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                        HMS Prince of Wales

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                        scottmh59
                        • Member since
                          October 2005
                        • From: fort worth texas
                        HMS Prince of Wales
                        Posted by scottmh59 on Friday, January 11, 2008 4:27 PM

                        How close is the body of the prince of wales to the uss Texas?Is it close enough to use it and modify it to an early Texas?Any thoughts would be great..thanks in advance..

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                        Dreadnought52
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        Posted by Dreadnought52 on Friday, January 11, 2008 5:17 PM
                         scottmh59 wrote:

                        How close is the body of the prince of wales to the uss Texas?Is it close enough to use it and modify it to an early Texas?Any thoughts would be great..thanks in advance..



                        about as close as an apple to a banana. it just isn't suitable. WS

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                        David Harris
                        • Member since
                          May 2006
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by David Harris on Friday, January 11, 2008 5:26 PM

                        Assuming that you mean the King George V class one, not very I would have thought. The Prince of Wales hull is/was the best part of 200 foot longer &  was a bit wider in the beam. That is before you even start thinking about hull contours.

                         

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                        ddp59
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        Posted by ddp59 on Friday, January 11, 2008 9:56 PM
                        scott, use an arizona hull as that is what i'm doing. am using the 426 scale arizona with about 1.5" cut out of her length to get to the right length.
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                        scottmh59
                        • Member since
                          October 2005
                        • From: fort worth texas
                        Posted by scottmh59 on Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:31 PM
                        what about the uneven deck of the arizona,compared to the texas?How will you handle that?
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                        ddp59
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        Posted by ddp59 on Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:51 PM
                        i built up at the step area towards the stern, marked off on the end of the stern for proper height then used a stationary belt sander with fine grit sandpaper to give me a slope from bow to stern.
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                        ridleusmc
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Cincinnati, Ohio
                        Posted by ridleusmc on Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:23 AM

                        I took some pics of the Texas about a year ago.  Maybe you could use them. 

                        http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v491/ridleusmc/USS%20Texas%20BB-35/

                        Semper Fi,

                        Chris

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