Revell Montrose APA Work in Progress

surface_line, I think you have a winner here! I especially like the job you did on the LCVPs and LCMs. To my eye, the weathering looks just about right, not too much that she looks like a rust ball, and enough that you can tell this is a "working" ship and not some glossy show model.

I'm currently slogging away on my 1/700 Haskell-class, as the USS Lenawee, from Loose Cannon. There's nothing like a new job and 10-hour shifts to cut into your build time, let me tell you.

Nearly done.  Gotta post photos before I wave a hand over it and snap off all the rigging and radar or lift it up and crash it into the desk lamp.

A fine job Rick!

I like the rust down around those overboard discharge covers. It's safe to say this is one of very few, if there are any more, models of this class in this configuration.

Fred

That is a fine model, I like those Revell kits. I think the weathering looks great, like that Trump Jeremiah O'Brien that's in the FSM masthead from time to time.

Great job!

Thank you.  The guns were L'Arsenal 1/400 resin parts, and the railings, ladders, doors and hatches are Gold Medal Models 1/400 photoetch.  The steering wheels in the LCVPs are PE handwheels from the gunmount sets.

For the 1963 appearance, the ship only needed 4x twin 40mm mounts and one quad 40mm mount.   That left me plenty to practice with.