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Finished the cranes for the ships boats. They are not in the exact place as on the Phoenix, placed them where on the Helena the twin 5' mounts go. Doing modification as I go to change the Helena to the Phoenix. Also took a quick break and made a Skull for Halloween.

http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=157982&highlight=Type+VIIC

I used the brass barrels for all guns, on the 6" turrets they are kinda heavy and the ability to elevate wears out quickly and then need to be glued in place. The open 5" mounts I borrowed from the USS Arizona from Digital Navy.

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate them.

I have been building the USS Phoenix from the USS Helena model and trying to modify it to fit the USS Phoenix. Previous thread on http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/ships-watercraft/4156-uss-helena-phoenix.html Have finished the 5" open gun mounts, 3 on each side amidships and one on each side...

Yep, when the changeover happened before we spent a lot of time deleting duplicate posts. I have noticed that it happens again some times.