Calling all Cimarron-class & Ashtabula-class (AO) fleet oiler fans

[radartec]

Does anyone know if there is a model of an Ashtabula Class oiler model out there ? Looking for something like the Passumpsic AO 107
Thanks

[radartec]

Thanks for the info.So,is there a model out there of a Cimarron Class oiler ??

[radartec]

1/350 or larger

[Maarten Sch�nfeld]

What do you think of this one? T-2 to Cimarron conversion in 1:350.

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html

[Sam88!]

I got a 1/700 Cimarron kit. I have seen some sources break the later ships into the Ashtabula class. Looking at navsource I can't find any visual difference. Is there anything major I need to change to make the USS Ashtabula?

[Rick_H]

Sam,
The only important question is what time period do you want to show Ashtabula. She served from 1945 to 1966 in her original configuration, then was jumboized by adding 90' to the hull. (553' lengthened to 644')

She then served in that appearance until 1991 when she was sold to Turkey.

So a WWII appearance would not be the same as after the jumbo conversion.

p.s. I have it on my list of "someday" projects to take a couple of 1/700 T-2 kits and try the jumbo modification. Actually, I suppose since the additions were pretty straight sections, maybe it could be done without the second kit, and just using sheet plastic sections for the added length and then working on the deck piping and valves as necessary.

[Richard OMalley]

I just read your post . I have a 1/96 scale T-3 fiberglass hull . It is the oiler you ate looking for if you can schatch build

[pbudzik]

Is there a good source of information for the refueling structures, rigging and functioning of these classes of oilers.
I am currently working on the hull for a 1/350 model.

Thank you,
Paul Budzik

[FFG-7]

AO-22 USS Cimarron General Arrangement (1939) https://archive.org/details/ao22ga1939
AO-23 USS Neosho General Arrangement Details (1940) https://archive.org/details/ao23gad1940
AO-62 USS Taluga General Arrangement (2009) https://archive.org/details/ao62haer2009
AO-97 USS Allagash General Arrangement (1946) https://archive.org/details/ao97ga1946
AO-98 USS Caloosahatchee General Arrangement (1946) https://archive.org/details/ao98ga1946
AO-99 USS Canisteo General Arrangement (1946) https://archive.org/details/ao99ga1946
AO-100 USS Chukawan General Arrangement (1946) https://archive.org/details/ao100ga1946
https://archive.org/details/ship-design ... eet+oilers
https://archive.org/details/ship-design-drawings

[pbudzik]

Thank you FFG-7,
I already have those. They are simply general arrangements. What I need is much more detailed.

Paul Budzik