USS Calcaterra DER-390
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1 26 January 2015, 18:51
Christian BruerThis is a partially scratch build using a Trumpeter USS England kit as a basis. I start this conversion in 2009 but did not finished it so far due to a lot of other projects of my interest. One day I will finish this boat – hopefully.
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26 January 2015, 18:59
Ingmar StöhrEven if it's on hold I don't want to miss any progress. Great work so far!
26 January 2015, 19:03
Hanno KleineckeWow, Christian, I'm really looking forward to this project being continued ! What is this device that you scratchbuilt ? Is it an hedgehog launcher or something like that ?
26 January 2015, 19:48
Bill SpargoMagnificent build Christian, I assume you have some sort of plan of the ship for your scratch building or are you "eye balling" measurements, well done.
26 January 2015, 21:03
Christian BruerThank you very much Hanno and Bill. The scratch build part is a Mk. 15 trainable Hedgehog Launcher. There is no after market, so I have to scratch it. I have no measurements etc. only some photos for the Hedgehog and for the whole model.
Most of the measurements are for sure eye balling, but I have Stefan Terzibaschitsch's Geleitschiffe der U.S. Navy (Escorts of the U.S. Navy) with side views of this class in scale 1:1000.
27 January 2015, 20:22
Hanno KleineckeI'm constantly stunned by your abbility to handle the most tiny parts. I always have to cut some extra parts when scratchbuilding, because they keep shooting from my pincers into outer space. Do you use some extra fine pincers ? And if so, where can I buy them?
Speaking of buying, have you noticed that WEM has obviously gone bust ? I wanted to buy the Mach 3 Pibber in 72nd , and evrything is out of stock
for weeks . Looks like they have been purchased by someone.
27 January 2015, 20:39
Christian BruerYep, unfortunately WEM is down, but there should be another source for it.
27 January 2015, 21:05
Dave HumphreysI understand that Tom's Modelworks will be taking on the WEM PE range but I don't know what the likely timescale is.
27 January 2015, 21:25
Christian BruerYep, there was a post on Modelwarships. Would be fine their products will be available further on.
28 January 2015, 20:23
Christian BruerMany thanx Aghis. But you have to sit down for a while mate. The project is on hold and I post the status of work for some month to show it to Bill (hustler). By the way, does someone knows if he is still here on Scalemates. No news on his wall and all photos deleted from his projects?!
15 June 2015, 17:27
Christian Bruerunique type of ship only used during the cold war. The DER was a part of the early warning line to prevent the US from attacks. They used land based radar stations airplanes and ships. Interesting history:
en.wikipedia.org/wik..t_Early_Warning_Line
15 June 2015, 18:11
Christian BruerThank you Irving. Very slow build, so you should have to have steadiness and patience to follow 😄
10 November 2017, 18:01
Spanjaardpatience Irvin, patience...... if we could have half as much as Christian has, we could get really far😉
10 November 2017, 19:34
Christian BruerHehe, If I could progress on all my projects as I want I would be much more forward, propably with more new but unfinished projects 😄
10 November 2017, 19:44
Martin OostromWeel, if you ever find the time for this one, I'd like a seat. Guess it's in the back as it has been running for a while now 😉
13 November 2017, 21:01
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USS Calcaterra is a former Edsall Class Escort. After WWII, during the main stage of Cold War some of the boats were rebuild into Radar Picket Ships. They all formed the Distant Early Warning System around the US to spot any aggression or attack from the air. The upper works were enlarged to get more room for radar offices and crews. A main and foremast were added to carry additional radars sets. The boat had an armament of two radar controlled 3" guns in a small housing, a trainable Mk. 15 Hedgehog and some depth charges.
