Find the turret build right here… Takom Iowa Class Mark 7, 16"50Cal Turret with Full Interior Start-to-Finish - #19 by Builder2010
In the middle of an ice/sleet/rain/snow storm today and into tomorrow. Good day to spend some time in the basement building cool things.
It was pointed out to me that I mounted the engine hatch at the wrong angle, but couldn’t get the work platfom part flat. Well… after carefully looking at a guy kneeling on the hatch and working on the engine, I realized that I put the wear strips on the wrong wing of the hatch. The strips go to the hinge side, not the outside. With that understanding, I removed the strips, fixed the paint, made new strips, applied them and redid the weathering. I also had to repair where I had glued the door in the wrong position to the helicopeter’s body. All’s well that ends well.
I then got the wipers on using the wire. Touchy, but not too difficult.
Lastly, based on Svt40’s additional info, I’m adding the color-coding strips to the various places identifying all the blades, their holders and other parts. I painted some Tamiya tape and attempting to use that. It’s not sticking as I wish it should. I think I’ll give it a little patch of clear gloss since things stick to gloss better than flat.
Onward and upward!
It looks like they had to destroy one of these Seahawks in that successful ISIS raid last night. Mechanical troubles. In look how complex these beasts are it’s amazing they work at all.