USS Ward DD-139 FlyHawk 1/700

This small model kit from FlyHawk is really outstanding!  Excellent and sharp detail in all pieces,  even in the smallest ones.  Very fine and carefully packaging for all this small parts. A sheet of photo etched parts which includes  all the necessary details for a very nice detail model. Mention that, we had to reconstruct the rear mast from brass rods, given the fact that the plastic ones were very thin and risky for rigging. The funnel cups were built  by photo etched parts from spares box, as well. The antenna and the general rigging were made using the rigging reel from Uschi.    

Sir Francis Drake’s flagship Golden Hind, 1/350 scale Zvesda

         This small and really lovely kit from Zvezda is a snap-tite kit. The kit has excellent detail for his size. We decide to replace the ratlines with the excellent photo etched set of Alliance Modelworks. For the rigging was used a rigging reel .005 mm from USCHI. The figures are from L’Arsenal and was painted with the colors of the specific period! The model has painted using Vallejo acrylics and the oils made all the rest!

               

USS SHELTON 1/350

    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.