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IceKnight34
Post subject: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 3rd, 2019, 2:22 am
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Figured some people here might like to have a look at this. It's a model project I am currently working on. Converting an Iowa battleship to aircraft carrier, circa 1940's. Let me know what you think. ;)
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/vi ... 9&t=167802
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Graham1973
Post subject: Re: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 3rd, 2019, 6:38 am
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Looks nice.
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Post subject: Re: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 3rd, 2019, 8:59 pm
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Impressive project. Looking forward to see how it will develop. :)
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Post subject: Re: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 3rd, 2019, 10:05 pm
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Interesting! it does not follow the original plans exactly, right? (the shape and dimensions of the flight deck seem to differ, if I see it correctly)

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IceKnight34
Post subject: Re: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 4th, 2019, 4:50 pm
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acelanceloet wrote: *January 3rd, 2019, 10:05 pm
Interesting! it does not follow the original plans exactly, right? (the shape and dimensions of the flight deck seem to differ, if I see it correctly)
The plan from the very first post in that Modelwarships thread/link is only a "preliminary" design only. It was never finalised. That is the ONLY official US Navy plan of a proposed Iowa carrier conversion. No other official US Navy photos, sketches, blueprints, etc. exist to the best of my searching. Anything else seen in books or elsewhere is non-official artist interpretations. When the model was initially started long ago by another modeling friend before he gave it to me, I do not know what references and other information he used to start the model.

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Hood
Post subject: Re: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 7th, 2019, 9:58 am
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An impressive project! Keep us updated with progress.

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Post subject: Re: Modeling an Iowa battleship to carrier conversion.Posted: January 8th, 2019, 9:19 am
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a (incomplete) drawing were attempted few years ago
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