Saturday, September 10, 2011

More superstructure detail

Here's another closeup to the tall gun nest on the aft deck from last time. I can't tell for sure, but there might be another one even further aft near the taffrail.

Below is the large rectangular box structure that dominates the mid-ships. Eventually the smokestack will be on top of it and the sides will be covered with Higgins boats:

Here's that first story of the Bridge tower that has the characteristic ocean liner look to it. 2 more stories to go!
The face of this first story is seen in this great photo below:

I'm fairly certain that those are 2 "mine sweepers" sitting vertically in front of the structure. They would be hoisted out along the ship and set of mines in the water.

Below is the added second story, gain the facial details are from the photo above. Not a lot to go on, but any reference is good reference!

Now here is the 3rd floor, which houses the actual bride room. I got the details and layout from the USS JEREMIAH O'BRIEN. Her site is:
http://www.ssjeremiahobrien.org/
Even though she was build during WWII and the Bell during WWI, the refit would likely make them somewhat similar in layout and in hardware. Also, it is the closest thing I will likely get to what the Bell's bridge looked like:

But just in case... I'm going to make the roof removable so that I can add more detail if it comes along.

That's it for now, I have more actually done on her but I'll have to post it later since I got a lot of homework to do :)
Thanks for checking in!