USS North Carolina (BB-55)

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Re: USS North Carolina (BB-55)

#31 Post by emperor_andreas »

Very nice work!
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Re: USS North Carolina (BB-55)

#32 Post by Thiel »

You're still using the old ans way out of scale 20mm guns
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David Latuch wrote:
heuhen wrote:There is also 16" guns on the US partsheet under the part sheets topic, in this forum. It have everything.
Those are 16"/45 mk6 guns from the parts sheet.
she had the mark 6 guns. and if you used the guns from the partsheet, you would also had the life rafts on the turret, since the current mark 6 have life rafts on the turret.
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#34 Post by Syzmo »

Great drawing! I'm glad someone is finally doing this ship. I'm not sure about your AA guns though if this is the early 1942 configuration. Notice in the picture below that there are only 4 1.1 inch mounts, the 20mm positions are different, and there are .50 cals thrown in for good measure. Also the 5"/38 directors don't have the antenna on top yet. Hope this helps and I cant wait to see this ship completed.

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#35 Post by nighthunter »

David, what you have is the Washington, North Carolina had an extra watch deck on the mast, that the Washington didn't.
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#36 Post by Colosseum »

BB-55 received the enclosed walkway around the secondary conning station in November 1943 at Pearl Harbor - so his drawing is correct.
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heuhen wrote:
David Latuch wrote:
heuhen wrote:There is also 16" guns on the US partsheet under the part sheets topic, in this forum. It have everything.
Those are 16"/45 mk6 guns from the parts sheet.
she had the mark 6 guns. and if you used the guns from the partsheet, you would also had the life rafts on the turret, since the current mark 6 have life rafts on the turret.
I know, I removed the live rafts . . . I'll put them back.
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#38 Post by David Latuch »

Syzmo wrote:Great drawing! I'm glad someone is finally doing this ship. I'm not sure about your AA guns though if this is the early 1942 configuration. Notice in the picture below that there are only 4 1.1 inch mounts, the 20mm positions are different, and there are .50 cals thrown in for good measure. Also the 5"/38 directors don't have the antenna on top yet. Hope this helps and I cant wait to see this ship completed.

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#39 Post by David Latuch »

Radar is gone and rafts returned. Still working on the 20mms found the right part though.

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Re: USS North Carolina (BB-55)

#40 Post by Colombamike »

Hmmm,
On your drawing, you make a big mistake on the AA configuration (1941).

1) You put 11 :shock: :? quadruple 1,1"in 28mm when in reality there are only 4 quadruple mounts...
2) You put :shock: 43 :shock: single 20mm oerlikons, I do not think there have Oerlikons 20mm guns on this ship by may-december 1941, this ship carry only 12 to 15 0,5" MG's....
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