1/350 USS Forrest Sherman

should have removed those tie rings off the hull as only there during build\painting & overscale in size but other then that looks alright.

Looks GREAT TO ME!

I agree with you that the tie rings are too large but that's the nature of plastic model kits. They were not removed after the ship construction however. I am looking at a US Naval Institute Photo  Archive bow on photo and they are still there and probably needed if the sonar dome needed work done on it.

navsource shows them gone.

Pfftttt ... bumps or no bumps, I think it's a nice looking ship! Good fit and finish and the PE work looks topnotch.

Looks awesome.I wish I could do half as well.

Thanks for the replies guys! Sorry I took so long to respond - works been hell lately!

I WAS wondering what those bumps were on the hull - all my reference pics show a smooth hull, but as I was building this kit strictly OOB I could not modify anything. It's for Stevens International's booth at the hobby convention in Chicago this fall.

(I am a former employee and I get to build stuff for them on a fairly regular basis.)  A couple other guys build stuff for them too and we get together at the store and ogle everything!

Anyway, next time off come the tie rings! Thanks for lookin' and HAPPY MODELING everyone!

Mark

I admit that I don't know not much about her, but great job on the build.