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Destroyer Group Build 6/1/05 - 12/1/05

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 2, 2005 3:27 PM
I'd like to sign up. My "destroyer" is the USS Constitution, 1/196 Revell model. Current progress pictures available at http://shipmodel0.tripod.com/revell_1196_uss_cons

Ralph
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Posted by MBT70 on Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:23 PM
Where's the torpedoes? ;)
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Posted by MackP on Friday, June 3, 2005 10:06 PM
Jeff: Any other tincans have five namesakes? I served on the Sumner class USS O'Brien (DD-725) 1959-61. She was the #4 O'Brien. No. 1 was Torpedo Boat 30, No. 2 was DD-51, No. 3 was DD 415 lost during the Guadalcanal campaign and replaced by 725 in January of 1944. 725 was hit by a German shore battery while screening the BB Texas right after D-Day, rebuilt and sent to the Pacific where she took a Kami Kaze at Okinawa. She survived Korea, under the command of C.W. Nimitz, Jr., with only near misses but took three shore battery hits during Vietnam. She received six battle stars in WWII, five in Korea and three for Nam service before being expended as a target in 1972. A fifth O'Brien (DD975) served and, I believe, has now been decommissioned. Have there been any other destroyer name legacies that have gone through five different ships? And when is someone going to put out a decent 350 scale Sumner circa late 50s? There were almost 150 Sumner/Gearings around in those years.
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Posted by Jeff Herne on Sunday, June 5, 2005 11:13 AM
Mack, there are a few. I will jump into the research into the archives (aka the basement of books) and see what I can find.

Jeff
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Posted by devinj on Sunday, June 5, 2005 2:36 PM
Jeff,

Okay, here I go getting in over my head again. Put me down for a WEM 1/350th scale Stoddert kit, to be built as USS Barney (DDG-6).

I should be concentrating on the CV-10 build exclusively, but the WEM DDG kit is so well cast that the major building won't take any time at all.

-Devin
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Posted by bayoutider on Sunday, June 5, 2005 4:06 PM
I may as well get in. I am building the Tamaya 1/350 Fletcher class. I am going to try to turn her into the USS Hickox DD 673 and display her with the USS Franklin CV 13.
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Posted by MBT70 on Sunday, June 5, 2005 9:49 PM
Here's a fun piece of trivia I turned up looking for details on the Mk 33 3"/50 gun. Two of the Gearings were launched after the war with twin, open 3" guns instead of the 5" armored turrets. One, the Carpenter, became the testbed for the bizarre USS Norfolk destroyer leaders and it mounted two rounded twin turrets with the 3"/70 guns like Norfolk, plus Weapon Able and a Norfolk style bridge buildup. What a kitbash conversion that would make ....

www.navsource.org/archives/05/825.htm
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Posted by taxtp on Monday, June 6, 2005 7:56 AM
Here's my Z-37 so far, built OOTB from the Tamiya 1/700 kit. It's looking a little bland at this stage, but will shortly get it's camo and then some details.

I'm just taking it one GB at a time.

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Posted by Umi_Ryuzuki on Monday, June 6, 2005 12:36 PM
Is it June already??Black Eye [B)]

The Akikaze, as it sits today.
It has sat prominently on a "to do" shelf for several years.
It was one of three 1/72nd scale boats started off of a plan set I drew.
And the #2 hull of the two I built up for myself and one other person.
With so many projects in and out of the studio, it is difficult to focus on
my own models. I am hoping that this Group Build will help me get this
"Minikaze Class" destroyer finished.

Cool [8D]

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Posted by Jeff Herne on Monday, June 6, 2005 12:51 PM
Lookin' good Aimee, I might just have to start one of these *BIG* projects myself...since I now have the space...

Jeff
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Posted by scottrc on Monday, June 6, 2005 3:56 PM
Yes Aimee, nice inspiration, I still go to your website to look at your Washington State Ferry. I know what you mean about work interferring with pleasure. All my time for the next month will be spent on a new design project for work. However, that does not stop me from taking the Dremmel to the old Revell Constitution kit and cutting the hull down to the gundeck. That kit drives me nuts with its enclosed foc'ale and enclosed maindeck, so I've cut out all the plastic, and I'm scratching the upper freeboards with Evergreen and basewood. I can't wait to have a US Frigate that will look like it did in 1798 and not 1927.

Jeff, you are living up to the old saying that modelers are like fish, they build models as big as their space will allow.Big Smile [:D]

Scott

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Posted by Jeff Herne on Monday, June 6, 2005 4:11 PM
Actually Scott, my thinking on the next big project will be based on how well it can be moved from the basement workshop to outdoors, and, will it fit into the minivan with seats down.

