Gentlemen, Old
North Carolina will have to wait for another time. Ran into too many issues with the Trumpy kit and I still need more parts that no one has in stock and haven't a clue as to when they'll be back. I'm going to be ambitious and use the 3 weeks left as a challenge for a different kit. My sig talks about a dio with
Hayler,
John A. Moore, and
William V. Pratt in it. Well, Niko's 1/700 DDG-40 kit will be built in the time remaining. I'm finishing this dio for Dad for Christmas and
Pratt is the only one that still needs major construction. The other two are assembled and painted and just need their masts and weapons.
I'm backdating the kit to reflect
Pratt in 1975 when Dad reported aboard for his first tour of duty as her Weapons Officer, fresh out of OCS. The major surgery is already complete; removal of the SRBOC platform (Niko only included the starboard one and forgot about the port, good thing for me
) and removal of the harpoon decks. Only other mods will be a scratch built ULQ-6 ECM system in place of the SLQ-32 and some radar swaps. The flag bags will have to be sanded off and moved forward. I've already made some replacements. The forward funnel is in place to make sure my super glue works with the resin and so far no problems.
I'll whip up the ECM tomorrow and then begin painting. This is my first resin kit so this should be fun and educational
Will I finish in time? Stay tuned!
-Mike
Everyone's builds are looking great so far guys, can't wait to see the finished shots.