discussion Sprue Brothers

[Red Dex]

Just received a set of brass propellers for my 1/200 Arizona from Sprue Brothers USA, comparing them against the plastic ones that came with the kit the difference in size is a lot, with the Sprue Brothers being a lot smaller, also the pitch of the blades are different ( yes I know I’m sad). I wonder who has got the size correct? Have any of you used Sprue Brothers before?

 

[stillp]

Form Wikipedia: "The ship had four direct-drive Parsons steam turbine sets, each of which drove a propeller 12 feet 1.5 inches (3.7 m) in diameter" so your 1/200 props should be 18.5 mm diameter.
Pete

 

[Red Dex]

Thank you very much Peter, SB’s are spot on, the kit ones are bigger, also the blade shape looks wrong to me. I’ve managed to find a photo of her in dry dock showing a good view of the port inner propeller and the Sprue Brothers look quite accurate, so I will go with these, thanks again.