I was asked to depict the USS
Shelton destroyer as it was at 1952 in Korean War. This construction is
intended as a gift to a crew member who was serving during that time at the
ship. We wanted to represent a scene of work during the preparation of the ship
for a mission. There are some very nice kits of Gearing Fram versions from
Dragon but not exactly this one that we needed. But there is a resin kit from
ISW which is exactly our version but a little bit poor in detail compared with
Dragon’s kit. So we choose to make a combination of these two models. Of course
the most demanding part of the model was the tripod mast. As you can see at the
photos, was selected to build a new one from brass rods. The basic parts were
soldering and the smallest gluing using epoxy glue. We borrowed parts from the
superstructure from resin kit as the 5 inch AA guns and the gun director too.
Plastic strips and sheets were used to create some other details. We also used
North Star figures, L’Arsenal’s vehicles and Black Dog’s buildings. The whole
scene was painted using Vallejo colors and washes.
