Calling all New Orleans-class (CA-32) fans

[Tu11iy]

Thank you, comrades.

[stevetooth]

I recently purchased the GMM San Francisco photo etch set. The instructions mention inaccuracy regarding the secondary armament gun shields. Anybody have some insight on this matter? I am not happy with the prospect of performing surgery on his area.

[Angeliccypher]

There is a great book covering the New Orleans Class cruisers called Shipcraft #13 that has a lot of great information in it including drawings of all the ships in the class in various configurations. The other question is which kit are you using. The 1942 or the 1945? There is a great thread in the Calling All Ships section for the class as well. A lot to read through, but a great start.

[taskforce48]

The instructions mention inaccuracy regarding the secondary armament gun shields. Anybody have some insight on this matter? I am not happy with the prospect of performing surgery on his area.

The 1942 San Francisco kit got the 5/25 shields wrong. They have to be asymmetrical from Port and Starboard to allow for clearance of the fuse setter on the gun mount. You can see it illustrated here on the Astoria's BOGP's.

Hope this helps,

Matt

[Jeff Sharp]

Here are a couple of shots of USS Quincy on Aug.6, 1941. She was part of a convoy to Iceland that left the States on July 28, 1941 to supply troops. These are the only two photos that I've seen of her in MS-1 camouflage.

[Vladi]

Thanks for these two photos, Jeff, haven�t seen them before!

I just posted some findings about the 5in splinter shields that you guys might find interesting, and another related question on page 2 of my 1/700 Astoria WIP thread here:
viewtopic.php?f=59&t=314508&p=929234

It would be great to know your opinions. Thanks!

[Jeff Sharp]

Here is a absolutely beautiful look at USS Quincy in Iceland Nov.'41. She is wearing "true" MS-12 camouflage with her bottom color 5-S instead of the "interim" 5-D that her sisters USS Tuscaloosa and USS Vincennes wore.


USS Vincennes even painted her turret face plates 5-D while in "interim" MS-12.

[MartinJQuinn]

Great pictures and great finds!

[DrPR]

Does anyone know why the hulls were painted with the lower part dark and the upper part light?

Phil

[Timmy C]

The idea was that the ocean is dark and the sky is bright, so have the parts of the ship that are most likely to be seen with the ocean as the background be painted dark and the parts of the ship most likely to be seen against the bright sky be painted bright was thought to be a good way to conceal the ship against your average daylight horizon. It assumes some things about the height of the observer, and hopes that it will work more often than not (as with most camouflage schemes) - it's nearly impossible to design a scheme that works well in all conditions against all observers.

[Egilman]

I just received my USS Vincennes update set from Matt at Krakken Hobbies.... They are gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous....

Matt makes beautiful parts...

I dropped you an e-mail Matt.....

Putting them away with my Trumpy '42 San Francisco for later....

EG

[Jeff Sharp]

USS San Francisco August 1941 wearing MS-1 camo with a white "E" on her aft stack.

[Vladi]

Thanks for sharing these wonderfull photos, Jeff!

I�ve got something to share today, too. As a side product of research for my current Astoria and future Vincennes builds I compiled a table listing differences among all New Orleans class cruisers. I then asked Dick Jensen to kindly review and comment on my findings, that lead to even more detailed and accurate coverage. A BIG thank you, Dick!

Please feel free to check the table at this link.

I realize that some of the features are not outright easy to describe, but these should be easily recognizable if you compare photos of the areas in questions on the relevant ships.

Kindly let me know via PM or Facebook if you notice any inacuracies or have anything to add/amend, I will update the table and post it to the link above.

Enjoy!

[Dan K]

Great, informative table, Vladi. Lots of information there. Thx for posting.

[Vladi]

Glad you like it, Dan

[maccrage]

Excellent. I was looking for something like this for my upcoming 1/350 Astoria. Not sure what to do about the searchlight tower. I haven't been able to find the right one in pe. Tom's has it in 1/700, but noone seems to do it in 1/350. I may have to scratch it from plastic.

[maccrage]

maccrage, what time period is the model representing as I have the Booklet of General Plans USS Astoria CA-34 1941 if you need, 6mb in size, pdf format?

Dec 41. That would be perfect.

[maccrage]

Pm sent, thank you.

[maccrage]

Started gathering bits for Astoria. Just received my Red Devil Designs 1/350 Astoria turret set.

VERY well packaged.

[maccrage]

Ordered the Kraken Astoria conversion set and the Kagero Astoria book arrived today.