Escort craft Group Build November-January '07-'08

Self service picture posting here.

Moderators: MartinJQuinn, JIM BAUMANN, Jon, Dan K

Post Reply
User avatar
Avery Boyer
Posts: 934
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:56 pm
Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania
Contact:
Contact Avery Boyer

Escort craft Group Build November-January '07-'08

Post by Avery Boyer »

With the great success of the cruiser GB, I think we should do another. This time it's escort craft, basically any surface vessel smaller than a destroyer. Frigates, corvettes, minsweepers, patrol craft, etc all fit into this build. If you're unsure about what is and is not an escort vessel, just say what you want to build and I'll let you know if it counts. Rules:

Runs November 10th 2007 to January 31st 2008

Any surface escort vessel smaller than a destroyer. This includes mine warfare craft, but not amphibious ships.

Aftermarket allowed. Scratchbuilding allowed. Any era is allowed.

You may enter at any time.

Participants:

AJB93-Commadant Riviere
Quincy-
Karsten-
Sean Hart-
DanCinSD-
nick-Arleigh Burke class
EPinniger-USN DE
Joe R.-USN DE

My entry will probably be a french minesweeper. Let's get this started! :thumbs_up_1: :eyebrows:
Last edited by Timmy C on Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:11 am, edited 5 times in total.
Reason: Destickied by TimmyC - past its due date.
"It is best to remain silent and let others assume you are dumb than to speak up and remove all doubt"

http://nssavannah.wordpress.com/
Top
Karsten
Posts: 83
Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:46 pm

Post by Karsten »

I still need to finish up the Kasuga for the last build but I am working on it.

I also found out I am in dire need of upgrading the camera so I can take a great picture......Then I wont be able to blame the camera for the models appearance :lol_3:

Working on that and the Windows XP upgrade at the same time.

So say something along the lines of the

Russian Gunboat Mandzur
Zuiekiev Topedo boat
Kolchida Dispatch Vessel
Lt. Burakov but that is a Destroyer (its little)

Karsten
Last edited by Karsten on Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Top
User avatar
Sean Hert
Posts: 1404
Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:17 pm
Location: Columbus, OH
Contact:
Contact Sean Hert

Post by Sean Hert »

How about a USS Taurus, PHM-3?
--
Sean Hert
Top
User avatar
Sean Hert
Posts: 1404
Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:17 pm
Location: Columbus, OH
Contact:
Contact Sean Hert

Post by Sean Hert »

Or a Tacoma class PF?
--
Sean Hert
Top
User avatar
DanCinSD
Posts: 578
Joined: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:14 pm
Location: San Diego, California
Contact:
Contact DanCinSD

Post by DanCinSD »

Count me in with a Destroyer Escort in 1/350, not sure which exact ship I will do yet.

I will get my cruiser group build photographed and posted later this week.
Dan
Field Artillery, King of Battle
Please check out the Secret Society of Model Builders on facebook.
Top
User avatar
Edward Pinniger
Posts: 461
Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:05 pm
Location: UK

Post by Edward Pinniger »

I'll definitely be joining this GB, though I'm not sure what to build. I'm planning on starting the Mirage 4-piper HMS St.Albans (in mid-war convoy escort fit) soon, but this is a destroyer so doesn't count.
I have quite a few large-scale kits of modern fast attack craft, but I'm not sure those really fit into the category of escort vessels?
Top
User avatar
Avery Boyer
Posts: 934
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:56 pm
Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania
Contact:
Contact Avery Boyer

Post by Avery Boyer »

Modern fast attack craft definitley count as escort craft. so do the Tacoma PFs :eyebrows: :thumbs_up_1:
"It is best to remain silent and let others assume you are dumb than to speak up and remove all doubt"

http://nssavannah.wordpress.com/
Top
User avatar
Quincy
Posts: 2217
Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:41 am
Location: Monson, MA.

Post by Quincy »

I'm going to build either a Momi or Wakatake class DD as converted to a Patrol boat or both.
Which ships, to be determined?




