1:232 uss olympia finished

RadarTec,

Did you scratch all that, or use any conversion parts?

I know there's a PE SPS-10, but I don't remember seeing an SPS-25.  The hedgehog (think those are Mk 11) launchers look to be a pain, even with the canvas cover in place.

I've been guessing that I'd have to raid a Trumpy kit for the triple torpedo tub launcher (Mk 48, maybe?)

Long on my To-Do list is to cobble up DD-554 USS Boyd, one of the ships my father served on.

Looks good from here.I just got the premium version kit and am looking forward to doing it.It is about 3 or 4 kits away yet.I.ve been doing Fletcher Class ships for some time and intend to take a break..Just about done converting the 1/144 round bridge to a square bridge with tirpod mast as configured in 1965. Once again nice job.

Tincan Man

well done.

Love the build that is a heckuva project - would love to do one, but I would want it in 1/350 !!

tankerbuilder is a snipe, through and through. I think he started out as a stoker on Fulton's Folly.

I have it on thoroughly dubious hearsay that Tanker was only a Shipfitter 3/c at Manila Bat with Gridley & Dewey,  (And I do not believe a single bit about the story of his being a cabinboy under Farrgut at mobile Bay )

I believe that tank builder went by the name of Gridley back then.........

JT, you did a really good job on this build, you should be very proud of it.

Steve

tankerbuilder was a plank owner on this ship.  

Tanks, you served on this ship, right?

Hello !  

    I think you did a darned good job on that ship .Who said you couldn't ? If you did , you just proved yourself wrong .Great ain't it ?

Thank you all, very much. Very kind.

I really think that you did a fine job on this project, regardless if it is your first ship. I would never have guessed that hadn't built a ship model before by looking at this one. Well done!

Lee

Well this is certainly your forte, JT. That's a gorgeous effort!

This is really well done. I'll bet you were surprised at how long it took.

The model is very cool.

Thanks, guys!

allan- I didn't. I stamped a little disc of aluminum foil and sealed it with future. It just looks that way from the lighting, I guess.

Pretty nice work for first ship build.  Howd you make the lamp on the crow's nest work?

Very nice for your first ship. I just recently completed my first me-109 after a long layoff - say issues. Seemed like every time I picked it up, something fell off.

You should be proud of this for all the reasons you mentioned as firsts. Way  to go.

Nice work, I hope mind ship turns out so well.

I feel your pain.  I also am working on my first ship in years and the first time with photo-etch.  Some of those pieces are so small. I am really, really learning how to be patience and going real slow.