USS Nathan James 1/700
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Our ship, USS Nathan James. Based on a fictional ship from TV Series "The Last Ship" who is saving the world with lots of action and drama. I really liked that series so I wanted to have an item of it in my house. I will do my best to replicate her.
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Let's get started. The ship used on the show was DDG-97 USS Halsey an Arleigh Burke class FlightIIA destroyer retrofitted with aft Phalanx mount.
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Hull and sonar bulb fixed. Some filling required.
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Also the sink marks and lines are removed
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Such an ugliness
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You can see the space within hull and sonar
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Filled and let for dry
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Lots of putty here
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Deck fits excellently. One of my best fitting decks so far.
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Also this Masker bents will be removed and extended all the way down to the hull
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USS Halsey as christened, 2005.
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USS Halsey in 2012. Series started in 2014 so it had that aft Phalanx.
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You can see it in background. In foreground our CO Chandler and XO Slattery.
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Forrest Sherman kit lacks the aft Phalanx platform. So I used front platform which come as an extra piece with this kit and modified it to fit as an aft CIWS platform
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Not bad
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Liked that. Also you can see that I have sanded the hull. The sonar needs another putty-run
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3 17 February 2020, 19:22