USS Texas BB-35

This is a model of the First World War configurations of the USS Texas and USS New York in 1/2400 (72.92mm) and 1/1250 (140mm) scale with versions for .2 and .4mm nozzles. Both profiles have an AMS and non-AMS version.

The .4 nozzle version of the 1/2400 scale model sacrifices some detail, but is almost identical as you can see from the pictures.

If you are interested in the base seen in some of the pictures, you can find it in this Naval Miniatures Accessory Pack. or you can see my other 1/2400 scale ships here:

USS Nevada

USS St. Louis

HMS Carnarvon

After finishing my first game of When Dreadnaughts Ruled the Seas, a fantastic introduction to Naval Miniature wargaming, I immediately thought “What other nations can I add?”. Set in the First World War, Dreadnaughts only features the two great, and active, naval powers of the time: Great Britain and the German Empire. This makes total sense historically, but I wanted more tiny ships for casual Dreadnaught conflict. Among the nations I added was, ofcourse, the United States of America. Interestingly, the US Navy was going through some changes at the time, building dozens of Battleships and no Cruisers meaning when America entered the war, it did so with very old and outdated Cruisers and lots of very new Battleships. The British thought this was adorable and kindly allowed the US ships to assist the Royal Navy in convoy escorts and home guard missions.

The New York Class, comprised of the USS New York and USS Texas, were the first of America’s Super-Dreadnaughts, and was armed with ten 14in guns mounted in five turrets and twenty-one 5in guns mounted along both sides of the hull. Before either ship was completed, however, the improved Nevada Class had already been laid down and would serve as the first of America’s “Standard-type battleships”.

I searched for a long time trying to find models of the USS Texas but there was nothing in the World War I configuration, so I had to make my own. The most notable difference being the odd lattice towers sticking up from the deck. These were quickly replaced in subsequent refits, but were very much present during the First World War and are very unique to American battleships of the time period.

Side note, I think you’d need a basketball court sized space to play a WWI naval miniatures game in 1/1250 scale, but I included a profile for that size because I like how the ship looks when printed large enough to see more of the detail.