Where can I find 1/450 scale naval detail stuff? So far all I've found are some photo-etch railings for US ships. German and Japanese detail stuff in that scale is far more common. Some is listed as 1/450-1/500, and probably isn't quite right for either - that's a 3" difference on the Missouri.

I'd really like to make this Hasegawa/Minicraft Missouri kit look good...

Anyone want to cast some resin AA turrets and gun barrels? I can send a couple of originals if anyone can help for a reasonable rate.

I need decals, too. Off the top of my head I can't remember what the WWII-era Iowa-class markings looked like, except the large hull number at the bow.

All of you great modellers, and no one can give me any detailing ideas or point me to some parts? :cry:

After talking to a few vendors, I think I know what to get for photo-etch radars, ladders, hatches, etc. It will be a mix of 1/400 and 1/500 stuff. One guy makes 1/500 seaplane catapults and cranes, I'm waiting to hear back from him on the size of those parts.