Need an FFG model!

Iron Shipwright released a 1:350 scale resin and brass short-hulled Perry as the Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) at the IPMS USA Nats. Its is so new that the decals haven't been printed yet - but will be sent when ready. I'm told that they will include names & numbers for all the short-hulled Perrys.

The kit is very nice. ISW has improved their casting technology recently. They have a new PE etcher and someone writing their instructions. Its not your ols ISW kit.

Ahhhh, one of my favorite subjects. The Blue Water Navy kit is indeed the Yankee Model Works kit, he bought out BWN. I have both an origional version of the kit from about 15 years ago, and the more recent release. The newer version is the better. It comes as a long hull out of the box, to make a short hull you are instructed to simply cut off the hull extension from the stern. Really a nice kit that builds well but some details are missing.

Iron Shipwright just released a new 1/350 OHP kit that was available at Nationals. I just gave it a passing glance since I was locked in on other targets at their booth. It's a full hull kit, worth a look. Price is about the same as the YMW kit. Hopefully they'll have some pictures up on their web site at some point.
One advantage it did have over the YMW kit was a fully open hanger if you want to display it that way. Only OHP kit that I know of with that option. Dang, now that I'm thinking about it, I should've bought one.
Steve.

schoonerbumm i'm originally from seaside, ca and for a while was a regular at the ipms meetings there in monterey. if you go there could you tell them that Robert Beard says hi

i believe that fujimi make a short hull kit in 1/700 but am not actually sure. as for the shaft color it is typically the same anti-fouling red as the hull is although it can be different.

MM3(SW/AW) Robert Beard
USS Nassau LHA-4

And a question about painting the Perry class - what color is the propeller SHAFT? Is it also antifouling red, or would it be a brass color like the screw? I'm got conflicting photos on that.

at least your not doing the long hull version which is 8' full size or .2742" 350 scale longer

Mike,
Just received my 1/300 Perry class Frigate in plastic. I ordered it from Naval Base Hobbies@www.modelshipbuilding.com, cost me like $39.00 and some odd change. It was made by Modelcraft, and comes as the U.S.S. Gallery FFG-26. But includes the decals for all ships in the class. Which I liked, since I am a plank owner of the U.S.S. Sides FFG-14. And that's the ship I was really looking for. Can't really tell you much more about it right now. Got it in the mail and put it up on a shelf, due to me being right at the end of building a 1/350 Arizona. But if you go to the website, there is a picture of the finished model provided. Hope this info helps you out.

Mike Gray HTC USN Ret.

and what is that about

Another historian is Winston Churchill.

?????

The other historian must be Winston Churchill.

3" gun not 5"

One thing I immediately noticed about the Dragon 1/700 kit, some of the warning markings around the missle launcher, 5-inch gun, etc., are MOLDED onto the deck. But they give you decals ... good thing I bought that mini-chisel from Micromark.

QUOTE: Originally posted by claymore68 QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff_Herne The only OHP available in 1/350 is from Yankee Modelworks, in resin. Very nice kit too. Jeff Theirs is the USS Reuben James (FFG 57) which is a "short hull". The "long hull" ships (LAMPS III) are FFG 8, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36-61

When I built my then Blue Water Navy model, it came with a long hull extention. I haven't built one since the compnay has changed hands but it should have the parts to build long or short hulled versions. FWIW.

BradB

Bill is really friendly if he doesn't answer immediatly give him a lot of leway, he runs the whole operation by himself.

I just purchased a Dragon 1/700 Perry kit from FarEastHobby.com for $18, including shipping, which I thought was a very fair price. It arrived in one piece, although the decals are yellowed (but what the heck, the kit's 9 years old). What I liked most was the fast shipping time, 10 days from order to receipt, and this was across the country! I've waited three weeks, or more, for aftermarket stuff from outfits that are only a few states over from me, so FarEastHobby gets a gold star in my book.

seasick: Thanks, that's the first place I checked. The website doesn't list a price but their catalog says call, so I'll probably do that next week.

Try this link:

http://www.pacificfront.com/SearchResults.asp?oliver|hazard|perry

So anybody know where I can get 1-2 of the DML/Dragon/Skywave/whatever boxing of the 1/700 OHP?

