indianapolis ?

I bought a book about the sinking of the Indianapolis. It's called "Only 317 Survived" and used first person accounts from the remaining survivors. It is a very good book and highly recommended if you want to learn more about what happened from the men who survived. In downtown Indy a memorial site was built to honor the crew of the Indianapolis.

Working with resin is not very different from working with plastic. Some will even say it's less work, as the majority of the components of a resin kit are cast as a single piece, bridge to hull, etc. This eliminates the need to glue funnel halves, or superstructure halves, together. Each resin kit is cast differently, but I can tell you that the Indy kit from both ISW and CW are layered builds...you clean up the parts, fix any minor imperfections, glue the part down, and move onto the next one. The superstructure is built up in layers.

I would strongly suggest picking up a copy of Mike Ashey's book, 'The Basics of Ship Modeling, an Illustrated Guide'. It can be ordered from your local hobby shop or directly from the catalog section of www.kalmbach.com

The book goes into detail about resin ships, and dispels many of the beliefs that resin ships are for experts. Resin ship kits have come a long way in recent years, and in many way surpass plastic kits.

Hope that helps,

Jeff Herne

Upsjuan,
What was his name?
My Uncle was Henry McKlin, Survivor/Swimmer of the Indy.
Met Doug Stanton at a book signing and gave him some flowery quotes from Uncle Hank. . .

Don

thanks for the info people. I have never worked with resin,so I'm a little hesitant. my wife's great uncle(late) was a survivor of the Indy's sinking. doing the 1/700 kit for her dad.he lived with them his last few years

Can't buy another kit. . . must save for the Indianapolis. . .
Must save for the Indianapolis. . .
Must. . . hey is that a New Trumpeter kit?

Don

They're resin kits, and as far as resin kits go, they're both very affordable when you compare them to others.

As for finding anything larger than 700 scale, there's nothing out there in plastic aside from the resin kits.

If you're really adventurous, you can get a 1/200 Wilhelmshaven card model kit. They build up quite nicely, and you can get aftermarket components in 1/192 from Floating Drydock, such as AA guns, directors, Carley Floats, even floatplanes.

Jeff Herne

thanks, but i would like to see pictures of the kit...still a little high on price

Oops. Here is another one: http://www.commanderseries.com/pages/Indianapolis.html

Good luck. I've have only found a resin 1/350th scale. Go here: http://www.classicwarships.com/resin_price_list.htm

Scroll down to "1/350th" and you will see the model. Currently $150.00.

Later,
Jesse