Hi Tim,

The only ship to ship combat the Iowas saw was during the tail end of WWII when they were completed. These ships were brand new about a year old in 1945 when the war ended. From there out, they were carrier protection. The Korean war was the last time for 30 years when all 4 ships would be active. I like to go to book stores and look at battleship books, and spend time on the net reading about them. they are just impressive. I would also recommend seeing them., The Iowa can't be seen right now, but the Big "J" bb-62 is in Camden NJ(across the river from Phili), the Missouri(mighty mo) is in Honolulu, anf the Wisconsin(Wisky) is in Norfolk VA.
The wisky is above deck only since the Navy still maintains her daily.
Know why they call it the Wisky???? It is a cool story.

I was thinking of using a smoke system on my model, but was not sure if it puts a film on stuff it contacts. How did you do yours?

I dont know if there is about an 80 inch bb model or not. If there is, I would personally not have it, since it would be hard to aquire fittings for it, unless you build everything. I am not that type of modeler. I buy what I cant easily build with a high degree of scale accuracy. Weapons and fittings are definitely in this category. Buyt hey, some poepl lvie for this. my hat is off to them! I just love the frame work and building everything except weapons.

I have a 15 by 20 ft shop I build my stuff in, and dont have that much room, but it really depends on how you store it. I have made room for my ships when I did not think I could. If you make the superstructure so it will come off, the ship is slim enough to put it on a secure shelf(with no ballast). I hang my planes up to free up shop space too . my shop is built with a high ceiling, and is loaded, but stuff is well stored. But, I have tested and tested, and dont have room for the 13ft long Nimitz. I could lay down on the flight deck of that model in two different places and not touch the previous place I just laid. It is HUGE. I have seen 3 or 4 models of it.


Let me know how your Destroyer is coming along. I would like to see some pics if you can. As you can see, I like to collect pics.

These are some cool photos. . 1-2 bb64, 3 cv-63 props


Greg