 1/350, чтобы выдержать процесс печати, используемый моими машинами. Машины будут раздвигать капот во время печати. Если капот переживет процесс печати, процесс очистки, скорее всего, разрушит его. В масштабе 1/350 мои принтеры могут печатать колпак как сплошной блок, но не как полый колпак.

Наименьший масштаб, на котором могут быть напечатаны колпаки, - вероятно, 1/200.

Есть другие 3D-принтеры, которые используют другой процесс, который может печатать колпак в масштабе 1/350. Эта технология чрезвычайно дорогая, около 12 000 долларов США (856000 рублей), что мне не по карману.
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You are correct. The hood is too fragile in 1/350 scale to survive the printing process used by my printers. The printers would pull the hood apart during printing. If the hood survived the printing process, the cleaning process would likely destroy it. In 1/350 scale, my printers can print the hood as a solid block, but not a hollow hood.

Smallest scale the hoods can be printed in is probably 1/200.

There are other 3D printers that use a different process that can print a hood in 1/350 scale. That technology is extremely expensive, about $12,000 USD (856000 RUB), unaffordable by me.

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Willie,

See my reply under your model build (Picture Post/...In Progress)

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So, Steve, you can print the turrets with late faces and early shell chutes, right? By late faces I mean the way they are on single-knuckle turrets for all 5. The ones on the double knuckle late turrets seem totally different. Can this be specified through your website?


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Tu11iy,

A comment on the 5-in/38 mounts on the Tamiya FLETCHER kit;

"I for one am going to just add PE to Tamiya's Fletcher turrets and forget it, ..."

This is one of the faults with the Tamiya kit, the mounts are under-scale. It always best to replace them for a more accurate looking kit. The poor 5-in mounts on both the Tamiya and Trumpeter kits is why there are aftermarket replacements. The 5-in/38 mounts on the DML BENSON-GLEAVES kits are pretty good as is, at least for earlier war periods, so no real need to replace those.


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