iowa plans

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  1. bomber33

    bomber33 New Member

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    i have been serchig all over for the plans of an iowa class but i have not been able to find them. i need 1/114 scale and have the rib plae ment, i have fond the scale but not rib place ment.
     
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    RE: iwoa plans If you can resize acrobat files (or have someone do it), the USS Missouri association has a VERY nice set of WW2-vintage plans on their site. Of course, by the time you pay for the resizing and printing, you would be more than halfway to the price of a set from Strike.
     
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    RE: iwoa plans I've always love the Iowa's!
    Nikki
     
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    RE: iwoa plans I found blueprints that show enought information you should be able to use them to scale off they look like original ship builder plans or something
    check them out very cool

    www.ussmissouri.com/documents/blueprints.pdf


    Tom
     
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    RE: iwoa plans They ARE enough, and I had no problem getting them scaled at the local blueprint shop :)
     
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    RE: iwoa plans Those wild skegs!
     
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    RE: iwoa plans The problem is finding plans after the 80's overhaul... I WILL be doing Wisconsin 1989 with the hull I got from Greg :)
     
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