BB-62 USS New Jersey ca. 1984

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April 30, 2020
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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
Details and highlights painted. Also fading and streaking with white, black and blue oil colors
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May 2, 2020
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May 2, 2020
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May 10, 2020
Progress on turret No.2
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May 23, 2020
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May 23, 2020
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June 17, 2020
WIP on the aft. smoke stack
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June 17, 2020
wip on the Harpoon launchers
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June 17, 2020
wip on the armored box launchers
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June 19, 2020
Armored Box Launcher from Infini. 83 PE parts, 5 turned brass parts and 6 hours of work.
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June 19, 2020
Armored Box Launchers from the Pontos set.
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June 19, 2020
Complete set of Harpoon and Tomahawk Launchers. Painted and weathered.
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July 12, 2020
SH-2 from Orange Hobby. All markings are painted by hand as OH does not supply any decals and I could only find low viz decals in my stash. From normal viewing distance you cant tell the difference.
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July 12, 2020
Tamiya and Pontos both provide Sea Hawks. As my New Jersey will be in a 1984 timeframe that is not an option. I'd love to have a Sea King on board, but the only available option don't look to great.
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July 26, 2020
The Phalanxes from Pontos have a stunning level of detail. A wash with black oil paint followed by some careful dry brushing was all that was needed
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July 26, 2020
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July 27, 2020
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July 27, 2020
Oil colors (black and some beige) were used to weather the deck and generate some shadows around the lockers and the CIWS
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July 27, 2020
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July 30, 2020
Some steel beams behind the Harpoon launchers were added from styrene stripes
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July 30, 2020
Necessary corrections on the 5 inch turrets
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August 2, 2020
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August 2, 2020
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September 2, 2020
There is a series of pictures showing New Jersey with SH-2 parked besides the aft turret and a SH-3 Sea King on the landing pad.
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September 2, 2020
I used the old Tamiya kit as starting point and added some details. Markings are mostly hand painted and represent the exact Sea King on board of New Jersey in 1983.
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September 2, 2020
Superstructure below the forward range finder. Besides Pontos PE I added: portholes with covers, 3D printed loudspeaker, some kind of antennas below where the SLQ-32 will be placed, and some doors that are not represented in the Tamiya kit.
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September 2, 2020
Changes to forward superstructure levels 06 to 08.
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September 13, 2020
Changes made to the main mast and radar platform
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September 13, 2020
Changes made to the main mast and radar platform
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September 13, 2020
main mast and radar before painting
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September 13, 2020
superstructure with main mast painted and weathered
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September 13, 2020
superstructure with main mast painted and weathered
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April 18, 2021
Turret No3 done
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September 13, 2020
superstructure with main mast painted and weathered
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April 18, 2021
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April 18, 2021
Turret No3 under construction. As with the other turrets, some modifications were needed.
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November 16, 2021
N.J. stern undergoing some surgery to add the Nixie systems doors.
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November 16, 2021
3D printed Nixie system added to New Jerseys stern.
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August 15, 2023
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August 15, 2023
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August 15, 2023
Some Details added to the aft gun tubs. More Details will be added after painting. There will be a reel with the fueling hose, some oil barrels and other small parts.
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August 15, 2023
Where there have been the forward 40mm guns the deck is covered with circular steel plates. So I cut out the Pontos wood deck and fitted two circles from styrene sheet.
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August 15, 2023
Improvements made to the bow.

Ingmar Stöhr
I managed to complete all the Armored Box Launchers and the Harpoon Launchers. I even put all my courage together and started the opened launcher from the Infini set. 83 PE parts, 5 turned brass parts, some plastic sheet an 6 hours was all it took to build an amazing tiny detail for New Jersey.
@Joerg: Herzlich Willkommen

19 June 2020, 19:21

Sven Schönyan
Very nice progress and good work on the launchers and funnel!

20 June 2020, 05:38

Łukasz Gliński
That Kaman looks like 1/144 or my 1/72 builds, respect! 👍

12 July 2020, 15:59

Ingmar Stöhr
Thanks a lot!

12 July 2020, 17:17

Treehugger
The smokestack work in photo 10 looks really nice I think. Fun to see others drilling out the holes in pipes and stuff. 🙂

12 July 2020, 17:21

Ingmar Stöhr
How can you not drill out all the pipes. That would be really insane 😉

12 July 2020, 17:25

Christian Bruer
I call it a promising start, excellent work so far Ingmar 👍

23 July 2020, 19:08

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Christian! I'm very glad to have you on board!

24 July 2020, 17:55

Ingmar Stöhr
Today it was time to finish the four Phalanx CIWS. The detail on the Pontos parts is absolutely breathtaking. A was with black oil and afterwards a careful dry brush with light grey and white is all that was needed.

