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                        USS San Diego CL 53

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                        checkmateking02
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: AandF in the Badger State
                        Posted by checkmateking02 on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 5:00 PM

                        Very nice!

                         

                         

                         

                         

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                        paulhelfrich
                        • Member since
                          February 2010
                        Posted by paulhelfrich on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:07 PM

                        Thanks!  Correct, the idea of Measure 12 and other, subsequent "disruptive" camo patterns was to protect ships from submarine attack (when submarines were seen as the greatest threat).  

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                        scottrc
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W
                        Posted by scottrc on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:43 AM

                        Great job, the camo really makes it hard to see in the ocean.  

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                        seasick
                        • Member since
                          June 2004
                        • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
                        Posted by seasick on Sunday, February 22, 2015 11:40 PM

                        Great!

                        Chasing the ultimate build.

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                        DUSTER
                        • Member since
                          August 2007
                        • From: back country of SO-CAL, at the birth place of Naval Aviation
                        Posted by DUSTER on Sunday, February 22, 2015 10:47 AM

                        Very well done.         I like the water as well as your camouflage treatment.

                        All together shows a sense of the speed and power of this class of cruiser . 

                        Steve

                        Building the perfect model---just not quite yet  Confused

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                        paulhelfrich
                        • Member since
                          February 2010
                        USS San Diego CL 53
                        Posted by paulhelfrich on Sunday, February 22, 2015 9:26 AM
                        I recently completed the Dragon 1/700 "Premium Edition" kit of the USS San Diego CL 53. Nice kit, but a few fit issues with the superstructure. I liked that it included its own photoetch, but a PE crane would have been nice. I used only the PE that came with the kit. The camo pattern on the hull was airbrushed; on the superstructure, it was handpainted.
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