Postwar navy.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:45 am

Some more Essex class photos this time Korean war era.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:45 pm

Some photos of my friends work. This time a "modernised" Lafayette class frigatte.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:53 pm

Something different this time, Soviet/Russian stuff. Kombrig Moskva class helicopter carrier. An early Kombrig kit not to the standards of later kits from this company.

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:39 pm

1/350,Trumpeter O.K. Look and see O.K. Nice One Nektarios.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:28 am

Thank you gtb for the comments.

Dustermaker · Post by **Dustermaker** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:03 pm

is that the Bronco kit? I was thinking of getting it.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:03 pm

No this is L' Arsenal kit(resin) which is superb. The Bronco one is very good too. You should get it.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:18 pm

Some photos of the French and Taiwanese versions of Lafayette class.

Lafayette class.

Kangding class.

pingjockey · Post by **pingjockey** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:55 am

There was a Lafayette moored next to us when we pulled into Singapore. They are indeed very sleek looking, especially compared to an OHP FFG (which I was on at the time).

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:22 pm

pingjockey wrote:There was a Lafayette moored next to us when we pulled into Singapore. They are indeed very sleek looking, especially compared to an OHP FFG (which I was on at the time).

Yes they are but Lafayette has been designed almost 2 decades later so it is logical to look like that.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:44 pm

Here are some photos of the LPD-4 and LSD-36 from Jag. These were the first Jag ships i ever made and it was a real pleasure to do them. Having bad experiences with resin models previously (other manufacturers) i thought it was gonna take a lifetiime to build these 2 ships. But to my surprise i finished both in 3 weeks. It was the first time that i enjoyed building a resin ship.

J Goodacre · Post by **J Goodacre** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:35 pm

This is something different, I started scratch building it a while ago. It will be the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)

scratchshipnut · Post by **scratchshipnut** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:43 pm

J Goodacre wrote:This is something different, I started scratch building it a while ago. It will be the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)

Dude......we are so not worthy

KV_Pharaoh · Post by **KV_Pharaoh** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:26 am

The only sad thing about the LaFayette class is that they didn't give the power it needed, it is only capable of 25 kts...that simply doesn't cut it, when almost every other ship around is capable of 30+kt

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:29 pm

J Goodacre wrote:This is something different, I started scratch building it a while ago. It will be the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)

Looks really great J, i hope we see more of her, what plans did you use if any ?

happy modeling

John

J Goodacre · Post by **J Goodacre** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:07 pm

Most of the building were from eye, I contacted NASSCO and they were nice enough to send me some pictures. I could not find any plans though. A lot of picture searching. For the hull I looked at the the ship kit review of the San Clemente Class Super Tanker on this site. I took the hull image and printed in the right scale size after figuring the length of the ship. I spent time looking for the actual Clemente kit but no luck.

Thank you for the nice comments.

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:18 pm

Hiya J,
Well you certainly have a good eye

, i would like to build her at some time in the future, so if i may impose on you in the future for some advice that would be great.

Regards

John

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:35 pm

John

Thanks, I have no problem trying to help, I should warn you that I can be hard to get a hold of. I will try to answer back as quick as possible though.

John

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:02 am

KV_Pharaoh wrote:The only sad thing about the LaFayette class is that they didn't give the power it needed, it is only capable of 25 kts...that simply doesn't cut it, when almost every other ship around is capable of 30+kt

The more modern designs do not give so much attention on achieving a top speed of 30+ knots. Other features such as stealth are considered more important nowdays.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:11 am

kidcurrie42 wrote:Hiya J,
Well you certainly have a good eye , i would like to build her at some time in the future, so if i may impose on you in the future for some advice that would be great.

Regards

John

Well John it is possible that it will be produced by Ships and co in the future. It is not an immediate project (hopefully you ll see other interesting stuff first) but in the next couple of years we ll see it if everything goes as planned.