Bob Pink.
Top
User avatar
Francisco P. de Nanclares
Posts: 306
Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:30 am
Location: Spain

Post by Francisco P. de Nanclares »

Does a model already in the works count?. I am nearing completion of an Spanish Navy FFG:

Image

Cheers.
Pachi.
Image I will miss you Werner. Fair winds and following seas.
Top
User avatar
Sean Hert
Posts: 1404
Joined: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:17 pm
Location: Columbus, OH
Contact:
Contact Sean Hert

Post by Sean Hert »

Pachi-

Is that the CC Lee kit or the YKM one?
--
Sean Hert
Top
User avatar
Francisco P. de Nanclares
Posts: 306
Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:30 am
Location: Spain

Post by Francisco P. de Nanclares »

The YMW one. Very good in some accounts. Not as good in others. I will submit a report to the Gallery when finished, but if you are looking for some specific bits of info, let me know what I can do for you.

Cheers.
Pachi.
Image I will miss you Werner. Fair winds and following seas.
Top
Gone Asiatic
Posts: 836
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:44 pm
Location: Zipangu - Jipukuo

Escort Builds

Post by Gone Asiatic »

Questions:

Do gunboats count?

Must the kit be built during the time frame or may one submit a kit that one has built previously?
No Quarter Asked - None Given
Image
Top
Karsten
Posts: 83
Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:46 pm

Post by Karsten »

Working on my little Lt Burakov.

Image


Image

Gotta get the new camera up and running soon.


Karsten
Last edited by Karsten on Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:24 am, edited 1 time in total.
Top
User avatar
Quincy
Posts: 2217
Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:41 am
Location: Monson, MA.

Post by Quincy »

I have my two Momi/Wakatake ships started, plus the two fishing trawler/picket boats.





Bob Pink.
Top
User avatar
Joe R.
Posts: 23
Joined: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:50 pm
Location: United States
Contact:
Contact Joe R.

Count me in.

Post by Joe R. »

I have a U.S. destroyer escort in progress I'd like to enter for my first forum project. :thumbs_up_1:
Top
User avatar
Edward Pinniger
Posts: 461
Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:05 pm
Location: UK

Post by Edward Pinniger »

I'd also like to know if a USN destroyer escort (DE) is OK for this group build (I know it has "destroyer" in its name, but it's really more of a frigate in terms of size) - I'd like to build an Atlantic convoy escort for this GB, and the only suitable kits I have smaller than a destroyer are Buckley- and Rudderow-class DEs.
Top
User avatar
Avery Boyer
Posts: 934
Joined: Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:56 pm
Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania
Contact:
Contact Avery Boyer

Post by Avery Boyer »

DE is perfectly fine :thumbs_up_1:
"It is best to remain silent and let others assume you are dumb than to speak up and remove all doubt"

http://nssavannah.wordpress.com/
Top
Gone Asiatic
Posts: 836
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:44 pm
Location: Zipangu - Jipukuo

Small Combatant

Post by Gone Asiatic »

I will enter USS VILLALOBOS for the competition.

She is nearly complete only requiring paint touch-ups and rigging.
No Quarter Asked - None Given
Image
Top
User avatar
taskforce48
Posts: 1612
Joined: Mon May 21, 2007 5:49 pm
Location: The beautiful PNW

Post by taskforce48 »

How about a USS Haynes from the Enemy Below? Does that fit the criteria?

Matt
Top
Gone Asiatic
Posts: 836
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:44 pm
Location: Zipangu - Jipukuo

USS VILLALOBOS

Post by Gone Asiatic »

My entry - USS VILLALOBOS (PG-42). VILLALOBOS was aquired from the Spanish Navy in Cavite after the Spanish American War and served in USN into the late 1920s in the Philippines and China.

She is scratch-built 1/700 scale; I used a variety of PE including Atlantic and GMM. There are two lewis guns on the bridge port and starboard just discernable. The awning is paper; there are deck details beneath such as skylights. Intake cowls behind stack, and the guns, are from the Sealsmodels IJN/RN detail set cut to size. Masts are of wire and stretched sprue as is the rigging. Boats are spares from other kits. I scratch-built the davits.

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/imag ... h67127.jpg
No Quarter Asked - None Given
Image
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Picture Post”