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Hi,all warship modeller!
I've come back in this forum with 1/200 USS Massachusetts model project.
I prerared 2 books for reference.
I've asembled ribs and keel.
Song.

Excellent!

I was born in Massachusetts, and have the Trumpy 1/350 kit in the stash, so I'll be watching this one with interest.

Welcome back Song, always a pleasure to follow your incredible work !

Stephane (from France, and sometimes Rotem's HQ in Uiwang...)

Another wooden marvel coming !!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice! I love this class of battleship more than the North Carolina i should say. I visited the USS Alabama years ago and what a sight to see in person.




Jose

How exciting, a new project!

Cheers: Tom

Goodwood wrote:Excellent!

I was born in Massachusetts, and have the Trumpy 1/350 kit in the stash, so I'll be watching this one with interest.

Hi,Sean!
It's your home.I'll do my best.
Song.

spottier60 wrote:Welcome back Song, always a pleasure to follow your incredible work !

Stephane (from France, and sometimes Rotem's HQ in Uiwang...)

Thank you, Stephane!
I remember you've been in Korea and railroad.
Song.

J. Soca wrote:Very nice! I love this class of battleship more than the North Carolina i should say. I visited the USS Alabama years ago and what a sight to see in person.




Jose

Hi,Jose!
You've visited USS Alabama. I want to visit several Warship memorial Parks.
Song.

Fliger747 wrote:How exciting, a new project!

Cheers: Tom

Hi,Tom!
I alway enjoy model project.
Song.

Hi,all!
I've made main deck of Massachusetts from thin panel.
Song.

Thank you, Song.

She's off to a great start!

The SODAK's always looked mean, formidable and brooding. I remember seeing one moored in Sinclair Inlet (by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard when I was young. Amazing about of guns and armor packed into a small space and the quite visible conning tower looking very warlike!

Fliger747 wrote:The SODAK's always looked mean, formidable and brooding. I remember seeing one moored in Sinclair Inlet (by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard when I was young. Amazing about of guns and armor packed into a small space and the quite visible conning tower looking very warlike!

Hi,Tom!
You saw South Dakota class battleship and some memories of it.
I built it's model only.
Song.

Hi, all friends!
I've done the preliminary work for planking and prepare stern and bow.
and i do 1 line of planking.
Song.

I really like the way you have stiffened the hull by installing blocking between the frames. This is a very good way to insure they pieces remain parallel! I have also copied your use of wooden clothes pins, the local craft store has some miniature ones that are very useful!

Always interesting projects! Cheers: Tom

Song,

I'm watching this one!

I visited the USS Massachusetts in Fall River, Mass., while I was in Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island. Back then I was skinny enough that I probably could have crawled into the 16" gun barrels. The 16" thick armor and armored doors on the pilot house were also very impressive.

Phil

Fliger747 wrote:I really like the way you have stiffened the hull by installing blocking between the frames. This is a very good way to insure they pieces remain parallel! I have also copied your use of wooden clothes pins, the local craft store has some miniature ones that are very useful!

Always interesting projects! Cheers: Tom

Hi,Tom!
You know well the purpose of blocks.
Always thank you.
Song.

DrPR wrote:Song,

I'm watching this one!

I visited the USS Massachusetts in Fall River, Mass., while I was in Officer Candidate School at Newport, Rhode Island. Back then I was skinny enough that I probably could have crawled into the 16" gun barrels. The 16" thick armor and armored doors on the pilot house were also very impressive.

Phil

Hi,Phil!
You have experiances in the battleships and 16" guns.
I saw only destroyer only.
Song.

Hi,all friends!
I'm doing plak on the frame 1line and 1line.
Song.