USS Texas, BB-35, in 1/350 Scale

Here's the video my wife, Gail, took last year when we were done there and I visited the USS Texas...I believe the same day we met you to eat. I think we went over there right after eating with you at Lubys!

Equation said:

Yep, all done without laser cutting precision on metal plates and CAD.

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you know, sometimes I wonder if it wasn't actually easier to do it without so many options available today
from what I figured, they (Navies and their Battleship Designers) in the first place decided about

• the displacement: it basically determined the dimensions (to fit into existing facilities: docks for building; Panama, Suez canals for passage), and the cost;
• and the main armament: it determined the layout (of the propulsion mainly);

and then the remaining parameters (protection, speed, range, ...) were set (and some of them sacrificed)

of course, all this was very complex, as I found out when preparing posts for
The Viribus Unitis Battleship: 1:25 Model; Main Gun Turrets
thread LOL

My five favorite shots of the completed model

Jura said:

you know, sometimes I wonder if it wasn't actually easier to do it without so many options available today

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Jura, you may like this thread I posted comaring the Dreadnaugh, USS Texas, to the much more modern Iowa class...compring the models I now have of each:

Dreadnaught vs. Iowa Class Models Compared

Let me know what you think!

Equation said:

OMG...she..is...a ...beauty...JEFF!!

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Equation, as promised, here is the thread comparing the model of the , USS Texas, to the much more modern Iowa class model I have:

Dreadnaught vs Iowa Class Models Compared

Let me know what you think!