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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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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.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
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
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.
oliver hazard perry decommissioned in 97 wereas last seasprite in 2001.
Makes perfectly good sense to me. But when were Seahawks introduced? Around 1986?
I like the finish of the model, but agree with the above comments about the flag and the Seasprite.
Bill
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.
Nice build!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, nice job.
ICIT
Thanks for all comments, suggestions and compliments! I really appreciate them!
Very nice model!
subfixer, the white uniforms, someone let the cooks out for some fresh air! We cooks need fresh air, too!
Lon-ski
Get below and fix that chow!
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
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)
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.
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
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
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:
Part 1:
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Part 2:
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.
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.
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
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!
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
Thanks for the tip !
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