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Topic review - 1/144 USS Fletcher DD-445
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Landlocked
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Thank you ;)
Post Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:24 pm
Bissyboat
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:thumbs_up_1: Excellent job on the destroyer.
Post Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:20 pm
KevinYoung
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Real nice build you got there.
Post Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:34 am
Gordon Bjorklund
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You have a great looking model there.

I want to get one of those kits every time I see pictures of a completed build.
Post Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:15 pm
PetrolGator
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Very nice job. That Eduard set does wonders for this kit.
Post Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:22 pm
KevinH
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Very nicely done, congrats.
Post Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2013 11:28 am
kylewoody
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Beautiful photos of a superb model! That 144th really shows off the girth of a ship, even a tin can.

Kyle
Post Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:03 pm
Landlocked
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Hi All,
 
This has been an on-off project for a couple of years since I busted up my knee in a football accident very early in 2012. Build thread is HERE. The sheer size and scale almost put me off it for months on end, and it seemed it would never get finished, but a late burst this autumn saw it finally completed.
 
The kit is very impressive, if a little under-detailed for the scale. The Eduard Big Ed set saw to those deficiencies, along with some scratchbuilding of searchlight mounts, deckhouse details and hose reels. I also used BMK metal barrels for the 5in turrets. The ship is painted in WEM Colourcoats enamel for the camouflage (5-H Haze Gray, 5-O Ocean Gray and 5-N Navy Blue), the black is Lifecolour acrylic, the hull is Halfords red automotive primer. The deck blue is Tamiya XF-17 Sea Blue. I used Gator masks for the hull pattern. Despite the longer drying time required for enamels, these Colourcoats are the best paints I have ever used, and I was so happy with them, I spent about £60 on the full range!
 
The ship is portrayed as commissioned, which is the only option offered by the kit.
 
All pics courtesy of Farnborough IPMS website.
 
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This is the fourth of the five Fletchers I have planned to build in this lifetime! The fifth will be the same 1/144 kit but a diorama portraying the Van Valkenburgh DD-656 at war's end.

Cheers and thanks for looking,
LL

EDIT: moved from wrong part of the forum, sorry for the double post!
Post Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:17 pm

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