USS HOUSTON - CHANGES AND ADDITIONS
1. Reshaped bow profile
2. Reshaped bow flare and made hull symmetrical
3. Degausing cable added below deck edge
4. New anchor chains
5. Jack staff
6. Main turret magazine escape trunk, fore and aft
7. Chocks, open and closed, cast (10 sets)
8. New paravane booms (2)
9. Ship's bell, cast
10. MV lenses in signal lights, small (4)
11. .50 cal MG, scratchbuilt (8)
12. Rafts on forward funnel
13. Funnel suppert wires, fore & aft
14. Funnel cap grilles, stretched sprue, fore & aft
15. Step in superstructure under forward funnel (required removal
of resin & redecking)
16. New catapult pedestals (2)
17. Catapult control stations (2)
18. Aircraft markings (2)
19. Brass rails from kit resectioned to fit cast chocks (brass
also taken from reserve kit to match style)
20. Repositioned A/C crane support legs
21. Incinerator, scratchbuilt
22. Rebuilt aft director platform, lower level, including ladder
landing extensions to the 1.1" gun tubs
23. Rebuilt emergency compass compartment
24. Added awning over secondary rangefinder
25. Added aft director platform support arches (p&s)
26. Scratchbult and cast three types of boats (5 boats)
27. New boat cradles
28. A/C & boat crane rigging
29. A/C & boat crane hooks, photoetch, from other kits
30. Towing engine & guide chock
31. Flag staff on stern
32. Opposite rotation propellers for port side, cast (2)
33. Induction & discharge screens on hull (4)
34. New boat booms (4)
35. Practice loader
36. Boat crane rest
37. New pole masts, tapered brass
38. Flag
39. Ventillation doors on hangar bulkheads (4)
40. Stiffener plate on hull sides (2)
41. New armor belt (2)
42. New 1.1" gun tub supports, forward (2)
43. Bridge wing windows opened
44. Vents, quarterdeck (3)
45. Keel blocks (mounting)
46. MV lenses on searchlights, large (4)
47. Leadsman platforms (2)
48. New anchor hawse pipes (2)
49. New paravanes (2)
50. Repositioned rudder
51. Rigging
52. Display case
The only items yet to do are: One boat from item #26 (35' motor launch);
two boat cradles; and item #49. |