Castles of Steel, 1880 - 1914 *Group Build* (pg 17)...

Hey, I live in California and Minnesota. Probably would be okay in either place.

Eric

One more example of uni caenis 20 denier,

BTW for those who have enquiring minds that want to know, a denier is a unit of measurement of thread. The unit is the mass in grams of thread per 9,000 meters.

20 denier thread is about 0.002 inches in diameter. Or about 3/4" at 1/350 scale.

Nice to meet you Mr. Webb. There was a famous architect by that name, my profession BTW.

Is this a true group build?  If so, I have the Zvezda HMS Dreadnought and the Hasegawa IJNS Mikasa as well as the Encore USS Olympia and the Pyro USS Maine.  May I jump in? And when is the deadline?

It's the USS San Francisco, CA38 Trumpeter kit in 1/350. New Orleans class you are correct.

Pavlus, the host of the original GB seems to be on a cruise around the world, so I suppose it's an open field. I for one would enjoy seeing more builds by folks here. Deadlines are for newspapers and college applications. I get enough of those 9-5, so I would say "get building!".

I thought that was you ;)

Very sweet San Francisco. I've got one in the stash. Not sure how to approach it. Might make it half hull, or not. Don't think it'll get heavy weather. We'll check the ship's log in DANFS. In 1942 a lot of our ships spent a lot of time in the New Hebrides at rest (patrolling was getting ships torpedoed.) Now a members of the class of 44 that were out there for months with the spare stop at temporary ports like Manus can show some very serious wear. I've got a photo of one of Oldendorff's BBs and it looks like about a third of one side was slopped over with lord knows what color of paint to keep the rust from sinking the ship. I have another photo of one of the "Presidents" that looks like rust is sinking the ship. Ditto with some of the DDs. (I've got a color film on US subs: when returning from patrol they look pounded: when going out they're nice and tidy - at least above the waterline.)  But the early war ships were limited to periodic sorties, not extended service 24 X 7: no idea how those sailors were able to stay awake during some of those campaigns.  

Come to think about it, Veterans Day tomorrow. Lot of folk will be at the San Francisco memorial at Lands End. It is a very sobering place.

Eric