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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.
 








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!

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In shipyard:
Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hopper DDG-70

Beautiful photos of a superb model! That 144th really shows off the girth of a ship, even a tin can.

Kyle

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Very nicely done, congrats.

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On the Table - 1/350 USS Arizona

In the Stack - 1/700 Titanic

Very nice job. That Eduard set does wonders for this kit.

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- Chris

1/700 Saratoga w/Pontos (Needs paint)
1/700 Potato w/Kurama (On hold)
1/700 Murdertorpedoboat Ooi

You have a great looking model there.

I want to get one of those kits every time I see pictures of a completed build.

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Gordon


"Then there was one patched-up carrier...."
Vice Admiral Thomas A. Kinkaid

Real nice build you got there.

Excellent job on the destroyer.

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"We're going to need a bigger boat"

Thank you