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Marcello Rosa
Marcello Rosa
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USS Elmer Montgomery FF-1082 (AFV 1/700 Knox Class)

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28 21 August 2021, 11:10
Rui S
Very Nice work 👍
21 August 2021, 21:41
Spanjaard
very nice
21 August 2021, 21:49
Neuling
Top notch! Ship and water!
22 August 2021, 09:24
Björn Leichsenring
I get seasick. Very good work.
23 August 2021, 13:25
Guillaume Boulanger
Wow very nice effect for the sea
24 August 2021, 01:34
Greg Baker
This looks great!
24 August 2021, 06:12
Dominik Weitzer
great work! i'm always fascinated about the "built" water.
24 August 2021, 07:11
Marcel Chmura
Awesome looking ship.
31 July 2023, 14:48
Tyson Tu
Great work! Love the wake effects!
31 July 2023, 15:21
Bruce Huxtable
You and me both, Bjorn..... The heaving waves, the salty spray..... it is very real indeed. Brilliant work, Marcello 🙂
31 July 2023, 16:06
Marcello Rosa
Thanks to all who commented here. It means a lot to me that you liked my model, in this web site where so many outstanding work is presented!
1 August 2023, 07:23

Album info

This is the AFV Club 1/700 kit of the Knox class frigates. the kit comes with 6 options of markings, but I chose to represent USS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082) because it served in the Atlantic. The Knox class frigates were frequent visitors of my home city of Rio de Janeiro, and on a few occasions I had the privilege of coming on board. I have fond memories of these ships designed for the tough job of escorting transatlantic convoys against swarms of soviet submarines, in case the Cold War turned hot.

I intended to build this using the Flagship Models photoetch set, but ended up not using most of it, given that the parts were oversized (probably closer to 1/600 or 1/550). The railing is generic (Big Blue Boy 1/700 modern USN), and other parts were scratch-built (e.g. details of the masts). The decals in the kit were a bit all over the place, some oversized (e.g. the ship's name on the stern) and some undersized (e.g. the red cycles around the ASROC and CIWS), so a few had to be home-printed. The rigging was done using human hair.

For a build report, and more photos, check marcellorosa.com/700-elmermontgomery-ff1082

The seascape base was inspired by photos of FF-1082 off Norway in 1988, when the sea got a bit heavy (see [img1]).

 

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1:700 Knox-Class Frigate (AFV Club SE70002)1:700 Knox Class Frigate detail set (Flagship Models FM 700-10)

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