26 July 2020, 13:44

Thomas Bischoff
Amazing level of details 👍

26 July 2020, 15:45

David Taylor
Im in.

26 July 2020, 16:12

Fly By Jan
wooooooooooowwww, this looks very exciting! I am following!

26 July 2020, 18:53

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you mates!

26 July 2020, 19:14

Ingmar Stöhr
Finished the weapons platform for the aft. CIWS.

27 July 2020, 20:07

Ingmar Stöhr
Today I managed to complete all the 5 inch guns. The detail on the Pontos parts is superb! Only thing I had to change where the gun mantlets (not sure if that is what it's called for naval guns), as the Pontos parts are way to small.

2 August 2020, 11:26

Sven Schönyan
Great result!

2 August 2020, 11:45

Ingmar Stöhr
Finally some progress to show. I used the old Tamiya kit to replicate the SH-3 Sea King seen on board New Jersey in 1983. I added struts to the wheel sponsons an the fin on the tail boom. The MAD probe on the starboard sponson was made from styrene rod. The tail rotor is made from thin styrene strips. The main rotor came from my own Elegoo Mars SLA printer. The Tamiya rotors look more like bricks...
Most of the markings are hand painted to match the exact Sea King shown in a series of pictures from 1983.

2 September 2020, 20:01

Ingmar Stöhr
Upper superstructure with main mast and radars assembled, painted and weathered.

13 September 2020, 09:00

Sven Schönyan
Excellent paintwork! I like your highlighting!

13 September 2020, 10:49

Spanjaard
amazing job!!! the radar is fantastic. and i really like the SH-2 and Sea King

13 September 2020, 11:02

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Sven and Spanjaard.

13 September 2020, 17:54

Thomas Rieck
Moin Ingmar. Wie bekommst du auf dem letzten Bild dieses "verwaschene" Grau hin? Lackieren und dann? LG Thomas

23 March 2021, 09:14

Slavo Hazucha
Just found this project - fascinating work, so much attention to detail and an absolutely clean results - I really like your painting & weathering weathering too, you strike a great balance between macro & micro and a great scale impression result! 👍

- happy to jump on board mid-project 🙂

23 March 2021, 09:31

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Slavo! The project has been on hold for quiet a while now. But hopefully I will get back to it very soon.

23 March 2021, 12:42

Norbert Steffens
What I've seen looks fantastic. I predict that your USS New Jersey is going to be a excelent model

25 March 2021, 18:57

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you Norbert! Now I have to live up to those expectations 🙂

27 March 2021, 06:00

Konrad -
Very nice Ingmar. Count me in here as well.

27 March 2021, 10:29

Lenny Hoffmann
Wahnsinn, weiter so

27 March 2021, 10:47

Stefan Fraundorfer
Das sieht alles unglaublich genial aus Ingmar. Super Bemalung und Alterung. Nur eine Kleinigkeit ist mir aufgefallen. Die untere Stiege im Bild 36 ist verkehrt angeklebt. Oder hat das einen bestimmten Grund?

9 April 2021, 20:53

Michael Osadciw
Wow. What a lot of detail. How do you like the 3D printer you have? I've been thinking of getting one for creating parts and hopefully full 1/35 scale figs once I get some more Blender sculpting knowledge under my belt.

9 April 2021, 22:02

Ingmar Stöhr
Thank you everyone!
@Stefan: Die Treppe hat es auf dem Fotor "nur" nach hinten umgebogen. Da ist schon alles richtig 😉
@Michael: I'm very happy with my Elegoo Mars. For around 250EUR it delivers very nice detail! I did a lot of modeling and sculpting in Blender the last months. Have a look at those two projects:
St. Mary's Church, Falklands April 1982 | Album by stugiii (1:350)
Lighthouse on Cliff 1/350 scale (3D printed) | Album by stugiii

18 April 2021, 16:41

Ingmar Stöhr
Today I was able to complete the main armament. Turret No3 also needed some modifications to resemble the prototype in the 1984 time frame.

18 April 2021, 16:44

Ed Batres
I'm curious, why are there handrails on the turrets? When would the sailors use them? How do they reach them? I'm primarily an aircraft builder, but appreciate great work. Thanks. Great attention to detail. Pleasure to see the work you do.

18 April 2021, 16:49

Ingmar Stöhr
Hi Ed, I'm not entirely sure, but most likely they would be used to secure a sailor with a rope when doing maintenance or some paint work. You find similar rails around the whole bridge, e.g. for cleaning windows or repairing something from the outside

18 April 2021, 17:07

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