Jester75
No Forrest Shermans since the 50's? Good looking boat.
Hehehe...I know i is not what you meant...but there is a Forest Sherman destroyer out there:
It's a Trumpeter, 1/350 scale Burke AEGIS Flight IIA DDG, DDG-98, but a Forest Sherman none the less.
There was a Revell Foreest Sherman DD model from 1958...but I have not seen one of those in years. You might find one some time by watching eBay. Here's a picture of that kit:
Revell also had a later version that was on the OldModelKits site...but it sold some time ago. Here's how it looked:
Cascade Model works also had a 1/350 scale USS Forest Sherman way back when, and here's a link to a build site for it on Steel Navy:
USS Forest Sherman BUild
Other than that, I do not think there is any model in any scale, that I have seen of them left out there unless, like I say, you can find one on eBay sometime..
Now, of the 18 Forest Sherman Class that were built in the 1950s (commissioned from 53-55). the USS Edson, DD-946, served 30 years from 1958 until 1988...and that was only 16 years before the existing Forest Shrman was launched.
Anyhow...couldn't help myself, because that last ship, the USS Edson, is now a NAtional Historic Site and MUseum ship at Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum at Bay City, Michigan.
Four of them were actually converted to DDGs getting one Mk-13 single arm launcher and Standard Missiles and ASROCs.
The actual Forest Sherman DDs, for their day, were quite capable vessels, and had good se handling...and displaced 4,000 tons full load..