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                        USS Virginia SSN 774 kits?

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                        peterj
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        USS Virginia SSN 774 kits?
                        Posted by peterj on Sunday, October 26, 2008 4:33 AM
                        I was fortunate to attend the commissioning yesterday of the USS New Hampshire SSN-778. Now, of course, I'd like to build a model of her. The only kit I've found is the Yankee Modelworks 1/350 kit. Is it a good kit? Are there any other kits in any scale?

                        Thanks!

                        Peter
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                        subfixer
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Sunday, October 26, 2008 7:54 AM
                        I've never built one so I can't help. But to get back to your experience at the commissioning ceremony; were you able to go onboard for a tour? Those boats are amazing on the inside!

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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                        peterj
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        Posted by peterj on Sunday, October 26, 2008 3:11 PM
                        Unfortunately there were no tours, at least not for the commissioning crowd.  I assume that other more exaulted people than us had tours during the week she's been in port.
                         
                        Peter
                         
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                        PhantomGhost
                        • Member since
                          April 2007
                        Posted by PhantomGhost on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:39 PM
                         peterj wrote:
                        I was fortunate to attend the commissioning yesterday of the USS New Hampshire SSN-778. Now, of course, I'd like to build a model of her. The only kit I've found is the Yankee Modelworks 1/350 kit. Is it a good kit? Are there any other kits in any scale?

                        Thanks!

                        Peter

                         

                         

                        Couldn't you use one of the various Seawolf kits that are available such as the Trumpeter 1/144 one?   The New Hampshire looks very similar to the USS Seawolf.

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                        subfixer
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:25 PM
                        The Seawolfs (Seawolves?) are 20 feet shorter and six feet wider than the Virginias. The Virginias also have different masts.

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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