Tim W. wrote:
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So what would those oxygen bottles be for, then, specifically?
Tim,
Those short sections of cylinders included in the kit represent gas cylinders stored along the bulkheads of the ship. They were there for various uses by different crewmembers for a variety of reasons. These cylinders might have included: argon, CO2, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, to name ones that I know of. They were all painted various colors - there is a standard color for gas cylinders, but I can't recall off hand what the colors are. For welding you need O2 (oxygen) as your oxidizer and a fuel source.
Don't confuse these bottled gases with the med. pressure compressed air system that injected air into the breech of the 16" guns after firing each round (gas ejection air). This pumped air system was a dedicated system for the 16" until the modernization in the '80s when additional lines were run to support the reloading system for the Harpoon Missile Launchers (I think - may have been the Tomahawks).
Anyhow, I've got the same cylinders to locate on my NEW JERSEY model and I'll probably search online for a gas cylinder info site that gives the correct color scheme for the bottles.
In 1968-69 we also had a bottle-fed fire extinguisher system mounted on the movie projection booth aft of Turret 3. Those fire-suppressant bottles were all painted red. We also had larger fire-suppressant bottles stored on a bulkhead rack on the storage locker in the converted stbd 40mm gun tub.
Re. the PE - yea, it's a real headache - I've lost more to the carpet monster than is in my model
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- I'm using the kit PE as parts for my superstructure modification and the Pontos PE for the normal parts not effected by my alterations.
Hank