Scale: 1/350
 
Includes the forward funnel, funnel base deckhouse, and aircraft handling deck.

Recommended to help build USS Portland CA-33 from:
Academy 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis CA-35
Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis CA-35 (1945)
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis CA-35 (1944)
Trumpeter 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis CA-35 (1945)
Yankee Modelworks 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis CA-35 (1945)
 
This Aircraft Handling Deck and Forward Funnel model helps convert your 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis CA-35 model kit to one of the US Navy's most decorated warships, sistership USS Portland CA-33, as she appeared during crucial Pacific battles fought during the summer of 1942, Coral Sea and Midway.
 
Note: this deck has been designed to be adapted to to fit any 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis kit.  The deck has been intentionally designed slightly wider than scale. This was done to ensure that the deck is not too narrow to fit your USS Indianapolis kit's hull.  The deck is also intentionally designed thicker than some plastic Indianapolis kit's corresponding deck parts.  This was done in order to help the 3D-printed deck resist warping.  Depending on which plastic kit you own, some modification to this part and/or the kit's parts will be necessary for best fit.  You will need to gently trim/sand the deck sides to fit your plastic USS Indianapolis' kit's hull.  Acrylic plastic is very brittle.  Care is advised during adjustment.

Features:
forward funnel with extensive, accurately exterior rivet detail
correct funnel and steam pipes for USS Portland
planked deck of the proper length, camber (arch) and shear (slope)
two aircraft catapult pedestal towers, correct for USS Portland
vent openings designed open, ready for photo-etch mesh screen inserted from inside (photo-etch mesh screen not included)
double deck hatch with scuttles, hinges and dogs details
lower tripod legs designed to meet and match the forward superstructure (available separately)
correct style, four-panel A/T doors in the closed position with chevron-shaped rain deflectors above
 
Note: to build USS Portland CA-33 from your USS Indianapolis CA-35 kit, you will need to trim away a small portion of the top of each side of your Indianapolis kit's hull and forward upper main deck in the vicinity of the aircraft handling deck as shown in the photo in the carousel.  USS Indianapolis was built as a flagship.  USS Portland was not.  Accommodation for the admiral and his staff was provided by extending Indianapolis' forward superstructure and forward hull rearwards into the ship's aircraft handling deck space.  Portland was not fit with this extension and therefore Portland's forward superstructure is shorter than Indianapolis' forward superstructure.  Portland's aircraft handling deck is longer forward.  To provide space for Portland's longer aircraft handling deck, you will need to cut away a portion of the top of your Indianapolis kit's hull sides  and upper main deck.  Place the Portland aircraft handling deck onto your Indianapolis kit.  Cut away portions of the upper hull sides and upper main deck to match the length of the Portland aircraft handling deck.
 
Note: this deck has been designed to be adapted to fit any 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis kit.  The deck has been intentionally designed slightly wider than scale. This was done to ensure that the deck is not too narrow to fit your USS Indianapolis kit's hull.  The deck is also intentionally designed thicker than some plastic Indianapolis kit's corresponding deck parts.  This was done in order to help the 3D-printed deck resist warping.  Depending on which plastic kit you own, some modification to this part and/or the kit's parts will be necessary for best fit.  You will need to gently trim/sand the deck sides to fit your plastic USS Indianapolis' kit's hull.  Acrylic plastic is very brittle.  Care is advised during adjustment.
 
Click here for a 1/350 scale USS Indianapolis to USS Portland conversion tutorial.
 
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