The second photo-etched fret for the model of the battleship USS Iowa BB-61 in 1:350 scale. The set from Eduard follows on from the first part and covers further areas of the ship that cannot be made in plastic at the matching thickness.
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Detailing a large battleship is work for long evenings, and Eduard has matched the way it is sold to that: the etching for the USS Iowa model in 1:350 scale is split into several separate parts. This fret is the second of them. It can be had on its own, or you can add the parts one after another and spread the work out into stages.
Why photo-etching
Injected plastic has a technological minimum thickness. Railings, ladders or radar screens therefore always look coarse on a model. Etched sheet is thinner by an order of magnitude and, once painted, looks more convincing in a photograph and under a magnifier than any plastic part.
Iowa entered service in 1943 as the lead ship of a new class of fast battleships. She carried nine 406 mm guns in three turrets and, thanks to a powerful machinery plant, she could keep up with the aircraft carriers, which made her a valuable escort for the task forces. She went through both main theaters of World War II, then Korea, and in the 1980s one more modernization, after which she also carried guided missiles. Her long service is also the reason modelers build Iowa in so many guises.
Separate the parts by cutting, not by twisting, and put them straight into a dish so they do not get lost. A photo-etch bending tool handles the longer bends, two tweezer jaws the short ones. Glue the joints with a small amount of cyanoacrylate glue; on etching the excess is very hard to remove. A primer is a must. Fit railings and antennas last, ideally once the deck is finished and weathered, because they are the most vulnerable.
An add-on for a plastic kit; neither the ship model nor the other parts of the etching are included in the package.
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