Revell 1/380 USS Burleigh

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I saw this one http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm ...and found it very inspiring
so I started it...damm there is a lot of modifications to do if I wanna get it to that same level...great build Keith
but...hey I started

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ok...molded railings all been cut of main deck...that was a pain doing...and I've broken my record in how many times of cutting myself...in 1 day

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going for full hull

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plastic...and thinking doing her like this....means adding and modifying rear part of castle...after all...this is how she served as a Relief AGC
also need to know what colours where used

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its USS burleigh 1944-1945

http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/100309504.jpg

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the more I look at it.....man..I'm not sure I know what I'm getting in...the extention/modification they made on her, goes full side to side and all the way up.
the build was from castle, up to rear mast covering 1 cargo opening
its not gonna be just a simple little adding..this is gonna be a big part scratch build ship.
as kit is.....she never sailed in the war time pacific...
I guess I'll take it step by step...and resolve as I go along....
anybody has floorplans of her modifcation?....

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a few more cut ...2 levels to go

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ok its gross...but its the idea I make of what has to be added...

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a little more cutting...the bridge didn't have those large squaire windows...nor the little balcony....and top bridge was angles cut of ...place where 20MM AA will be

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the more I look....the more I see.... front 5" gun area....kit is simple round tub....real....a little bit different

as said earlier...a lot to be done...

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some more done...mainly also hull ...painfull job and not finished...added 8mm ..would be 3.2m in reality.....looks good to me
fully loaded she had a draft of 8m....

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reducing the too much little by little...
also started on front castle...looks better than the round one from kit
as there was space for 2 LCVP on each side...say about 7 m of free space (1 LCPP is 3.3m wide)...times 2...makes that the added building on rear could only be about 7m large...as ship was only 21.1m large...

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had seen this...and wasn't quite ok with kit one...so I tried something out making it scratch...there's only one like it...so wanted to do something more refined

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wasn't totaly convinced...so re-used the kits mast and re-build...what do you all think...better?

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sadly there is not a single LCM in the kit...real ship carried 4....I recovered 2 from the USS Montrose kit I have unbuild...I'll use more LCVP's on that one

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Looking good! Looking forward to this build after you 4 stacker build. I have dreams to one day convert the old Revell 4 stacker to an APD and also to convert a transport type ship into the USS Pueblo. Might have to look over this kit and see if the hull would work for that project. Keep up the posts and the good work!

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Looking good! Looking forward to this build after you 4 stacker build. I have dreams to one day convert the old Revell 4 stacker to an APD and also to convert a transport type ship into the USS Pueblo. Might have to look over this kit and see if the hull would work for that project. Keep up the posts and the good work!

mmm..you mean the spy ship?...she was only 54m long....so you'd be doing her say.....close to scale 1/130....that would be interesting but to my view...a waist as the hull would be only thing you can use....better do a APA ship or a cargo ship like the Hawaiian pilot...but its up to each to do his liking.
these revell are very old molds and do have the great but difficult possibility to build ships...no other do...much is needed to do make it look better than toy's..what they initialy where mend to be....but great results can be made with it.....and to me much more rewarding than the more modern kits that are mend...not as toys and are already awesome when build as they are...no offence...they realy look good but the old kits need a lot of modifying and scratch building....imagination as well.....one day I'll do a modern kit and maybe change my opinion lol

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this will probably be how it will stay...
just changing the end of the gun makes it totaly different....seriously....its a 5" not a 1" gun

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cleanup the seams of the guns using the knife as a scraper. gun mount should look something like this http://archive.hnsa.org/doc/guncat/cat-0210.htm

having seen my previous finished ships...I'm surprised you realy think I don clean up or haven't seen gun plans... David...get real

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getting close on hull...a little more fine tuning...some putty....more fine tuning...yes...I'll get there
need that hull finished to fix deck on...this is needed before I ad the new structures....as deck isn't flat but follows the curbed line of hull....the structures must also follow that curbe ...at least first level