Happy day for me, just got home and my long awaited delivery of the USS California has arrived. I did a side by side comparison of the docking keels and think the ones I scratch built on Arizona is fairly accurate. The thickness is 2.5 mm.
Well, now you have two great builds to work on. Good luck mate.
Which Dremel accessory/tip did you use? Mini sanding disk?
Steve, I purchased something like the picture below on Ebay. Its a flexible rubber sanding attachment. I use it with the 90 degree Dremel tool attachment.
Interesting. Haven't seen those before. Will take a look at what's available.
Thanks.
Hello friends,
Been busy at my workbench this weekend. I primed and top coated the hull with anti fouling red and upper hull above waterline in Haze grey. In addition, my timber deck arrived from China, and I applied a coat of Testers dull coat clear varnish to the sheet. After the varnish dried I peeled off the backing and applied the deck. I read somewhere that the deck can lift up around the edges, so I liberally applied superglue gel to the plastic surfaces before applying it. Seems to work well.
Looking at applying additional details to the hull { degaussing lines and avgas line. }. Been researching some info supplied by David and Steve.
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Been busy at my workbench this weekend. I primed and top coated the hull with anti fouling red and upper hull above waterline in Haze grey. In addition, my timber deck arrived from China, and I applied a coat of Testers dull coat clear varnish to the sheet. After the varnish dried I peeled off the backing and applied the deck. I read somewhere that the deck can lift up around the edges, so I liberally applied superglue gel to the plastic surfaces before applying it. Seems to work well.
Looking at applying additional details to the hull { degaussing lines and avgas line. }. Been researching some info supplied by David and Steve.
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i hate to be the bearer of bad news but those rows of dots on the main & upper decks are not supposed to be there. it appears the deck manufacturer used gaming files off world of warships or similar as some 3d printing companies use the same files to print their 3d warships. look at these pictures that i had circled those dots. look at Arizona's Booklet of General Plans 1941 Sheet 7 - Upper Deck & Sheet 8 - Main Deck as you will not see those dots.
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My goodness, I would never have noticed that David. I will have to ponder what to do there.
On the 'dots', they exist on pretty much all the wooden deck kits. I found some research ( and a photo which I'm trying to find) that indicates they were actually lights in the deck. I believe by 1941 they had been removed.
I can see them on this photo below.
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do not think that the lights would be on the bolt plates on the main deck as shown on sheet 8. the bolt plates should be outlined with wood but covered with wood so no exposed metal that some model kits get wrong like Revell's 1/429 scale model of the Arizona & others.
Hi guys,
my 3D printed upgrade set arrived today. I am impressed with the fine detail of the parts. They are a work of art. I will post more on these soon.
my 3D printed upgrade set arrived today. I am impressed with the fine detail of the parts. They are a work of art. I will post more on these soon.
Funnel looks fine! Look forward to seeing the items broken out!
My photography does not do the fittings justice Steve. They are exquisite.
They are the blast bags for the main guns. I will take some better photos when I get home from work this evening.
This is a comparison of the kit funnel compared to the 3d printed one. As you can see, its a vast improvement.
Photo below I found on the internet by another modeller. Its not my work.
Photo below I found on the internet by another modeller. Its not my work.
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is your gray stack leaning back as it should be vertical, no lean?
the enclosed section on the top of the machine gun platform on either side of the stack is the wrong shape. look at Sheet 3 - Outboard Profile & Sheet 5 - Bridges Platforms & Fire Control Tops of the plans. trumpeter is more correct in that area.
the enclosed section on the top of the machine gun platform on either side of the stack is the wrong shape. look at Sheet 3 - Outboard Profile & Sheet 5 - Bridges Platforms & Fire Control Tops of the plans. trumpeter is more correct in that area.
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Kurt Konrath
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Have fun clipping all the supports out, without clipping actual piping or structure! The details look great, I need to learn to use my printer better for this kind of details.