by mconnelley » Sat Jun 17, 2017 4:36 am
Hello:
Here are a few more pictures to illustrate progress on the Missouri.
It was particularly difficult to pin down the paint scheme on the 5" gun turrets, as I was unable to find photos of some sides for several of the turrets. In those cases, I made a guess. The tops of the 5" turrets are mostly deck blue, but a few are ocean gray, and one looks to be black in the photos so I painted that one accordingly. The radius of the elevation trunion for the 5" guns is far too small. I bent a small piece of sheet metal, and drilled 2 holes in it for the guns to poke through, to simulate the right curvature. I made a jig to get the 2 brass gun barrels in the correct alignment.
For the 40 mm guns, I also made a jig to align the guns. Otherwise, the went together per the instructions. Fiddly and tedious. 12 down, 8 to go. I've also made perhaps a dozen or so of the 20 mm guns.
Finally, the aft funnel with a coat of paint. One reoccurring theme is that I'll glue on most of the PE (but leave off the ladders), paint, then glue on the ladders, and finally paint the ladders. The ladders and individual grab handles/steps prevent a good tape line, so I paint before these protrusions go on. It take a fair bit of planning to decide what should be on and off before painting. This is only an issue when a ladder cross the border between two colors. If a color border isn't crossed, then no problem to glue them on with the rest of the PE.
Cheers
Mike
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Hello:
Here are a few more pictures to illustrate progress on the Missouri.
It was particularly difficult to pin down the paint scheme on the 5" gun turrets, as I was unable to find photos of some sides for several of the turrets. In those cases, I made a guess. The tops of the 5" turrets are mostly deck blue, but a few are ocean gray, and one looks to be black in the photos so I painted that one accordingly. The radius of the elevation trunion for the 5" guns is far too small. I bent a small piece of sheet metal, and drilled 2 holes in it for the guns to poke through, to simulate the right curvature. I made a jig to get the 2 brass gun barrels in the correct alignment.
For the 40 mm guns, I also made a jig to align the guns. Otherwise, the went together per the instructions. Fiddly and tedious. 12 down, 8 to go. I've also made perhaps a dozen or so of the 20 mm guns.
Finally, the aft funnel with a coat of paint. One reoccurring theme is that I'll glue on most of the PE (but leave off the ladders), paint, then glue on the ladders, and finally paint the ladders. The ladders and individual grab handles/steps prevent a good tape line, so I paint before these protrusions go on. It take a fair bit of planning to decide what should be on and off before painting. This is only an issue when a ladder cross the border between two colors. If a color border isn't crossed, then no problem to glue them on with the rest of the PE.
Cheers
Mike