1/350 scale USS Wisconsin BBG-64 Missile & Railgun Battleship

[kerick]

I regret to inform everybody that this project is now officially.......SUNK.
All I had left to do was to add 3 main gun turrets. But due to various issues, that will not happen. Not for the remainder of this year and I'm not sure for how long next year. So, the model is getting packed up never to see the light of day again unless some miracle happens.

Sorry, folks. I tried, but just couldn't make it work.

Sorry to hear this. So much great work. Give it some time off and maybe come back to it and you'll find a solution.
BTW if you put Guns in those aft gun tubs you'll lose the swimming pools they were turned into.

[NARSES2]

Sorry to hear this, hope things get better in the very near future.

[seadude]

Sorry to hear this. So much great work. Give it some time off and maybe come back to it and you'll find a solution.
BTW if you put Guns in those aft gun tubs you'll lose the swimming pools they were turned into.

To the best of my knowledge and searching, only the New Jersey had swimming pools in the starboard and port 40mm gun tubs that were slightly behind turret #2 during the Vietnam War.
For my model, I put 25mm chain guns in the fantail tubs.

[kerick]

Assuming it was typical military I doubt if anyone ever used them anyway.

[Joe C-P]

Assuming it was typical military I doubt if anyone ever used them anyway.

They were actually quite popular with the crew, from the captain on down.  There are photos of him in his trunks floating in one of the pools.

[NARSES2]

Assuming it was typical military I doubt if anyone ever used them anyway.

They were actually quite popular with the crew, from the captain on down.  There are photos of him in his trunks floating in one of the pools.

Would have come in useful in the RN back in the day for the "Crossing the Line" ceremonies. I've some old photos of my dad paying homage to Neptune in what was basically a canvas pool on his way to S Africa in 1942. It's a very worn old photo but you can still make out he wasn't to happy about it 

[seadude]

I guess I'm going to say this is done.........provisionally.
I met another modeler at my local model club a few months ago who said he could help to 3D print the following railgun turret for me. But he won't be finished making any till January or February next year.
So until then, I made some regular 16" gun turrets and stuck them on my model. The 16"/50 main gun turrets were never supposed to be on this model. I am still hoping for the railgun turrets to hopefully get made and be added instead. But I built and added the regular 16" gun turrets because I'm too eager to see this model done and show it off to people. The 16"/50 turrets aren't glued in. They are removable and will be replaced when I do eventually get those railgun turrets made. Since I couldn't afford to get metal gun barrels, I drilled out the ends of the plastic barrels a tiny bit to give the illusion of hollowed out gun barrels. I did eventually take my model to a local contest on December 11th. It at least got a 3rd Place Plaque in the "1/350 & Larger Ships" category.

[Old Wombat]

Sweet!

[scooter]

Even with the 16"/50s, it still looks awesome and menacing.

[Old Wombat]

The 16"/50 turrets give it a Current Real World look, to me. So, a 2000's upgrade/SLEP.

[seadude]

And once I do eventually get the railgun turrets, that begs the question of: What will power them? The regular boiler and generator systems on an Iowa class BB can't supply enough power for the railgun turrets to work.

That's where this comes in: Lockheed Compact Fusion Reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Compact_Fusion_Reactor
Leave the regular Iowa propulsion systems to propel the ship. But use 1 or 2 CFR's to power the railgun turrets and/or other high powered systems.

[NARSES2]

The 16"/50 turrets give it a Current Real World look, to me. So, a 2000's upgrade/SLEP.

Totally agree 

It's looking really good, and well done on the placing in the competition 

[scooter]

And once I do eventually get the railgun turrets, that begs the question of: What will power them? The regular boiler and generator systems on an Iowa class BB can't supply enough power for the railgun turrets to work.

That's where this comes in: Lockheed Compact Fusion Reactor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Compact_Fusion_Reactor
Leave the regular Iowa propulsion systems to propel the ship. But use 1 or 2 CFR's to power the railgun turrets and/or other high powered systems.

Other options: either use the reactor(s) in place of the boilers to provide steam generation for the turbines, or turbo-electric drive, eliminating the need for steam altogether.

[MiB]

I think the helicopter rotor disc needs to be more transparent, otherwise you can't see the fuselage

[seadude]

I think the helicopter rotor disc needs to be more transparent, otherwise you can't see the fuselage

Too late. It's already glued on. But.......it's possible there might be a slight chance of replacing it sometime in the future. I haven't decided yet.