Nice fix, maybe they did something wrong and just didn't mention it.
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USS TEXAS build.
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Tim A.
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I did see a photo of one model where the builder removed the railing. Anyway the line drawings of the ship show the base for this turret sitting fairly high off the deck, higher than the kit base. Wouldn't it have been funny if on the real one nobody thought about it when they added the catapult.Nice fix, maybe they did something wrong and just didn't mention it.
The Cat is gone here but you can see the railing is really different. Looks more like some sort of basket. At the time I didn't realize I was taking photos of a turret, it just kinda blended in.
Tim A.
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Those baskets, haven't found what they're for yet,
Tim A.
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Tim A.
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Interesting, thanks Rhino!
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I wonder if the catapult was collapsible. That maybe the ends folded in for clearance when not in use.
Tim A.
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Good question.
Rhino
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But that's not the one we're talking about but I think you're right.
Hard to tell in this photo but it looks like that deck area is different.
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Hard to tell in this photo but it looks like that deck area is different.
Seaplanes on catapults aboard the USS Texas
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yeah the cat looks like it changed from the 20s to the 40s.
Tim A.
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The PE cat won't fit offset like it's supposed to be.
Tim A.
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The whole catapult issue is a mystery to me. It looks the part, but the photoetch, as designed, doesn't fit offset on the turret like it's supposed to. The reason it's at that angle is to clear the 14" inch gun barrel elevation. The part is so fragile I'm sure I'd mangle it trying to do some tweaking. I think what I'm dealing with is poor design from the manufacturers.
Tim A.
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I'm almost there! The kit supplied bow flagstaff was to thick, and looking at Texas pics, way to short. The kit didn't even supply one for the fantail. I replaced the bow flagstaff, and made the whole setup for the aft one with stretched sprue. The fantail's staff is set at an angle. I'm beginning to get a bit frustrated with this Trumpeter offering. I mean it's not like there's not plenty of
info to make a decent model. Hell, the real thing is sitting in Galveston, they could go look at it. Anyway it is what it is. At this point I'm just looking forward to getting color on it.
Tim I read earlier today that they took the aircraft and the cat off during the Normandy landings. Not sure you're going with a specific time frame but that's one out for ya if you want to leave it off.
Tim A.
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Isn't that perfect
I had it off again just this morning trying to fix it. I just told my wife what you wrote. She said she can't take anymore with me, and the stupid catapult ...she's been hearing a lot of grumbling from the workroom
I'm seriously contemplating removing it. Especially since I'm doing the paint scheme she had put on in '45. Acetone makes quick work of CA glue, and doesn't harm the plastic.
