1 144 Iowa Class Battleship 3D print model

The Iowa Class battleships were at the pinnacle of US Navy fast battleship design when they were eclipsed by aircraft carriers during WWII. They never encountered Japan’s Yamato class battleships but they did bombard the Japanese home islands and provided anti-aircraft support in fending off Kamikaze attacks. Four of these battleships were completed and all are museums today. They are USS Iowa (BB-61), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Wisconsin (BB-64). The USS Missouri was the site of the Japan’s formal surrender in Tokyo Bay on Sept 2, 1945. The USS Missouri was also featured in the movies “Under Siege (1992)” and “Battleship (2012)”.

The model is depicted as it appeared during WWII (1945) and photographs/videos of the USS Missouri was used as reference. Scale details include twenty quad Bofors anti-aircraft units and fifty 20mm Oerlikon guns. The three primary battery turrets rotate with elevating 16 inch guns. The ten secondary battery turrets also rotate with elevating 5 inch guns.

For RC operation, a motor cradle for four 380 type Mabuchi brushed motors and a rudder servo mount are supplied.
The main superstructure is removable for access to the RC electronics. For a 1/144 scale 3D printable model, the hull is divided into 12 sections. The height of each hull section ranges from 160 – 180 mm and should fit a 3D printer with 250 x 250 mm volume. The main super structure levels are also divided into sections that would fit a 250 x 250mm bed.

All stl files were sliced in Cura v 5.10 and test printed

The model dimensions are: 1823 x 244 x 376 mm