Tamiya 1/350 Modern U.S.S. New Jersey with extras

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The vertical item to the port of the upper coning tower door is a wave guide for the radar unit mounted on top.

Coming along nicely!

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Fliger747 wrote:The vertical item to the port of the upper coning tower door is a wave guide for the radar unit mounted on top.

Coming along nicely!

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Hey Tom

Late reply from me, I wasn't on much this weekend. I'm not sure I'm understanding which area/part you're referring to. I looked back at the last few pictures, but....I don't get it! lol Help me out so I know what you're talking about!

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Still plugging along slowly on my New Jersey. Not much of an update, but a few new things added. Still need to build the other two directors and get them painted.

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Hey everyone.....been a while! Still working on the New Jersey, but spring has been taking my time with yard!

Just a question for you in the know......is this a door??

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Any insight would help before I stick a watertight door there and find out one shouldn't be!

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That whole area under there is open and that "door" and two more, perpendicular to it are just ovoid pass throughs, the size and shape of a door. Look through my photos of BB-64's area and you'll see. Be mindful though, they are different on some/all of the ships.

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Cliffy B wrote:That whole area under there is open and that "door" and two more, perpendicular to it are just ovoid pass throughs, the size and shape of a door. Look through my photos of BB-64's area and you'll see. Be mindful though, they are different on some/all of the ships.

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Still building, Brett? This topic is very interesting :)
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Ronald47 wrote:Still building, Brett? This topic is very interesting :)
Yep, about to start some work on the part I posted above. I haven't had much time lately, camping and out of town. Nothing this weekend and it's a downpour, so time to get some work done!

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Small progress today, I hollowed out the "doors" Tamiya had moulded. Also, opened up where the ladders between decks would on level 3, 4 and 5 (not shown).

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Still have lots of clean up as you can see, but it's taco time!

Feel free to tell me where I need to change anything I might have done wrong!

Thanks for looking.

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More progress, even if it's slow to come.

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Overall show of how things are coming along.

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Almost to the point of starting to use the Pontos decking....... :twitch:

Comments are welcome!

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Brett M wrote: Comments are welcome!

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Simple.... it looks very good! :thumbs_up_1:

Progress speed? Well, i'm on and off on a 1/350 NJ wich I started in September 2007...... and it is still waiting in my showcase ;) for almost 8 years now:

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Abeam the flag bags, inboard is a support beam for the tower, This actually abuts the flag bag and passage is made via an opening big enough to easily step through in the beam. I see the kit omitted this opening.

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4 month gaps are normal on updates, right? I haven't really done a lot with the New Jersey, but I figure.....wooden decks, share! Since the weather is getting colder, more time spent indoors = more model building! (Just ignore that I built the U.S.S. Reliant and half a MH-60G in that 4 month gap ;))

New work done, let me know if you see errors.

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And off topic, here's the Reliant

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Beautiful work, nicely detailed!

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More progress.....

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Very nice! It's all very crisp and clean.
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MartinJQuinn wrote:Very nice! It's all very crisp and clean.
Thanks Martin!

I meant to ask this last night, would the area I've pointed out be painted deck grey or haze grey?

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Thanks everyone for feedback :)
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More work being done on the New Jersey. Another deck with completed railings, tiny ladders in between decks (lost one somehow, looked like it was cut from the PE....but I don't remember ever removing it :(). Getting there.

Feel free to point out any errors I need to fix!

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Tiny, little ladders....hidden in there. I'm glad that the ship isn't this big since I can see some rough work I did! ha

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I have this same kit with the Pontos upgrades, I have to admit that I'm a bit intimidated by it all as I haven't dived that deep before. I look forward to your future post and I'm very interested in your experiences with the wooden decks.
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Doing some remodeling in my the office/hobby room, so updates are a week or two away. But, so far, the wooden decks have been pretty easy to lay out. I'm hoping that they'll stay down nicely and I won't need to use any CA to hold them in place later on.

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