USS Pittsburgh CA-72 - June 1945 "Bow Missing"

Dennis B. Ruth
Anyone an idea where I can find a detailed Rigging plan for the Pittsburgh or the Baltimore-class in general?

Christian Bruer
Try this, one of the best sources of USN plans I know:
floatingdrydock.com/

You'll find a scale 1/96 plan fur USS Pittsburgh here:
floatingdrydock.com/CHESLEY.htm

Cheers, Christian

Dennis B. Ruth
Thx for the source. Good stuff there, but unfortunately I'm looking for some Open Source stuff. For 35€ I would rather like to buy some photoetch or an additional model, instead of a plan, even if it es very detailed.
Nevertheless thanks a lot for your help.

Dennis B. Ruth
Does someone has a hint which color out of the vallejo air, humbrol, revell, tamiya range I can use in order to achieve something similar to "20-B Deck Blue" ? On the picture I triedVallejo Air 54, but it doesnt seem right

Dennis B. Ruth
Thx for the link. Didn't end up buying this set. But it let me dive into deeper colour research again and now I ended up using "Humbrol 144 - Intermediate Blue Matt"

Seems to be right in contrast to the the other paints, the way I interpret the b/w references I have.

Torben Ke
Great project, I´m in! Maybe this helps with your colour research: shipmodels.info/mws_..=161728&start=60

Dennis B. Ruth
it's starting to take shape 😄

Dennis B. Ruth
In addition I used some PE sailors from eduard and Uschi van der Rosten's "Elastic Rigging Thread - superfine". Expensive stuff but absolutely worth the money. Makes the rigging process a lot easier.

Dave Flitton
Wow! Time for a diorama!

Dennis B. Ruth
yeah 😄 It's too late for this one. But my next buildt will be USS Saratoga CV-3 in the 30s. First time within a water diorama and first time with LED Lighting 🙂