cruiser conversion

Hi

I have 4 converted 1/700 C.A.'s. I converted the Tamiya kit "Indy circa Aug. '45" to the Indy circa 1938-1942. I took the same kit and converted it to the Chicago circa 1934{W/torpedo's}, cut down in scale length. And I converted one to the Northampton early 1942 Jap base raid. And the same kit to San Francisco on trials{t.G. for plastic putty!}. I found them to be rather "easy" to do!

SteveH

Hi Sumpter250 know what ya mean about modeling the ships you served on. Been able to find good models in 1/700 of USS Lawrence DDG-4, and USS Fairfax County LST-1193 one by Dragon and one by JAG in resin. If I get another LST kit I can do USS Boulder LST-1190 but there's no decent model of USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 or USS Affray MSO-511. The last one is an Acme class MSO. I guess I'll have to carve one out of soap or something like that. As far as conversions for the cruiser, you're right about using some good photos they will help a lot. Rick Martin

Actually, there was a Baltimore Class USS Quincy CA-71. She would be made from the Baltimore Kit. Baltimore, Boston, Canberra, and Quincy had 2 Cranes at the stern, Pittsburgh and the rest of the class had only 1.

DURR wrote:

using the trumpeter 1/700th scale  uss baltimore/pittsburgh what if any mods are needed to create the uss boston  and uss quincy and uss fall river they  are named after places here in my state so i thought it would be cool

if your doing "YOUR STATE" you forgot the uss salem

 I ordered and received a Trumpeter "USS Baltimore CA-68 1944" kit, to model USS Newport News CA-148. What I've seen so far is excellent. I may have to order two more, USS Wright CVL-49/CC-2 was built on a "Baltimore class hull", and USS Columbus CG-12 ( CA-74, also a Baltimore class )is only available in Monogram's "box scale", which is somewhere around 1:435. Now, if only someone would release USS Yellowstone AD-27, and Coontz class DLG/DDG, USS Luce DLG-7, and USS Farragut DDG-37 in 1:700, I'd be able to model all the ships I've served in.

  CAG-1 USS Boston and CAG-2 USS Canberra retained most of their World War II-vintage gun armament and were later returned to their gun cruiser designations CA-69 and CA-70. USS Quincy CA-71 was a Baltimore class, USS Quincy CA-39 was a New Orleans class. USS Fall River CA-131 is listed as a Baltimore class, as is USS Pittsburgh CA-72. As Ed suggested, photos are the best bet for the individual differences in these ships of the same class. I served in USS Columbus CG-12(CA74), a Baltimore class CA, in '69 and '70. Right after arriving at Gibralter, we steamed directly to the eastern Mediterranean. I don't think the "Tall Lady" had been pushed that hard in a long time.

DURR wrote:

using the trumpeter 1/700th scale  uss baltimore/pittsburgh what if any mods are needed to create the uss boston  and uss quincy and uss fall river they  are named after places here in my state so i thought it would be cool

For their wartime appearance you can probably get by with the Baltimore for the Boston & Quincy and the Pittsburgh for the Fall River.  Paint the appropriate camouflage & apply hull numbers.   Minor deltas occur between follow-on ships, but most people will not be aware of them. 

After the war the Boston was converted to a missile ship.   There would be major reconstruction required to model that.  Work from plans & photos.