I'd love to do a 1/96 cruiser of some sort...trouble is, once I decide on a scale, I'll have to stick with it, since I'll be doing much of my own castings for fittings, etc. This way, basic stuff (20mm, 40mm, directors, life rafts, ships' boats) will all be common fittings across multiple projects.

At this point...I'm thinking of moving into two scales...1/200-1/192 and a couple of 1/96 or 1/144 projects...mostly likely a carrier, since 1/144 scale aircraft are readily available.

Jeff
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Posted by MBT70 on Monday, June 6, 2005 4:48 PM
Hey Jeff,
I was rummaging thorugh my 90 back issues of FSM and found an old article on a 1/72 Takao buildup. Have you checked on that one?
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 12:19 PM
Is there a group build badge yet? I'm not qualified to produce one, so don't take tlhis as an offer to make one. Since this is my first group build I was hoping to figure the mechanics of adding it to my signature (naturally, not until after actually completing the model).
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Posted by Umi_Ryuzuki on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 12:26 PM
Isn't this the badge...

Banged Head [banghead]

Or maybe the knot on your forehead that develops for such actions as we try to find the time to get these done.

Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by MBT70 on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 3:53 PM
I made a badge and don't know how to post it.
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Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 4:37 PM
There is a badge already...let me find it and I'll post it up...

Jeff
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Posted by DURR on Friday, June 10, 2005 12:15 PM
well frigate lol
i guess i will have to figure out a destroyer or two to make also
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Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, June 10, 2005 12:54 PM
Here's the badge....



My apologies to MBT70 who did the badge, sent it to me, and I've neglected to post it until now...my bad.

If you're doing the group build and have actually started something, you're entitled to the group badge. Of course, you'll need to save it to your own server and resize it to fit the FSM guidelines for image size in your sig line.

Jeff
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Posted by razordws on Friday, June 10, 2005 1:32 PM
Hmmm... been trying to resist this one but the 1/700 scale is grossly underrepresented so I'll have to amend that. I have a pair of Tamiya "O" class destroyers waiting to be built so I will enter those but I will not be able to get to them for awhile yet. Looking forward to following this thread.

Dave

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Posted by scottrc on Friday, June 10, 2005 2:08 PM
Kudo's on the Badge. That sketch is nice.

And about the "frigate" jokesLaugh [(-D], my United States model is now cut down to the gun deck, so I guess that makes it "flush deck" right now?.Big Smile [:D] Get it???Laugh [(-D]

Sorry, just tryin to fit in with you tin can builders.Pirate [oX)]

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Posted by shipper on Friday, June 10, 2005 2:30 PM
Hi, guys I`m new to this forum stuff but, I thought you like to know that I`m working on building the United States from the 1/96 USS Constutition. I had to do that cause I kept being out bid for it on e-bay.
Ken
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Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, June 10, 2005 2:36 PM
Welcome to the forum shipper!

I know what that's like...the C-in-C (aka the wife) has forced me to build models that I went a little 'Ebay crazy' over. She told me if I was going to spend that much on a kit, that I had to build it and not put it on the shelf... Big Smile [:D]

Jeff
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 10, 2005 9:46 PM
Great badge!

I've gotten a little farther along on my model of the (still commissioned!) USS Constitution. Photos available at http://shipmodel0.tripod.com/revell_1196_uss_cons/index.album?i=6

I realize that I've had a roughly 200 year head start, but I'm looking forward to seeing some of the Steel Navy models.
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Posted by MBT70 on Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:07 AM
Thanks for the kind words on the badge, guys ... I actually did this one. The ship is USS Forrest Royal, which was my dad's tin can in Korea. I did the art with a felt pen, then scanned it and rendered the rest in Photoshop. Lemmee know any time we need another ... I like the challenge.

Bob
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Posted by MBT70 on Saturday, June 11, 2005 12:31 PM
Duh ..... somebody toss me a clue?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 11, 2005 12:55 PM
I think the idea is to do something like



I got this to work by putting "left-square-bracket" img "right-square-bracket" and the corresponding version with /img at the end around the URL you gave.
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Posted by razordws on Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:56 PM
[ img]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a337/MBT70/2005DBBadge.jpg[/img ]

Like this except take out the space between the [ and the img and again between the img and ] at the end Smile [:)] Good Luck!

Dave

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Posted by MBT70 on Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:50 PM

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Posted by MBT70 on Saturday, June 11, 2005 6:51 PM
Bingo ... you da man. Now I'll try to put it in the signature ...
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