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EVERYTHING that L'Arsenal offers as a new item is now or will soon be available here in the US through L'Arenal USA !
If we don't have it yet, we will have it very soon.
PLEASE ASK.BEGINNING WITH IPMS NATIONAL CONVENTION 2012 ! ! ! !*NEW KIT*L"Arsenal's newest 1/350 scale full kit!Kit 350-13 FH USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG-22(Charles F. Adams Class DDG) FULL HULL $150.00 ea plus shipping.
Kit 350-13 WL USS Benjamin Stoddert DDG-22 WATER-LINE (no hull bottom parts) $140.00 ea. plus shipping.
This kit is comprised of cast resin parts, a complete p/e sheet, machined brass parts, (gun barrels and tri-pod mast assembly), and waterslide decals for all DDG's in the class.
*PLEASE READ BELOW* This all new kit designed in-house by Benjamin Druel and Jacques Druel. DDG-22 details compared by Tony Bunch and with the cooperative efforts of Master-Model of Poland,(producer of the brass gun barrels and entire tri-pod mast assembly), and Hawk-Graphics/TheResinShipYard, (producer of the specialized DDG decal sheet).
*NOTE* This kit can indeed be built as any other DDG in the class, but this kit is "Hyper'Accurate" as Banjamin Stoddert. If any of you guys are on the fence as to whether to buy this kit or not and want to build another ship of this class, I encourage anyone interested to ping me with questions before purchasing the kit. Questions go to:
larsenal_usa@att.net or you can use the Modelwarships.com PM system. I've learned a few things about the visible differences between each ship of this class, and then of course there lies the other question, "which time period"?
Why DDG-22? Why did we choose the same kit as produced once before by WEM? Call it coincidence? I personally have amassed more ship-specific information of USS Benjamin Stoddert than any other Adams Class DDG. In an effort to ensure absolute kit accuracy and because I've come to love this ship! Having become a dedicated Adams class DDG Fan, I have amassed an amazing collection of Adams class DDG's in scale drawing form and in photographic reference form. Originally, we planned to do the first ship-in-class, DDG-2 USS Charles F. Adams, but when getting research materials together I was only able to get BuShips Hull contour lines, (nearly essential in hull shape design accuracy), of the later hull design, (DDG-19 through DDG-24). After that, it was a matter of choosing which ship to do between DDG-19 and DDG-24; hence the afore-mentioned reason for choosing DDG-22. After a most thorough and detail(s) oriented design effort, this kit depicts USS Benjamin Stoddert from WestPac '72. Special thanks go to former DDG-22 sailor Bill Halvorson for sharing his personal photos taken during this period. I also want to recognize Robin Richardson whom served on the, "Bennie Maru", in the mid-late 70's.
THANKS BILL.......THANKS ROBIN!!
A while ago, I became a special guest-member of the DDG-22 Reunion association; where I was able to share on the DDG-22's f/b pages and when I was able to attend the ships' reunion here in San Diego October, 2010. I'm certain that this particular association, (like many others of its' type), is made up of former crew-members and officers whom believed that their ships' and their personal memory of it was worth keeping alive. It turned out that the re-union association chapter president, Ron Zorn lives only 2 miles from my own residence in Santee, CA. How's that for a coincidence? To close this loop, in my regular profession I have been taken care of Ron's Avalanche since 2009. We recommend synthetic lubricants!
Unlike her many sisters either being used in a "SinkEx", or, "turned into razor blades", DDG-22 sank while under tow to be scrapped. She's still in one piece!
Here's to the, "Bennie Sweat" !!
Here's DDG-22's website:
http://www.ddg22.com/Happy Modeling!
Tony Bunch
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http://www.larsenal-usa.com/store/