Do they make this kit?

lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Do they make this kit?

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:05 PM

I have a friend that served on the USS Nassau, think thats how it is spelled. He was wanting me to find out if there is a kit for his ship or one that could be built to represent it. He said he saw one built some where. I have no idea since the last ship I built was the Enterprise when I was about 10. Any help is appreciated.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Jeff Herne

Member since
January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:49 PM

There's no model of the Nassau, I scratchbuilt one a few years ago, it's up in the attic in pieces after an accident involving stairs and gravity. I guess I should try to salvage it...

Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:50 AM

So i guess they don't even make that type of ship in kit form either. This is really strating to stink, everytime a vetern wants me to make a replica of what they served with , there's no kit.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:03 AM

USS Nassau (LHA-4) is a Tarawa class LHA. Use the Dragon/DML 1/700 scale USS Tarawa (LHA-1) or USS Saipan (LHA-2) kit. Sorry no known kit available in 1/350.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:18 AM

Cool thats more promising. Seeing how about the only thing I know about ships is that hey are supposed to float, those variations would be pretty close? Scale should not be a problem, allthough I'm not to sure how big even a 1/700 would be. Thanks I'll check with him and see if that would be close enough for what he is loooking for.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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therriman

Member since
January 2003
From: Central MI

Posted by therriman on Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:20 AM

The LHA's are about the same size as the WW2 Essex class carriers.

So fiqure about 15 inches for the ship.

Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:44 AM

Thats probally about the perfect size then , thanks for the help.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:44 PM

Chris:
You might want to troll over to modelwarships.com; there are a lot of knowledgable people there who can give you the differences between your kit and 'Nassau'; you can probably customize your kit into LHA-4.
Regards,
Bruce

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