The Giant David: U.S.S. Johnston DD557 in 1/50 scale - Page 2

**JR.** · #11 07-04-2011, 11:49 AM

well still I'm gonna at lest try it and the floor plans from Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide are going to help a lot. you guys ought to look at that website it has manuals on almost everything to do with ships.

**JR.** · #12 07-04-2011, 01:40 PM

I forgot to tell everyone. Everything's free on that website.

**airdave** · #13 07-04-2011, 02:04 PM

To show the interior of a Boat or Sub (model) there is really only one option,
and that is a half hull (starboard or port side)
...then you have both full views from either side.

No matter how you do it, there is no point to including every cabin or room,
since even with a half hull, you can only see so deep into the inner structure.

Only other option is to make lift out decks, which would allow you to view (from above)
each decklayer of the boat and all its compartments.

But how you would lift out an 8' long deck and all its components is beyond me!
...not to mention the problem of making each deck layer strong enough and rigid enough to support itself when removed from the Hull!

if you build it so the Hull can be removed from both sides, exposing the decks and rooms,
you still only see the outer compartments...those closest to the Hull.
Everything beyond those outer compartments becomes hidden again.

I say, cut the boat down the middle...
build one side outer Hull
and build the decks cut open as they would appear down the center of the boat.

**JR.** · #14 07-04-2011, 07:40 PM

I haven't had the time to say happy independence day and thank you men and women in the military for serving our country to keep us free.

**LouCoatney** · #15 07-05-2011, 01:21 PM

JR has PLENTY of time to work on this up in (remote) Wainwright Alaska. (I was in Juneau for 16 years, and we heard stories ....) :-)

It was the second greatest against-the-odds US Navy victory of World War 2. The Japanese plan - just as complex as the one for Midway - had WORKED this time, thanks to Nimitz staying back in Guam and putting the ever impetuous Halsey in command of our fast carriers. But the amphibious forces were saved by the valor and skill of USN destroyermen and jeep carrier airmen.

As most here are probably aware, I have a paper model plan for little Samuel B. Roberts, our destroyer escort which joined the Fletchers' last stand torpedo attack, at Lou Coatney: Home Page

Good luck on this, JR. :-)

**JR.** · #16 07-05-2011, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LouCoatney

JR has PLENTY of time to work on this up in (remote) Wainwright Alaska. (I was in Juneau for 16 years, and we heard stories ....) :-)

It was the second greatest against-the-odds US Navy victory of World War 2. The Japanese plan - just as complex as the one for Midway - had WORKED this time, thanks to Nimitz staying back in Guam and putting the ever impetuous Halsey in command of our fast carriers. But the amphibious forces were saved by the valor and skill of USN destroyermen and jeep carrier airmen.

As most here are probably aware, I have a paper model plan for little Samuel B. Roberts, our destroyer escort which joined the Fletchers' last stand torpedo attack, at Lou Coatney: Home Page

Good luck on this, JR. :-)

yes I've built your Samuel B. Roberts (another one of my favorite ships) and you do some good paper models and your also right about having time to do this project. Another reason I'm doing this is to keep from going stir crazy. I also have my 4wheeler (thats what we call an ATV up here) to work on. Now for an update of what I've been doing basically I've just been cropping the floor plans from HNSA (historical naval ship association) for the decks of the ship. Just to let you all know i've been using the floor plans of the USS Sigsbee DD502.

**JR.** · #17 07-06-2011, 03:48 PM

well here's another update I'm still trying to get the floor plans equally scaled and printed but I think I'm about to get it.

**JR.** · #18 07-08-2011, 11:37 AM

can any of you guys give me some tips on shrinking & cropping pictures with Windows Paint. I can't seem to get it to the right scale.

**Uyraell** · #19 07-09-2011, 06:58 AM

I have another idea of how to arrange your display.
Build the hull as a complete hull on the usual stands or cradle, but build it at about 2% oversize to the nominal scale, and as a double hull, inner and outer.

Make it very very strong, because from it "seems" to the viewer to arise a series of other stands, each in turn supporting a deck or two, one side to the other.

You would thus have a model which in 3D is very similar to the well-known series of books that came out in the mid 1990's with "cutaway" views of such things as Star Destroyers etc.

Many many years ago, I saw a photograph of the 1960's carrier USS Enterprise as a model, done as I have described.
Granted, the final model was almost as high as it was long, by virtue of the vertical raising of decks on display.
However: it was also the most clear exploration and definition of an aircraft carrier I have ever seen.
The guy who built it spent 4 years on it. I have no idea what the fate of the model was, not ever since seen a photo of it.

Just a suggestion, and very humbly offered. I know it would require vast amounts of work.

Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell.

**JR.** · #20 07-09-2011, 12:27 PM

thanks for your option on building this model. I'm still pondering on how i'm gonna do it but right now i'm just trying to get the decks scaled so i can make the keel of the Johnston.