The Ship Model Forum

Hi Carl,

Is this diorama finished? Any photos past these?

I'm looking for a kit of the Vulcan, and they're not available from Loose Cannons. Any suggestions? A set of plans would do. The reason for my interest is that I just found a photo of my father and his fellow officers from his unit on the Vulcan. I would like to honor his memory and pay homage to a gallant ship. Here's the photo:



Great job on the diorama!

Rob

Rob,

Nice photo!

My diorama is on the back burner. Other projects are in the works and I hit a bit of slump, for a while.

If you make a special order for a LCP USS Vulcan kit at Free Time Hobbies / Pacific Front Hobbies, they'll get one for you. Just email FTH.

Great thread. I have been sitting on a Loose Cannon kit of the Vulcan and just got around to trying my hand at a 1/700 resin kit. The photos are excellent and have inspired me to try and do a better job of this model. As for the availability of a kit, Loose Cannon is out of production until the end of the year 2017. He is moving to the Philippines with his wife. Hopefully he will resume production as I know there are several of my shipmates from the USS Jason AR-8 that would like a kit. I got this info from Free Time Hobbies just last week.

Update on model availability: Dave has a limited amount of the Vulcan class models available at loosecannoneast.com

I haven't worked on this dio since about 2014.

I have revisited it, only to look at for now. My desire for building hasn't fully returned.

If I start building models, again, this one will be my re-introduction. It was almost done, at the time. Just finishing touches on the ships, railings, cranes, rigging, etc. Maybe an entry in the 2022 Nats here in Omaha.



I made a video using the same old photos that I took of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk45K2PX-sk&t=3s

Welcome back, Carl!

Thank you, so much, Sean!!