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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 5:16 am 
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Arr mateys, it be such a great story I wanted to capture it in 1/350!

Shortly after midnight on April 1, 2010, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Nicholas came under fire from Somali pirates while deployed in the waters off East Africa near the Seychelles on anti-piracy operations. The pirates mistakenly attempted to hijack the Nicholas, believing her to be an unarmed freighter. Nicholas immediately returned fire and pursued the pirate skiff, disabling it and subsequently seized the pirates, several AK assault rifles, ammunition and an RPG rocket launcher. The Nicholas sank their skiff and went on to capture the pirates’ mother ship where more pirates and weapons were seized. On specific request of the US Department of Justice, the pirates were detained and brought back to the US to face trial for piracy.

In November 2010, a federal jury in Virginia convicted five Somali men - Mohammed Modin Hasan, Gabul Abdullahi Ali, Abdi Wali Dire, Abdi Mohammed Gurewardher and Abdi Mohammed Umar - of piracy, attack to plunder a vessel, act of violence against persons on a vessel, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon on federal officers and employees, conspiracy to use firearms during a crime of violence, and multiple firearm counts, including the use of a rocket propelled grenade. On March 14, 2011 the five were sentenced to life plus 80 years in prison for engaging in piracy and related offences – the first conviction for piracy by a US Court since 1820.

Here's a couple better pictures from our club night:
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This is the modified Academy kit with MK1 and WEM PE, Veteran Models RHIB, SRBOC and 25mm chainguns, Master antennae and 76mm barrel plus Eduard and GMM figures.

I put a lot of work into it, but it was a lot of fun to build.

All the best, LL

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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2011 6:33 am 
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Location: turning into a power-hungry Yamato-models-munching monster... buahahahaha...
That looks really, really nice - thanks for sharing! :thumbs_up_1:

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Was wondering how long it'd take before someone does a Somali pirate diorama! Great job!

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Top notch sir :thumbs_up_1: That Academy kit really dresses up nicely.

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Timmy C wrote:
Was wondering how long it'd take before someone does a Somali pirate diorama! Great job!


Same thought! :D

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:01 am 
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Great dio Landlocked! Dumb-ass pirates, like bringing a knife to a gunfight.

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Well done. :thumbs_up_1:

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Thanks for the thumbs up!

I can't help thinking they might have a higher life expectancy in Uncle Sam's federal prison than in Somalia, three squares a day and all at taxpayers expense! Not so dumb after all!

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:40 pm 
cool i was station on that ship in 04


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Very nice. The ship and the dio.

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Cool,

I agree with all the well done comments.

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Love it! Nice job :thumbs_up_1: And you found a use for the large number of figures giving the iraqi army salute (hands held high in surrender) that are included in the eduard set! :heh:

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Congratulations... Great build...

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:26 am 
I was on watch in the CIC that night. They never stood a chance, they were as surprised as we were once they attacked us and realized their mistake, but we had rigged deceptive lighting and were fishing for pirates. We reeled em in and completed the mission.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2022 2:54 pm 
guess those pirates were chewing on an extra potent leaf of whatever they get high on... LOL unarmed freighter..


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