It seems to be out of production right now and of course I found that out after I'd decided to do the FFG-41...

There is a 1/300 model available from Modelcraft I think. I bought it a couple months ago. I have not put it together yet, its on the shelf with the 50 other ships I have not started yet. It was like $30 or so.

Durring the 4th quarter of 2003 the USN inactivated the Mk13 missile launcher aboard the OHP class. The arm structure of the missile launcher has been removed and the rest of the launcher inactivated in place (not removed). With the inactivation of the Mk13 launcher the ship no longer carries any surface to air missiles, there fore the SPG-60 radar has been removed (the disk antenna between the 76mm gun and the mast) . Remaining OHP long hull frigates will have the Phalanx system upgraded from block 1 to block 1B. The Block 1B has infrared targeting system affixed to the right side of the R2D2 radar dome of the gun. There is a proposal to fit the Rolling airframe missile (RAM Mk116) in place of the Mk13 launcher (or more percisely on top of it).

I'm also trying to piece together all the ships I've served on (6 to date), in 1:700 scale. I have the Dragon OHP model, but it does not have the decals for Robert G. Bradley FFG-49. I can piece together the hull numbers but still wouldn't have the name for the stern . Anyone know which version would have those decals? SoonerFan in Virginia.

Hi Wizard,

Blue Water Navy was sold to Yankee Modelworks last year, so this is the same kit I was mentioning in the previous post.

It's a nicely done kit, and althoug hit has a few minor errors, it can be made into a great model.

Jeff Herne

Hi Mike,

I built an FFG model about a year ago, I was on the USS Jarrett (FFG-33). The hull is epoxy resin and all the parts were brass and pewter. It took me about 2 months to build. One thing about it though... the model, for whatever reason, didn't have the bullnose... no big deal though, easy enough to add one. I got the model from a site called BlueWaterNavy.com for roughly $100.00. I would consider this kit and internediate / advanced modelers kit, all the brass parts needed to be bent to shape and the detail work was very in-depth. I just checked their site and it's no longer working. I'll try and track it down for you though.... okay, here you go...

http://www.naturecoast.com/hobby/bn.htm#PERRY

Best regards,

STG1(SW) Mike Roberge

Actually REUBEN JAMES is a long hull. I spent many a long day in the Hawaiian sun on her flight deck.
I am currently working on the Lee 1/350 PERRY making it into the REUBEN JAMES. I agree the fitting of the deck house is giving me fits!!!! There are no guide pins to ensure a straight fit and the superstructure is one long piece. The first attempt was a miserable failure.

Schoonerbum - Nifty idea. I wasn't actually thinking of Mahan; whether one considers him a professional historian or not is, I guess, a matter of opinion. To my knowledge he never worked in an academic institution (other than the Naval War College), but it certainly could be argued that his literary output qualifies him for the title.

The one I was thinking of was George Bancroft. Several warships have been named after him, beginning with the "training gunboat" that was operated for some years by the Naval Academy (and later transferred to the Revenue Cutter Service). The other Bancrofts were destroyers.

He got ships named after him because of his service as Secretary of the Navy; he's often credited with the founding of the Naval Academy in the 1840s. One reason he was so interested in higher education was that prior to going into politics he was a professor of history (at Yale, I believe). The Bancroft textbook on American history was standard reading in college courses around the country for many years.

About the only vessel that could appropriately be named "Tilley" would, I think, be a garbage scow. But thanks for the thought.

Sounds like a trick question Prof. Tilley..... do you consider Adm. Mahan as a professional historian?

If so, there were at least four other ships named for him, five if you include conversions.


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Maybe we can get the heavy cruiser 'Tilley" in the next Star Trek movie.

Cheers

Hey Duke!

I have a couple of the DML 1/700 OHP kits, one of which is in drydock at the moment. Don't remember seeing the option to build the stretched version.

What indicates that in the kit?

I've been building the Dragon version for the past few years using a nice photoetch kit. I served on FFG-24 in the early 80's.
I am also interested in finding a 1/350 scale Adams Class DDG. Anyone know of one?