RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) Still looking beautiful! Are your barbettes through-mounted, meaning a portion of them sinks through into the hull or top-mounted onto your deck? Looks like your aft emplacement is a through-mount, just curious to hear if that's a better way to do it than a top-mount, or if it's a personal preference sort of thing.
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) In my past projects, I have tried both. But I have found that if I keep the barbette above the deck, then I still have to protect the part of the cannon that hangs below the deck with something. So I decided to use something that protrudes into the hull this time around in order to conceal the cannon. I am not sure that it is the best method. But you never know until you try. I plan to use coil mag cannons. So I will be able to build mounts for the cannons that fit into the PVC so that I can move them around if I like. Mikey
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) The Alaska as of today. I was able to get a little work done on the superstructure. Mostly cutting out the levels. So it doesn't look like much has changed. But when I get them glued to the foam, it will start looking like a superstructure. Phil's Baltimore is in the middle, and my Le Terrible in in the front. Mikey
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) I can't seem to get the photos to resize correctly for some reason. But it is better than not being able to post photos at all. Mikey
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) Edit the post, then right click on the pics, it'll pop up an options box that will allow you to edit the properties... EDIT: Nevermind, I had an extra 10 minutes to kill on lunch and fixed them myself (more or less). Moderator powers can be good if used sparingly
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) She is a fine looking ship there Mikey! You are doing a bang up job on her! Buddy
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) Mikey, She's a cutie, its going to be fun seeing her on the water next year! Nikki
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) hey Mikey, What kind of foam are you using? and she's looking good! Nikki
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) It is some sort of closed-cell foam that I got from BDE years ago. It works pretty good. But not as good as the stuff that Strikemodels sells with their kits. Mikey
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) Mikey, part of the i'm looking at Getting a bin for my Little LST and i'm tryign to find foam that would work? Nikki
RE: USS Alaska (Treaty/fast-gun) Someone posted that they found some rubber mats for a pretty good price, and cut them up. One of the tool places that I can never remember the name of when I need to. Harbor freight. Mikey
