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Does anyone make a model of the old Ruben James, prefferably in 1/350th?
I think there are 1/700 Clemson class kits, there are Buckley class DE's (in 1/350) if you want the second named ship, and the third was FFG-57 (Oliver Hazard Perry class).
"Reuben James".Trumpeter makes a great little USS England, a Buckley DE.
But that's not the one in the song.
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Was just looking.... Nico has a 1/700 of her in resin, with PE. (1941) Freetime shows in stock for around $47.
Academy has the OHP version in 1/350.
Both are marketed as RJ's.
ikar01 Does anyone make a model of the old Ruben James, prefferably in 1/350t
Does anyone make a model of the old Ruben James, prefferably in 1/350t
Obviously a larger scale, but a Clemson conversion of the old Revell 1/240 Wickes class would be fairly straightforward. As many times as it's been re-released (Buchanan, Campbeltown, Ward, etc.) it should be easy enough to source.
Though far from state-of-the-art, it's an OK basic kit in a pleasing size...large enough to pack with detail, but still a modest footprint without having to have its own room.
Greg
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GMorrison "Reuben James".Trumpeter makes a great little USS England, a Buckley DE. But that's not the one in the song. Bill
The Reuben James of song & story was a Clemson-class four pipe destroyer. Sunk by a U-boat in the North Atlantic before the US entry into WWII.
In 'almost 350 scale', Mirage makes some 4 pipe kits in 1:400 scale. These are nice, but IMO over engineered for the scale. Many small parts swallowed by the sprue gates
In true 1:350 scale, Iron Shipwrights makes a resin & brass 4 piper. White Ensign made one too. Check with Atlantic Models of Englan. Peter Hall, WEM's pattern maker has many of WEMs old kits under his name
I have often thought that mainstream model makers missed out on not making a good plastic 4 pipe kit in polystyrene. Long history, many variants, colorful options, served with many countries. I've said it could be a license to print money
Under the category of "it's fun to spend other peoples money"; the hot set up would be either a scratchbuilt or kit model at 1/192, or 1/16" = 1'-0" scale.
A 310 foot ship is a small one, and the model would be these sizes at these scales:
1/700- 5.3 inches
1/400- 9.3 inches
1/350- 10.6 inches
1/256 (3/64 "= 1'- 0")- 14.5 inches
1/192 (1/16" = 1'- 0")- 19.375 inches
A nice scale in plastic could be 1/144, the model measuring 25.83 inches.
These look great in photos in flotillas.
bill
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