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Re: Battleship Project...
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Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:49:13 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
> In lugnet.build.military, Daniel Siskind wrote:
> > I spilled the beans by posting pics of my new battleship project in progress, so
> > I may as well post them here too. Finished model within the month?
> >
> > Here's the pics I've taken so far:
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> > http://www.brickmania.com/P1150039.JPG
> > http://www.brickmania.com/P1150040.JPG
> > http://www.brickmania.com/P1150041.JPG
> > http://www.brickmania.com/P1150042.JPG
> >
> > The person who correctly guesses the ship and year gets to keep it... er...on
> > second thought, maybe not!
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> Dan-
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> Wow. That's lovely, really lovely--as to be expected,
> I suppose! Is it fully in scale with the cruiser, and
> is the cruiser still extant? I really need better lighting
> to take a good assay of it because the flash really messes
> up the sense of "wholeness" one gets.
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> My guess, however, would be Missouri, 1952; that's because
> a lot of the 20mm Oerlikons are gone, and there are no
> catapults aft (meaning it's got a helipad). Because the
> most common methods of differentiating between the ships of
> the class are the superstructure and the small markings on
> the hull--both things not in evidence at this stage--I'm
> not willing to bank on either. Maybe the catapults and crane
> just haven't been added, but that camoflauge screams "Ulithi
> Atoll, 1944". Ask me to ID it again once you've finished the
> fighting tops. Oh, and the hull numbers. ;)
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> Do you plan to "teak" the decks? One of the great defining
> marks of the _Iowa_ class ships was those amazing teak decks.
> I really do like the way the geometry of the turrets came out
> from above--from the front, they're a little washed out in the
> chromatically "busy" scheme with the flash, but from above
> they're gorgeous. And WHAT, in God's name, is that enormous
> grey thing it's resting on?!?
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> all best
>
> LFB
oops! I forgot I posted those pictures... gotta stay off the internet after
drinking a night of building / drinking! I took the pics at night, but promise
some much better daylight pictures when I'm finished.
Yes, Lindsay's guess is correct about Missouri... circa '44 and I just haven't
built the stuff on the afterdeck yet nor the 20mm mounts (waiting on a Bricklink
order...)
I gave the cruiser to my dad, so it does still exist! This ship is a slightly
larger scale (about 1:128 as opposed to the 1:146 of the cruiser).
I just thought the slightly larger scale would work better with the elements I'm
using (armoured 40mm mounts for example, would be way to big at the cruisier's
scale).
I'm still debating what to do about the deck. In the cammo I chose, the deck is
actually painted to match the hull, so there's not going to be a tan deck like
the cruiser. I have started to grill tile the after deck, but I'm not sure if I
like the results yet...
That "thing" it's sitting on will be a display case for it. Once the ship is
finished I will enclose it in plexiglass to keep the dust off. The display case
is built in four sections (the ship in three) so I can fit the whole lot into my
car. The final dimensions will be 8' x 1.4' x 5' I'm just waiting for Lego to
make more gray bricks so I can finish it!
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