USS New Jersey, BB62, in 1/350 Scale
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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The main deck had some areas of the deck where the plastic had been molded with lines like that. I had to paint it, and then treat it so it looked as much like wood as possible.
There are specific after-market kits for the 1/350 scale Iowa Class BBS that you can buy that actually have wood planking in 1/350 scale to glue down over the appropriate areas...and it is all pre-cut and scaled appropriately.
I prefer to paint and treat my own...1st because I just enjoy doing it, 2nd because those kits are pretty expensive themselves.
Yes...that pic was after the 1968 modernization and before the 1982 modernization.Guys.. here's a great shot of the teak wood deck of New Jersey...
Notice that there are still five 5" gun mounts on each side and no Tomahawk box launchers, no Harpoon quad-launchers, and no CIWS. Also, aft, the teak deck completely surrounds the aft 16" turret.
Here's how the teak deck looked after the 1982 refit. A little less wood deck overall, particularly aft. Metal deck extends back to the 16" gun mount there, with the teak only continuing in the middle back to the helo deck.
Also, three 5" gun mounts on each side which made way for new auxiliary decks mounting all of those other modern weapons, which you can see from above:
The Build - Armament/Weapons - 5" guns, Tomahawks, Harpoons, Directors, CIWS - November 14, 2015
As stated, in this session I concentrated on the secondary armaments...the modern armaments being the main thing. It's the whole reason the vessel was upgraded...to give it these capabilities.
I started with the twin 5" gun turrets. There are three on each side of the ship. Each is a small assembly of five parts which needed to be painted and assembled.
As stated, in this session I concentrated on the secondary armaments...the modern armaments being the main thing. It's the whole reason the vessel was upgraded...to give it these capabilities.
I started with the twin 5" gun turrets. There are three on each side of the ship. Each is a small assembly of five parts which needed to be painted and assembled.
Then, it was on to the eight Tomahawk missile box launchers. Each holds four Tomahawk cruise missiles for a total of 32 Tomahawks. Back then they could either be the land attack variety, or the Anti-Shipping variety. Mostly the embarked the Land-attack variety because of their dedication to support of US Marines ashore.
Each of these is a small assembly of three pieces that had to be assembled, painted and fixed to the vessel on their respective missile decks.
Each of these is a small assembly of three pieces that had to be assembled, painted and fixed to the vessel on their respective missile decks.
Then it was on to the Harpoon missile launchers. There are anti-shipping missile with a
ranger of around 100 miles. There are four quad launchers, making for a total of 16 missiles carried.
They are an assembly of three parts each too, which were painted, assembled, then had their distinctive red war-shot caps painted on, and placed on the vessel.
ranger of around 100 miles. There are four quad launchers, making for a total of 16 missiles carried.
They are an assembly of three parts each too, which were painted, assembled, then had their distinctive red war-shot caps painted on, and placed on the vessel.
Then it was on to the Phalanx, 20mm Close in weapons systems.
These are 20mm Gatling guns, with each system having six 20mm barrels which rotate and fire up to 4,000 rounds per minute. They are autonomous...meaning they have their radar and target acquisition built right into them. They are used to shoot down incoming missiles, or aircraft close to the ship. They can also be used for small craft threatening the ship close aboard.
Each of these was an assembly of three parts. They were painted, with their distinctive white radome, assembled, and then placed on the ship.
These are 20mm Gatling guns, with each system having six 20mm barrels which rotate and fire up to 4,000 rounds per minute. They are autonomous...meaning they have their radar and target acquisition built right into them. They are used to shoot down incoming missiles, or aircraft close to the ship. They can also be used for small craft threatening the ship close aboard.
Each of these was an assembly of three parts. They were painted, with their distinctive white radome, assembled, and then placed on the ship.