By Kim Taylor
1/350 USS Iowa BB-61 1945 (Tamiya)
BB-61 USS Iowa
By Kim Taylor
1/350 USS Iowa BB-61 1945 (Tamiya)
This is Tamiyas 1/350th Missouri which I've modified to depict the Iowa after her January-March 1945 refit.Evergreen and Plastruct were used to modifiy the superstructure and to constuct the 20mm platform on turret #2.It took me a while to decide what blue to use for the measure 22 scheme for the hull. I finally settled on Modelmaster dark sea blue since in some of the early photos of the ship running trials off California the paint scheme seemed quite dark.The upperworks were painted with Humbrol #127 ,the hull below the waterline is Modelmaster British Crimson,and the horizontal surfaces are Modelmaster Panzer Schwarzgrau.Gold Medal Models photo etching was used for the finishing touches.I've been building models since I was 5 years old and have done some commision work for people on occasion.My current project is a 1/100th scale Bismarck.
