Don,
As much as I would like to group her into the pre-dreadnought class, she is not even close.
If we really want to save these ships we need to get them out of the water and into a drydock like the Warrior and Victory are in England. The USS Texas is always being repaired (stop gap) for leaks because her hull plating is starting to fail.
Marcus
The U.S.S. Oregon was “saved” in the thirtys by the donations of school children.
Unfortunatly, WWII broke out and she was “re-commisoned” and sent to the Pacific where she sufferd heavy damage in a Typhoon. Spent her last days as a oil hulk before being towed to Japan and sold as scrap. Probably made 1000 Datsuns out of her.
The schoolkids never got their mony back… what a rip off ! All thats left is her mast. It still stands in Portlands Waterfront park.
I started this kit many years ago. Bought the Toms Modelworks PE and “hacked” the second deck off. (The kits decks are NOT prototypical and it takes a lot to make it look right.) Finally got fed up with it and it now sits in the bottom of my stash… waiting for me to 'Love " her again.
Hope you build yours as it may Inspire me to bring her out of mothballs and do her the “justice” she deserves !
OOPPS!!! Sorry just realised this thread is 10 years old! Oh well… still thinking of digging out the kit.
Texas Parks & Wildlife–the ship’s caretakers–have a plan for a dry berth for Texas.
Said plan was approved and funded, but hit a snag in that the web thickness of the frames under the boiler flats and some of the engine spaces were found to be too thin. (This had be identified in the 1989-1990 drydocking, but was deferred due to cost overruns.)
So, Phase II is almost ocomplete, and Phase III is to commence soon for the reinforcement of those frames. Shortly afterward, the actual dirtwork for the dryberth can commence.
The work procedes slowly. This as wokers have to get into the 24" - 3" deep spaces and template the areas needing replacing. Those templates are then taken to an adjacent barge, where replacement webs are cut. The new parts are them fished down into the spaces, the frames shored up, the offending web cut out, and replaced with the new. All while trying to preserve all the hsitorical fabric of the ship.
Interestingly enough, it’s the added-on torpedo blisters, and theit interface where they were welded to the riveted plates that have been most problematic. (Not at all helped by having most of the blister’s vavlving disconnected back in the 50s.)
They will need a modeler at some point, USN renders museum ships immobile before trasnfer. In Texas’ case, back in 1947, they pulled the external shafts and struts when the screw were removed.
CAPNMAC82,
Thanks for the info on the Texas. I only knew of the leaks that been on the news lately. I knew funds were made available years ago but thought they were being held for political reasons. Some senator on a committee had a bug up his butt and refused to release the funds until his demands were met.
Nope, the original $25 million was allocated and the spending signed into law two Governors ago. The problem was the survey of the boiler flats coming back bad. Which required around $16 million out of TPW funds over the last 2-3 years.
(Crawling into spaces about 32" wide and 26-30" deep the width of the bottom is a bunch of work.)
The last “crisis” occured when a seam split on a blister tank. Because the flood/counter flood valves were disabled, the tanks flood widely. The ship developed a starboard list to 7º, at which point TPW closed her to the public until enough pumps could be got aboard to dewater her while a temporary external patch was applied. She was back to her 1º Starboard list (held to drain rainwater) in just two days.
I just lost this post so will do it again. I built the Oregon a while back from an article in FSM on the cover. I did it as the Indiana our first battleship I think I used GMM PE. Here it is.
Also I did Farragut’s ship from Manila Bay.
iT was from a Squadron kit for $60 with all the extras.
The , I think, Squadron kit was a special run that came with wood deck & all the PE. It went together really easy & nice for an old kit. So did the Oregon.
There was a terrific build article with modifications to make the Glencoe Oregon kit correct. The Link is http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=122972&page=1
Unfortunately, the Pictures were hosted on PhotoBucket and are no longer accessable. The text gives some idea of the build. The OP is still around. He is Marcos Serra. His available Pics on the Internet are all Armor Related now- no Ships.
I had managed to “save” a few of the Pics from the 1st page that shows corrections. PM me if curious. I found Marcos (Panzerserra) Text and Pics extremly informative.
Nino
Well, While PMing Tim I located the Photobucket page for the Oregon Pictures from Marcos ( Panzerserra). It is at http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Panzerserra/library/USS%20Oregon?sort=4&page=1 149 Pictures.
You just have to match’em to the text.
Nino
A special thank you to Nino !!!
With the pictures you sent me I increased my research material by 1000% !
I now know where to start over on the USS Oregon’s decks.
Thank you Thank you !
Tim
Almost Forgot…
There was a cool build on FSM too. I had sent you copies of some of the same pictures but they have more relevance in the below post.
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/150563.aspx
Jim
Was always under the impression that she was scrapped here during the steel drives during the war. Never heard or read of her being recommisioned and active.
They did let the mast escape as kind of a bone to the state
Hi! I know the Glencor Thread is rather old but I was wondering if you still have the directions on PDF? Just bought the model but no directions.
You might want to post in general modeling… with a fresh post titled “need…”
you should get a quick answer.
Bill
