LSP_K2 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 very nice. Such a classic ship. Love to see a DE in a similar scale also. I have one of these in the stash. I wouldn't mind seeing a Gearing class in 1:144 from Revell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 Give me this kit in a square-bridge, late-war AA configuration and you have a "shut up and take my money" scenario. I'd do another one of these (and at the same cost, even) to be able to build the USS Johnston, Hoel, or Heerman. I shudder at the thought of building all of those twin 40mm mounts out of PE though. o_0 Uncarina, LSP_K2 and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Give me this kit in a square-bridge, late-war AA configuration and you have a "shut up and take my money" scenario. I'd do another one of these (and at the same cost, even) to be able to build the USS Johnston, Hoel, or Heerman. I shudder at the thought of building all of those twin 40mm mounts out of PE though. o_0 The father of my roommate served on a square bridge Fletcher in the Pacific (I forget which DD it was), so I snatched him the Tamiya 1:350 kit for his birthday last year. I considered grabbing him the 1:144 square bridge conversion and the Revell kit, but felt that he probably would be reluctant to pursue that particular course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 LOTSA details!!! There's so much to look at!!! Fantastically done!!! LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 Really beautiful work! Love her! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre F-86 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 That is absolutely beautiful. And I never knew they had put out the Fletcher in 1/144. I'll have to see about getting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Wow, why isn't this a feature on Model Shipwrights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 ... because I forgot my login info and have been too lazy to reset? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Give me this kit in a square-bridge, late-war AA configuration and you have a "shut up and take my money" scenario. I'd do another one of these (and at the same cost, even) to be able to build the USS Johnston, Hoel, or Heerman. I shudder at the thought of building all of those twin 40mm mounts out of PE though. o_0 I did this with the Revell kit and bought the extra AA guns and square bridge and other pieces from Shapeways. It cost the best part of $500 AUD once completed as the Shapeway parts add up real quick. Still I built it for a client so I wasn't paying for it. A Charles F Adams would be real nice in 1/144. I do have a Spruance in 1/144 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 How did I miss this? It's superb! Kev LSP_K2 and Bill Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 I did this with the Revell kit and bought the extra AA guns and square bridge and other pieces from Shapeways. It cost the best part of $500 AUD once completed as the Shapeway parts add up real quick. Still I built it for a client so I wasn't paying for it. A Charles F Adams would be real nice in 1/144. I do have a Spruance in 1/144 scale. After some of the comments in this thread, I looked into that idea and came to the same conclusion. A well-done square-bridge Fletcher is now a reality (what a time to be alive!), but it gets cost prohibitive pretty quickly. As much as I loved the platinum edition of this kit, the platinum edition + the shapeways parts get fairly cost prohibitive fairly quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 After some of the comments in this thread, I looked into that idea and came to the same conclusion. A well-done square-bridge Fletcher is now a reality (what a time to be alive!), but it gets cost prohibitive pretty quickly. As much as I loved the platinum edition of this kit, the platinum edition + the shapeways parts get fairly cost prohibitive fairly quickly. Another one of the reasons I nixed the idea for my pal, that and the fact that I think he'd have been somewhat overwhelmed to try something like that. Me, I'll stick with whatever's offered OOB, as I don't need to model any one specific Fletch or time-frame (other than WWII). Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 What's interesting to me is that the square-bridge Fletcher has taken a back seat by almost every kit manufacturer in almost every scale to the round-bridge. That's despite the fact that the former were actually more numerous. What would be really great is if Revell offered both bridge types and options for late war configs along with decal sheets with separate numbers. You could almost build anything at that point, save for the seaplane experiment ships, but that's a lot to ask, I suppose. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Beautiful! I have the original boxing, with some resin and PE fixes....but haven't tried to tackle it yet. I also have the 1/125 Lindbergh Fletcher...that's like the Edsel of models. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Beautiful! I have the original boxing, with some resin and PE fixes....but haven't tried to tackle it yet. I also have the 1/125 Lindbergh Fletcher...that's like the Edsel of models. Yikes. I liked the Lindberg Fletcher (lost mine a few years back though), and someone really made an attempt at tricking one out for a national event, also some time back, and as I recall, it looked pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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