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    Fletcher Class Destroyer

    The Gearings were lengthened because early-war experience showed that pre-war assumptions about the necessary endurance for a destroyer were, shall we say, "somewhat on the low side". The extra length was primarily for additional fuel bunkerage. The main battery on the Gearings (and the...
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    Fletcher Class Destroyer

    A while back, I thought I saw that Digital Navy planned to offer one, in electronic format. I think the plan was to publish it after the release of the updated USS Arizona. That happened in July. I haven't seen any word on the Fletcher since then, but you may want to go to Roman's site and...
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    JSC's "New and Improved" USS Helena

    Got it in one. (In defference to our British members, I won't include several lines from Pink Floyd's "Get your filthy hands off my desert", as I'd intended.) Now back to our regulaly sheduled anxiety attack.
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    JSC's "New and Improved" USS Helena

    Recently, I saw one of the online shops advertising a "digitally redrawn" version of JSC's kit #11, the USS Helena, (the only one of the 10 ship extended Brooklyn class of cruisers to be sunk during World War II). Has anyone seen this updated version yet? I have the original version, but...
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    uss saratoga

    The kit repersents a late-war configuration of the ship. Note the twin five inch L38 gun turets. The air group is likely appropriate for that timeframe.
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    Hello ship gents!

    I took a look atyour model ship gallery, and I'm impressed (the good way, not the way your ancestors did to mine, around 1800 :). There is a For Sale forum, that is seldom used, but any posts will show up on the "What's New" list. Another option is eBay.uk. I see a lot of kits going up...
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    Next SPI release - building report

    Il-10 "Beast"? (edit)Okay, so I should read the whole thread before guessing. But the seating arrangment does resemble that of the Il-10.
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    DN New Year's Resolutions

    Actually Rick, it's not an MM episode. It's a special called "The Destroyer". I looked to see if it was repeated a bazillion times, like HC is wont to do, but the last listed showing is at 5:00 PM today, central time. Looks like I'll have to cut out of work 10 minutes early. Roman...
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    JSC United States Good or Not?

    I've got the kit, but I don't dare build it as my first ship. The printing is top notch, and the level of detail is just about as much as I can handle. One thing that particularly impressed me is the unique engineering of the main hull structure. Unlike most JSC kits, United States has a...
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    What is it??

    Ta-183 http://www.luft46.com/mmart/mm183-3.jpg
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    DN New Year's Resolutions

    Sweet work on the Fletcher, Roman. I'll buy one when it's done.
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    Admirable replacement

    I have plans for the PCF. If you want, I can try to get copies made.
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    Opinion on low buck railing idea

    Not such a far-fetched idea, since JSC's new Queen Mary II kit uses just such a technique for its railings.
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    Battleship "Schleswig - Holstein"/ GPM Nr.218 /1

    Great Gobbs o' Goose Grease!!!! Scorpy, that's the second smoothest hull I've ever seen.
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    USS Nimitz from Wilhelmshavener Verlag

    Gee, I'd love to, but I've got two mortgages on my house already.
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    Convair XF 92 A by Bruno Campoli

    Excellent looking kit. I went out and bought it right away. Does Bruno have any other kits currently for sale? (downloadable preferred)
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    builting H.M.S victory.....

    Yuki: Is that a "Tarawa" or a "Wasp", in the front of one photo?
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    my new fleet

    Jim: My guess would be the ex. OHP (FF 7) class ships that the US Navy has transfered to Taiwan.
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    A simple model

    Nevada was not lost in 1941. That was her sister Oklahoma. Nevada survived the war (as did all US battleships except the two lost at Pearl Harbor). She was eventually sunk as a target, in the Bikini A-bomb tests. ...or do you mean this model is of a ship lost in 1941? if so, then it...
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    Kits For "Never-weres"

    Prolly not Ajax. The last ships modernized before the war were the New Mexicos. They had their battery control towers removed completely. They were replaced by a greatly enlarged bridge structure. They did similar "chop job" California, Tennesee, and West Virginia, when they made it to the...
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