The Ship Model Forum

I may be torched for this, but here goes as the Perry class is one of my favorite ship classes: Whoever built this model did a very poor job. Hate to say it, but that is for sure and for certain. And if the owner paid someone to build this, then go demand a refund. Why? The main stack is reversed - that has been noted - and the RIB is incorrect, especially for a short hull Perry. It should be, as someone mentioned, a 26' whaleboat. Those are huge mistakes. The US flag is incorrectly displayed on the mast. And no modern US ship should have a smokey weathering like that. I know it looks dirty and brings out the detail, but it is all wrong. Any US Captain who allowed his ship to be that dirty - except in a wartime environment - would be court-martialled and relieved. I know it is popular to show ships in extreme states of weathering, but that is just not how they look, especially the superstructure. It is always, clean it, scrape it, and paint it. And then paint it again in the modern Navy. If you want to weather the superstructure correctly, use a pin wash and highlight the piping and ladders, but don't glop on a smokey paint spray. Rant done.

I've almost finished my model of the ship, it is very detailed.
I want to make high-quality photos that you could see the smallest details.
Can you advise a good camera with zoom,wanna share it fast as possible
Thanks in advance

yeah ill be buying this model form amazon can't wait to build my second plastic model ship first was the uss Arizona

looks good other than the stacks being reversed. I'm working on a Perry class also and have got PE sets from WEM, Yankee and MK1 plus some resin bits from Yankee. I'll post pics soon I hope.

Very nice! I've always been curious how people get the "smoky" appearance on the hull. It appears as though it has two different shades. Anyway congratulation on a fine looking ship.
Alex

Beautiful job, but the ship depicts the wrong lifeboat. The majority of FFG's had Motor Whaleboats. This model correctly depicts the trackway boat davit but features a pontoon type RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) which is deployed with a Slewing arm type davit.

You're welcome, bj. On second thought I think the pictures are not good enough. Check back in 4-5 days, I'll replace them with scanned ones, life-size
which you'll be able to read all the part numbers. I'm having 3 days off my work and my scanner is at my office.

MM
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?Update: I've replaced the pictures today (Feb 1). Have fun!

G'day MM,

Hey, thanks very much for that - much appreciated - there is certainly nothing like that with this one - I bought it on Ebay from a dealer I have used in the past - maybe they didn't pack one in it?

Anyway, thanks again - I'll cut and paste and print that out.

cheers,

bj

Hi bj,

This is the instruction sheets of MK1 in color. I hope the pictures are good enough:





Happy modeling!

MM

Hi bj,

I wonder why your MK1 PE didn't come with instruction sheets. Where did you buy it? Mine come with the sheets and "Toom" used them in building this ship for me.

This evening when I'm back home I'll look for the sheets and if I find them I'll take pictures and post them here for you.
Without instructions it's almost impossible to get things right.

G'day MM,

I have this one on the slipway to commence some time this year and have the MK1 PE as well - did yours come with some sort of instruction sheet or did you have to guess what everything was for - mine had no instructions (unlike the GMM PE I have received in the past) and I can see that some of what is there will be a challenge to work out.

cheers,

bj

Thanks, Jimmy, for your illustrative explanation of the funnel. I looked up the instruction sheets and found that "Toom" who built this ship for me
didn't look at them carefully and made a mistake in the direction of the funnel tower. Thanks also for your comments on the build. More are coming...

Hi Model Maniac, excellent job you have done with this OHP, congratulations.
About mistake made in the funnel, look at this:
Major inclination of the funnel must be turned to aft.......

Here the pic without edition.....
And to Willie, nice accurate in the observation!!!

Kind regards to all: Jimmy

Many thanks for more kind comments and compliments since my last reply. I really appreciate them!

Willie, where is the funnel? I'll look up the instruction sheets to see its direction. Maybe my modeler didn't look carefully.

tonphil1960, I'm afraid it's impossible for anyone including myself to build all the models on my site in a lifetime. I have five modelers working for me and three of them are very good ship builders. "Toom" is just one of the three. This list shows what ships they're building:

"Toom":
- Tamiya's IJN Battleship "Yamato" 1:350 w/ 3 sheets of local-made PE upgrade sets
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"Niphon":
- Hasegawa's IJN Battleship "Mutsu" 1:350 w/ full option PE/brass upgrade kits
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"Tazmanian":
- Tamiya's Japanese WWII Battleship "Musashi" 1:350 w/ local made PE parts (3 sheets)
- Revell's SMS Emden 1:350 w/ local made PE
- ICM's Markgraft Battleship 1:350 w/ local made PE
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Admiral Lazarev (Ex Frunze) 1:350 w/ PE upgrade sets from Lion Roar
- Flagman's German U-Boat type VIIC carrying 4 midget submarines "Bibers" 1:350

Apart from warships, I collect armors, warplanes, figures and dioramas as well. My purchase record has registered
nearly 2,800 items! I've put a lot of money into them, my dream has materialized.

Excellent! Nicely done.

Nice clean build, but as Willie said, Funnel is wrong way around and the short hulled OHP's carried the SH-2 Seasprite helo.

Regards

John

Very very clean build. I am immensely impressed. Bravo.

Nice clean build, I love the Perry's ! Did you build all the models in the pic's on your site ? If so, you are a Model Maniac, impressive.

Tony

Fantastic

realized very well!
Ciao
Luciano

Hi all,

Maybe I am wrong, but as I am building the same ship -- not this same model though -- and I am therefore quite familiar with this class, I would suggest the funnel is placed pointing in the opposite direction. As for the rest, the construction is amazing !!!!

Brgds,

Willie.