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Re: USS Fletcher for public display
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lugnet.build.military
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Thu, 8 Nov 2001 21:59:32 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Mattias Martensson writes:
> Hi
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> You can now see some pictures of my US W.W.II Fletcher Class Destroyer at my
> Brickshelf gallery. It is in scale 1 stud to 1 meter which means 1:125. The
> ship is therefore 115 studs long and 12 studs wide.
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> Mostly it is a straight forward construction without to much SNOT (I have
> nothing against SNOT). A crucial part for the twin AA-guns is the Minifig
> Tool Binoculars Town' (30162) A difficult part of the ship to model is the
> life rafts. I used the Tyre 17 x 43' (3634) with inserted 1x2 plates.
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> The Fletcher Class was built in great number during W.W.II an existed in
> many versions after the war, so it is possible the create variants of my
> model. The ship that you can see now is from around 1944 with 5 twin 40 mm
> Bofors AA-guns.
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> Link to the pictures:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8104
Matthias, that's one lovely DD. I especially like the way the 5"
mounts turned out, and the way you've captured the color scheme.
The stacks also came out extremely nicely. The whole thing is
very, very, very well done. The silhouette in the 3/4 aft view
(the "blurred" sepia one) is incredibly nice, and very faithful
to the original. By the way, the ship's boats are a hoot--I love
'em! The foremast is also wonderfully inventive in its use of
basic pieces to achieve the whole christmas-tree effect.
My only suggestion would be for you to consider going back and
rendering the forward hull as SNOT--pixellation is the only thing
that detracts from such a dashing ship. I don't know, however,
if you have enough grey tile to avoid the pain in the keester
that would be plating the whole side studs-out.
But wow, is that ever nice!
best
LFB
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| In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: **snip of some better-informed comments than I'm able to make** (...) Speaking of which, how do you plot/plan the sweep of the hull? I've done some practice bits but I can never approximate (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| (...) Thank you Lindsay for taking kind interest in my model. To hear experienced Logo fans comment on your creations is always something extra. I agree that the forward hull is a weak part of my model. I will try to rebuild it either by SNOT and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| Hi You can now see some pictures of my US W.W.II Fletcher Class Destroyer at my Brickshelf gallery. It is in scale 1 stud to 1 meter which means 1:125. The ship is therefore 115 studs long and 12 studs wide. Mostly it is a straight forward (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.build.military) !!
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