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USS Buchanan DD131/HMS Campbeltown

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  • Member since
    October 2003
  • From: Canada
USS Buchanan DD131/HMS Campbeltown
Posted by sharkbait on Monday, December 26, 2016 11:44 AM

Was there not a tread on the building of this model?

I searched but can not find it.

Any help?

Cheers

Sharkbait

You have never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3!

  • Member since
    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Monday, December 26, 2016 12:02 PM

There's a nice article over on modelwarships.

 The decks should be steel, not wood.

Guns are really poor.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Monday, December 26, 2016 1:25 PM

Decks should also be cambered, not flat.   Rebuild with sheet styrene.  But when you do that the deck houses need to be scribed to the arch of the deck.   Perhaps rebuild them too from sheet styrene.  

On the positive side,  there are replacement 4-inch guns available through Shapeways

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    April 2005
Posted by ddp59 on Monday, December 26, 2016 2:01 PM

sharkbait, what scale?

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    May 2016
Posted by Revenant on Monday, December 26, 2016 3:37 PM

ConfusedFlyhawk just released a dedicated Cambelton w Brit mods already in place...unfortunately its 700th scale and too tiny for my tastes..

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    October 2003
  • From: Canada
Posted by sharkbait on Monday, December 26, 2016 4:30 PM

Revell 1/240 got it for my brother in law a few years ago and he has decided to build it.

You have never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3!

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Monday, December 26, 2016 10:41 PM

I hope your version still has the 131 decals.

The best direction for the kit is to stick with USN. There's a PE set. Bear in mind that lots of plastic has to be removed if you add PE.

Even the Campbelton in RN service has a lot of modification. For the raid itself it was made unrecognizable, and ugly too.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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