Questions on USS New Jersey kits for Korea

Yellowhammer

Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for some info on kits to portray the New Jersey as she looked in her Korean War fit. Does anyone make a kit for the 1950-52 time period? If not would it be possible to convert the WWII version to Korean War? I've been researching on the web some and haven't found a lot of technical details of the changes to the ship from '45 to '50. About all I've found was removal of the 20mm AA and sea planes. I know she got major upgrades prior to Vietnam and the Mideast but not sure what was initially done when she was recommissioned for Korea. My father-in-law served on her during the period and I would like to take a stab at building a reasonably accurate kit. I'm only an average-skilled builder so it won't be perfect. Any comments or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
John

The battleships section of NAVSOURCE has a page on the New Jersey.    It includes in the timeline the 1950 to 1953 Korean War period.   Pictures include refit as well as operations.  That would be a good starting point for your research.

Next;

http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=4683

There's a lot of information here, and it's entertaining.

Right off, it sounds as though the #1 turrets had their optical range finders removed after 1945. Class wide?