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USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 1:350 Full Option

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USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 1:350 Full Option
Posted by Model Maniac on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:02 AM

Academy's USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 U.S. Navy Guided Missile Frigate 1:350 Full Option - by "Pramuk Kiatjarungphan":

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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:52 AM

Nice finish on this one.

 A few nits to pick: The anchor chain should be tight around the capstan. The flag is wrong. What are the figures in white with the dark hats supposed to be depicting? They are out of uniform! And the helicopter (I know it is kit supplied and not the builder's fault) seems out of scale, or maybe it is the figures that make it seem so.

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Posted by ddp59 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:18 PM

the helicopter is wrong as that is for the long hull perry version which the oliver hazard perry was not so need a seasprite instead.

Aircraft carried: Two LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters (the SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I on the short-hulled ships or the SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III on the long-hulled ships)

en.wikipedia.org/.../Oliver_Hazard_Perry_class_frigate

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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:30 PM

As the Navy no longer flies Seasprites, would a Seahawk on the fantail be wrong? I mean as a helo that is just landing on the deck, not as one that is meant to be kept in the ship's hangars.

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Posted by ddp59 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 1:46 PM

oliver hazard perry decommissioned in 97 wereas last seasprite in 2001.

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Posted by subfixer on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:23 PM

Makes perfectly good sense to me. But when were Seahawks introduced? Around 1986?

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Posted by warshipguy on Sunday, January 27, 2013 5:42 PM

I like the finish of the model, but agree with the above comments about the flag and the Seasprite.

Bill

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Posted by Force9 on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:34 AM

A nicely crafted model.  I have this in my stash - probably my next project after Old Ironsides.

An older brother served aboard this class... I seem to recall him telling me that the capstan protruding on the helo deck was the reason for limiting the size of the helicopters allowed to land... There are many pictures of larger helicopters being refueled by FFGs while hovering over the stern instead of landing.  This further explains the long hull versions - the capstan is specifically moved farther aft and the base lowered below the helo deck level.

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Posted by Buckeye on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:46 AM

Nice build!

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Posted by icit on Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:00 AM

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, nice job.

ICIT

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Posted by Model Maniac on Friday, February 1, 2013 5:57 AM

Thanks for all comments, suggestions and compliments! I really appreciate them!

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El Condor Pasa (Top 50) (World's most famous and my most favorite song):

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Posted by f8sader on Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:39 PM

Very nice model!  

subfixer, the white uniforms, someone let the cooks out for some fresh air!  We cooks need fresh air, too!

Lon-ski

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Posted by subfixer on Friday, April 26, 2013 8:21 AM

Get below and fix that chow!

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Posted by docidle on Friday, April 26, 2013 3:57 PM

I did my 1st class cruise on the Copeland in my Midi days.  A good ships and a great crew, it was a honor to serve aboard her.  Brings back some good memories.

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by waynec on Sunday, April 28, 2013 11:17 AM

hi steve

i presume you know who she was named after back when we named destroyers and frigatess after heroes instead of some of the crappy naming done today.

Никто не Забыт    (No one is Forgotten)
Ничто не Забыто  (Nothing is Forgotten)

 

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Posted by docidle on Sunday, April 28, 2013 4:24 PM

No problem Wayne,  Robert B Copeland later Rear Admiral who took on the Japanese battleship and cruiser force at the Battle off Samar on 25 Oct 44 in the destroyer escort Samuel B Roberts.

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by jstplncrz on Sunday, September 8, 2013 11:42 PM

Aside from the nit-picking,  that's a very nice build you got there. Thanks for your efforts.  Are those pics of your home and your display?  Where are you?  Ken from Reno NV

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Posted by Force9 on Monday, September 9, 2013 12:03 AM

Steve -

I had an older brother who served aboard the Copeland during her tour in the "original" gulf war.  He loved that ship!  I got to do one of the family fantail BBQ cruises out of San Diego when I was a high schooler.

I have the Academy kit in my stash to build that as the Copeland.

EG

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Posted by Model Maniac on Monday, September 9, 2013 11:02 AM

f8sader - thanks for your kind comments!

Ken - thanks for your kind compliments! This was Pramuk's efforts, he's one of my three ship builders. Yes, that's my home and display you saw as my signature. But you gotta see these:

My Military Model Collection on Thai Televisions:

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Impressive Songs:

All 10 Playlists that I created on Youtube:

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Pan Flute Music (300 songs) (Most Popular, over 100K views):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNb2zPxGTZO7alagEPsEMzgBkWt4-vKV

El Condor Pasa (Top 50) (World's most famous and my most favorite song):

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUNb2zPxGTZOLKHbju350mLle4HkMhsb8

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Posted by seasick on Monday, September 9, 2013 11:20 PM

Useless information:

The short hull Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG were not equipped with the RAST system for landing SH-60 helicopters.  I do not believe that the SH-60 was checked for the short hull ships. Any way the Sea Sprite SH-2D/F/G was in service as a ASW helicopter since the early 1970s. Before that time there was a utility version UH-2 introduced in 1963.

Chasing the ultimate build.

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Posted by docidle on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:08 PM

EG,

It is amazing how "small" the Navy is.  When one of my older brothers was in Flight School, a Captian stopped him and asked if he was related to my dad. It just so happened that the Captian had been a JO in my dad's Squardon way back when.  When I was at Jump School, the Army Doc who was checking our Med records noticed the named of the Doc (my mom was his nurse) who had signed my Physical and told me he had interned with him at Oakknoll Medical Center. It really is a small world.

i will love to see what you do with Copeland when you get around to it.

Steve

       

 

 

Bax
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Posted by Bax on Sunday, November 18, 2018 8:44 AM

Hi All,

 

A bit late to the FFG-7 party here, but if anyone is watching this thread - where can I get a 1:700 Seasprite helicopter ? Will scratch build if necessary but it will be a pain ;)

 

Bax

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Posted by TheMongoose on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 11:17 PM

Shapeways has a few options for you. Looks like $5-$7.

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/aircraft/?tag=seasprite

In the pattern: Scale Shipyard's 1/48 Balao Class Sub! leaning out the list...NOT! Ha, added to it again - Viper MkVii, 1/32 THUD & F-15J plus a weekend madness build!

Bax
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Posted by Bax on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 3:58 PM

Excellent, Thanks for the tip !

 

TheMongoose

Shapeways has a few options for you. Looks like $5-$7.

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/aircraft/?tag=seasprite

 

Tags: FFG-7 , Seasprite
Bax
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Posted by Bax on Wednesday, November 21, 2018 3:59 PM

 

 Thanks for the tip !

TheMongoose

Shapeways has a few options for you. Looks like $5-$7.

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/aircraft/?tag=seasprite

 

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