1/700 Post War USN - One of each class.

[Robin]

Carl,

What are the dimensions of the lay out and the material you used?

Robin

[NukeMM]

Carl,

What are the dimensions of the lay out and the material you used?

Robin

Robin,

The water is a sheet of Plastruct "clear agitated water" 14" x 24". That I rattle canned and airbrushed with Dark Sea Blue and some olive drab / dark green here and there. I still plan to experiment with the water's color. None of the pieces (including the water) are permanently attached, yet.

http://www.plastruct.com/Pages/OnlineCa ... y=WPSC-308

With this dimension, I made a base out of cabinet grade plywood with a veneer strip around the edges and I routered a grove around the perimeter of the water sheet and I had a plexiglass top made for it that fits into the 1/8" routered groove.

The docks and buildings are Battle Fleet Models and some Skywave/Pit-Road buildings and crane.

[NukeMM]

The water base is about finished. Just some touch-ups, here and there, to be done. Still some final detail parts to add; mast, life raft cannisters, chaff launchers and pyro lockers, etc. I might add a helo, too.

[SebastianP]

Were there still Atlanta class cruisers in service (i guess that's the one far from finished with many gun-slots in the far left)

I'm pretty sure that's a Worcester class....an Atlanta with 6 twin 6"/47 DP AA guns

Considering that the Worcesters were 140 feet longer and 18 feet wider, and roughly double the mass, I think that's doing them a disservice.

And no, the Atlantas, Oaklands and Juneaus were all gone by the time ships were being fitted with Harpoon. (Most of them were stricken in 1959 and scrapped in 1960, one remained on the NVR until 1973 but was stricken and sold for scrap by 1974. Worcester and Roanoke were both stricken in 1970, and sold in 1972).

Carl, fantastic ships. I pointed out those single-stack cruisers because I think they're some of the best-looking ever put to sea, but due to the war ending they only built a couple and those never saw any real action, so they're not very well recognized... I wish I had the budget to get them for myself, but right now I'm putting my money into easier pursuits.

SP

[NukeMM]

Well, this one's finished and added to the collection!

[NukeMM]

[johndon]

Very nice Carl, just to confirm, this is 1/700?

John

[NukeMM]

Thank you, John! Yes, this Independence is the 1/700 Dragon kit.

[johndon]

In which case WOW, thought you'd slipped a 1/350th into the thread

John

[Persona non grata]

I just got a chance to review your photos. Great work!

[G. Shoda]

Very handsome model. Looks great!

[NukeMM]

UNDERWAY ON NUCLEAR POWER!

I finally placed my USS Virginia on its own water base and officially adding it to the Collection.

[carr]

Very nice! I love that ship and you've done it justice. I'm especially impressed with the rigging. That could not have been easy in that scale. Thanks for sharing the results with us!

Regards,
Bob

[NukeMM]

Very nice! I love that ship and you've done it justice. I'm especially impressed with the rigging. That could not have been easy in that scale. Thanks for sharing the results with us!

Regards,
Bob

The Internet makes it all about sharing, doesn't it? Modeling isn't as lonely as it used to be when we were kids. I love studying other modelers' work.

Thanks for your compliments, Bob. I'm glad you like it.

The rigging is 20 denier Caenis thread, by the way.

[NukeMM]

[NukeMM]

It has been a while since I finsihed a model for this One of Each Class collection but, these three new kits from NIKO will most likely excite me into getting back to the post WWII stuff.

USS Cromwell DE-1014 (USS Dealey class)

http://nikomodel.pl/uss_cromwell.html

USS Norfolk DL-1

http://nikomodel.pl/Galeria/USS_Norfolk/index.html

USS Northampton CLC-1

http://nikomodel.pl/uss_northampton.html

Now I'll only need a USS Gyatt DDG-1 and a USS Glover FF-1098 kit to fill all of the gaps in the DE, FF, and DD categories of my 1/700 USN Post WWII collection. Unless the USS Courtney and USS Claud Jones DEs warrant to be considered independent classes of ships.

[Nektarios]

Carl your work is stunning.

[GTDEATH13]

I totally agree with Nektarios...

[NukeMM]

Greetings from the Greeks!! I love it!

Thank you, Nick and Nektarios!

These models (Virginia and Independence) have been done for a while, now. But, I appreciate the "better-late-than-never" compliments from you.

Nektarios,

I bet you're as excited, as I am, about the USS Norfolk, USS Cromwell, and USS Northampton kits from NIKO.

[Nektarios]

Greetings from the Greeks!! I love it!

Thank you, Nick and Nektarios!

These models (Virginia and Independence) have been done for a while, now. But, I appreciate the "better-late-than-never" compliments from you.

Nektarios,

I bet you're as excited, as I am, about the USS Norfolk, USS Cromwell, and USS Northampton kits from NIKO.

Yes i am Carl especially with the U.S.S. Northampton.