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The last photo try with black and white photos to do what the effect, the feeling can also be. Next is the closure of the project. This is a big project. Want to have a smooth.

[quote="lieven1982"]Do you have pictures seen turret top color?[/quote]

California's turret top is clearly white in [url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h55000/h55034.jpg][u][b]this[/b][/u][/url] photo.

Pennysvlania's forward turret tops are white in [url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g380000/g387598.jpg][u][b]this[/b][/u][/url] photo.

You can see, in [url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g270000/g279385.jpg][u][b]this November 1941 photo[/b][/u][/url], that many of the battleships turret tops are not the same color as the hull.

Cropped view of above photo:
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Overall basically completed, ready to put a few Pt torpedo boat in there. Add some details and dynamic.

It's looking great. The link for the turret top colors is: http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/S19-7/PearlHarborBatDivMarkings.html

Now the overall progress of about 90%, the rest is slowly adding details. Hope to do!

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The next is about chastity, making the repair ship. Resin model quality is good hope to complete the project as soon as possible.

[quote="biggles2"]The Japanese spies and agents seemed to have been very diligent, photographing and making sketches of where which ships were moored. From the hills surrounding Pearl Harbour, they had a clear view of the harbor. Nothing could be kept very secret! When they knew the location of each ship they could also make note of the color codes of the turrets. :wave_1: And...a good prostitute can get any info out of a horny sailor! :big_grin:[/quote]
:wave_1: I think the old Japanese army must regret wake America giant dream! In fact, I love most is the Royal Italy navy. Battleship street, the scene finished I'll do a Taranto or Naples port. :big_grin:

There's nothing like dioramas of warships but to have a diorama of battleship row is something special. Well done love it. Kevin

The Japanese spies and agents seemed to have been very diligent, photographing and making sketches of where which ships were moored. From the hills surrounding Pearl Harbour, they had a clear view of the harbor. Nothing could be kept very secret! When they knew the location of each ship they could also make note of the color codes of the turrets. :wave_1: And...a good prostitute can get any info out of a horny sailor! :big_grin:

Well biggles, that may be a possibility, but I am skeptical about whether or not the Japanese had obtained that particular bit of information. The United States Navy was always proud of its battlewagons, but beyond a few publicity pictures and appearances in newsreels, why on Earth would they let civilians know the specifics of turret top identification colors? As has been stated in this thread, they weren't [i]re[/i]discovered until relatively recently.

The Japanese intelligence apparatus just wasn't that good.

[quote="biggles2"]You can't tell the colors from black and white photos, but in the final posted photo above, you can see some turret tops are much lighter than the rest of the ship. And there is recent documentation that turret tops were painted different colors for the battleship divisions (Arizona had red on #1,2, and 4 turrets) to identify them for their spotting aircraft during gunnery trials. Of course, that probably also helped Japanese bombardiers to identify their targets. :wave_1:[/quote]

yes，from the picture and can't see every ship turret top color, I would go to improve through the text information about them, as you said turret top color can be a marker of the Japanese navy. :wave_1:

You can't tell the colors from black and white photos, but in the final posted photo above, you can see some turret tops are much lighter than the rest of the ship. And there is recent documentation that turret tops were painted different colors for the battleship divisions (Arizona had red on #1,2, and 4 turrets) to identify them for their spotting aircraft during gunnery trials. Of course, that probably also helped Japanese bombardiers to identify their targets. :wave_1:

[quote="MartinJQuinn"]Impressive. Don't forget to paint your turret tops to match the [url=http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/S19-7/PearlHarborBatDivMarkings.html]BATDIV[/url] the ships were in...[/quote]

Do you have pictures seen turret top color? I cannot thank you from the photo。thanks！ :smallsmile:

Impressive. Don't forget to paint your turret tops to match the [url=http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/S19-7/PearlHarborBatDivMarkings.html]BATDIV[/url] the ships were in...

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You're pulling at my heart strings! :big_grin: I love it! Keep up the good work!

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[quote="sirpaul"]Excellent. What is the length of this display? Your ships look great.[/quote]

Hello Sirpaul :wave_1: :wave_1: The Pearl Harbor scene I about 3.9 feet long and 1.3 feet wide。

Excellent. What is the length of this display? Your ships look great.