opinions please

thanks Bgrigg 

as for the scale the model measures 18 and 1/8 inches oa not at the waterline but at the very tip of the bow to the stern

the ship per  this web site  http://www.ussramsey.org/about_ram.html is 414 ft 7 in

18 1/8 round out to 18.1" times 275 = 4977.5 in  div by 12 (for 12 in to a foot) = 414.8 ft

I did. I was pondering where you had got off to. Glad to have you back!

DURR wrote:

well i took a 6-7 week vaca from this site and a 10-11 week vaca from modeling in gen. did anyone miss me  nah probably not anyway going through my stash want to start up again ran across a uss ramsey by monogram  1/275th scale it has raised panel lines on the hull but pics i saw of the real thing show large raised lines on the real hull so.... and a italeri 1/720th uss nassau does anyone have any opions on either ship

The Ramsey isn't as bad as some of the other ship models of the era by any means. IIRC you are even spared the chore of removing molded on railings! The scale is odd (and you had best check that number you are using as I believe it to be closer to 1/300). The detail is a little crude but you can probably pick up a set of detail parts in brass from Gold Medal Models that will turn this ship into a decent model. You will be doing a lot of gap filling, that's for sure.