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RE READ PLEASE 1/350th Trumpeter BB55 N. Carolina & TAMIYA Mighty Mo.

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  • Member since
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  • From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)
RE READ PLEASE 1/350th Trumpeter BB55 N. Carolina & TAMIYA Mighty Mo.
Posted by m60a3 on Sunday, October 5, 2008 7:46 PM

 I have already started the BB55 and have had to trim the rear (quarter?) deck to get the proper fit. Any other warnings or anything for these builds?

 PS, I am not a big rivet counter.

                                                      Thanks,  60

"I lay like a small idea in a vacant mind" - Wm. Least Heat Moon "I am at the center of the earth." - Black Elk My FSM friends are the best.
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  • From: EG48
Posted by Tracy White on Monday, October 6, 2008 12:00 PM

If you're not a rivet conter, I'd say that the waterline joint between the upper and lower hulls might be a PITA; in many cases the lower piece "clenches" as it cools so that it winds up being annoyingly narrower than the upper hull. Some have used wooden dowels to spread it back out.

I cut the locating tabs off my deck pieces and sanded the joints true; fit was near perfect. 

Otherwise, enjoy the build.

Tracy White Researcher@Large

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  • From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)
Posted by m60a3 on Thursday, October 9, 2008 10:21 PM

 My original title was incorrect. The Mighty Mo is the Tamyia 1/350th. The N. Carolina was/is a Trumpeter, and I finished it last night. Thanks for the response, Tracy. The build went together really well.

                                      60

 PS   I'll post pics when I can. The BB55 needs painting, otherwise, it's finished.

"I lay like a small idea in a vacant mind" - Wm. Least Heat Moon "I am at the center of the earth." - Black Elk My FSM friends are the best.
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