The Ship Model Forum

Nelson51 wrote:I just happened to see this thread and decided to post some pictures of something I have been working on. My dad served aboard the USS Midas ARB-5 in WW2. He was aboard the ship when it put to sea after its conversion to the ARB class till it sailed home after the war and put in the reserve fleet. I am modeling it and I am going to 3-d print it for my Grandson and Great Grandson so they can have something physically close to visualize it rather than a picture. One thing I will say right up front I never meant for it to be a down to the blueprint accurate as I don't have any blueprints to go by. I simply collected as many pictures of the Midas (thanks to members who pointed me in the right direction) as I could and the other ARBs so I could make something visually close. There are tons of things I will be changing before I print it. If you look at pictures of the ARB class closely the first ones varied some from one to the other. I based most of what you see on the deck the Oil barrels, welding tanks, doors open, and other stuff based on a clear picture of her when she was by Hampton Roads. Again, it's not totally accurate but I thought I would show kind of what it looks like. I am going to print it in 1/96 scale. Mainly because I spent way too much time with detail that wouldn't show up otherwise. Thanks for looking.

diverneil wrote:hello everyone, i am sharing my first built boat. i used the Lindberg LST model kit scale: 1/245.

this model is a philippine navy ship named BRP Northern Samar LT-510. the model was deeply modified with the use of other parts like the model kit Trumpeter HMS Dreadnought 1907 scale: 1/700 and other resources to construct the ship.

the original boat was named USS LST-1064, commissioned on March 12, 1945 and decommissioned August 21, 1946. later it was named USS Nansemond County / LST 1064 on July 1, 1955. it was transferred to Japan on April 1961 - renamed JDS Shiretoko (LST-4003), returned to USA in 1975 then transferred to the Philippines on September 24, 1976 and renamed as BRP (Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas) Samar Del Norte (LT-510) and later BRP Northern Samar LT-510. fate is unknown.

i gave this today as a gift to my father who is one of the officers of who served the ship between 1982-1983.

thanks everyone for reading. cheers!

sandy wrote:Hi,

I am still trying to track down Benewah plans. Would you be willing to share yours?

All the best
Sandy

sandy wrote:Slightly off-topic but does anyone know where I can get a set of plans for the USS Benewah as she was in Vietnam.

She was APB-35 and based on a 542 class LST.

I am also looking for hull lines that can be blown up to 48th scale.

Any help apreciated

Rob Wood wrote:OK, I'll try to put something together for the RC Scratchbuilding board. The thing I don't want people to lose sight of, though, is that without the LST 325 crew taking pictures for me of the door and ramp hardware and explaining how it all worked, I never would have been able to build a working model. Therefore, my build story is going to feature photos of 1:1 LST hardware, as well as my 1:144 version.

If that sounds interesting, I'll put it together.

Fair enough?

Rob