by NCMac » Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:18 pm
Thank you both for your kind word (Matt) and words (Lester).
Matt, your USS Brooklyn and Tony Bunch's USS Honolulu are my inspiration for converting my Corsair Armada USS Phoenix to a pre-war version. You did a wonderful job with her.
Lester, your words ring true. My primary interests were "Treaty" cruisers and destroyers but there were much more limited offerings (except IJN ships) when I began. The Trumpeter Baltimore was newly released, the Clevelands were available, and Tamiya had the late war Indianapolis, so these started my collection but skewed it to a later war period. When Trumpeter released the New Orleans class and I found the courage, mostly due to what I saw and read here, to try resin models, it opened up the "Treaty" cruisers. Like you, I find the early battles, say Java Sea through the Guadalcanal campaign, and ships most interesting. Now that the Dutch and Commonwealth cruisers are available it gets really tempting ... And, of course, their Japanese opponents. Then there are the very attractive, to me, French and Italian cruisers as well as the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. Finally, I must say 219 completed models just boggles my mind; you've accomplished more than I can imagine. Well done sir, well done.
Mac
Thank you both for your kind word (Matt) and words (Lester).
Matt, your [i]USS Brooklyn[/i] and Tony Bunch's [i]USS Honolulu[/i] are my inspiration for converting my Corsair Armada [i]USS Phoenix[/i] to a pre-war version. You did a wonderful job with her.
Lester, your words ring true. My primary interests were "Treaty" cruisers and destroyers but there were much more limited offerings (except IJN ships) when I began. The Trumpeter [i]Baltimore[/i] was newly released, the [i]Cleveland[/i]s were available, and Tamiya had the late war [i]Indianapolis[/i], so these started my collection but skewed it to a later war period. When Trumpeter released the [i]New Orleans[/i] class and I found the courage, mostly due to what I saw and read here, to try resin models, it opened up the "Treaty" cruisers. Like you, I find the early battles, say Java Sea through the Guadalcanal campaign, and ships most interesting. Now that the Dutch and Commonwealth cruisers are available it gets really tempting ... And, of course, their Japanese opponents. Then there are the very attractive, to me, French and Italian cruisers as well as the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet. Finally, I must say 219 completed models just boggles my mind; you've accomplished more than I can imagine. Well done sir, well done.
Mac