NigelR32 wrote:
I am currently correcting the hull shape on the 1/200 Titanic and want to do the same to Iowa, so i bought a kit and will do that on on my Youtube channel, Nigels modelling bench, so others can follow along.
If the AOTS profiles are not to be trusted, which doesn't surprise me, where can I find some known good ones please?
I hate to criticize fellow authors but, while the book does well illustrating details, the structural aspects of
AOTS: Iowa are problematic. To be blunt: correcting the hull to AOTS would be a total waste of time.
For some reason the hull structure of the Iowa-class has caused problems for kit makers. This is surprising because the documentation is available. The bow is and stern are always wrong in kits.
This is the MOLDED shape of the hull taken from the original blueprints:
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Kits tend to miss:
1. The twin keels are an integral part of the hull form and are not attachments (ie, not true skegs).
2. There is a docking keel running from through the space between the twin keels.
3. The tunnel between the twin keels widens as you move forward them takes a slight turn inward at the forward end.
4. There is half siding that runs from through the tunnel to the end of the ship.
5. There are two knuckles in cross section at the stern.
6 The flat siding at the bottom of the hull tends to have the wrong shape.
Tamiya made some misteaks and it appears that others took the Tamiya hull form, blew it up, and make the misteaks even bigger.
Kits also tend to make the bow waterline waaaaaaaaaaay toooooo wide.
My other peeve is that the they tend to make the forward tower start to narrow at the 08 level (primary conn) when it actually narrows at the 07 level.
Here is a screen cap from a YOUTUBE video of the Trumpeter Stern:
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It should be immediately obvious that the hull form is not even close here.