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1:400 railings I got mine (1:400 railings) from the Paper Model Store here... Paper Model Store or directly from Draf Models here: DRAF MODEL - Laserowe modelarstwo hope this helps!:wave:

more pics of the DD-409 Sims Some more pictures of the DD-409 Sims before I move on to another project...note the area on the starboard midsection that my kitty "licked" before I could spray the protective coating on...some you win. and some you loose!!!...kitty was just "tasting" this new...

DD Sims finished! Here are pictures of my finished version of the DD Sims at reduced 1:400 scale...although there could be more to finish it...I am going to quit for now...and choose another project, cause I'm tired of working on this little ship and want to start another little ship!:p

Barry, Wow what a fantastic ship...excellent job!!!.....call out the band and lets celebrate this momentous occasion!!! balloon6:band1:balloon6

DD Sims supestructure build continues! continuing construction on the superstructure with the 4 little AA guns and the depth-charge racks at the stern...

Flue, ...just superb workmanship...in the hands of the loving craftsman!!!aussie

continuing construction of DD Sims superstructure! I continue construction on the superstructure of the DD Sims...I am now working on the depth charge racks...the depth charge cans are rolled on the head of a pin..to give you the approximate diameter at this scale...:p ...to be...

Error!!! Mea Culpa!!! :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:I just realized that the torpedos are not TRIPLE, but QUADRUPLE mounts!wall1:eek::cry::curse:...hamrhamrhamr....sooo we must remedy that!....back to the drawing board...and I thought they were just giving me 2 extras in case of mistake...:p:p:p

DD Sims' torpedo launcher assembly! These are pictures of the assembly of the triple torpedo launcher assembly...the individual torpedo launcher tubes were rolled using a large straightened paper clip as shown in the first picture...the pieces for assembly are shown in the next picture and...

Sims destroyer 1:400 continued deck building! These are some shots of the recent progress on the superstructure construction on my 1:400 reduced scale USN Sims DD....I am really enjoying building something that you don't have to constantly re-engineer as I did on the...

Most Excellent!!!bounce7

This is pictures of the finished hull sides....:wave:I hope that you all enjoy my assembly photos!:band1:

assembly of below waterline hull and deck commenced! This is the below waterline red hull glued to the frame and the initial deck base construction that has commenced.:woot1:

Below waterline hull construction! I have completed the hull bulkheads as you can see...and have done the below the waterline by butt-end gluing each piece to the next after conforming each piece to the approximate hull shape....I will now glue this below waterline red skin to the hull...

Flu, Wonderful! :excited1::excited1::excited1:

DD-409 "Sims" hull bulkheads... The hull becomes!...picture of the 1:400 scale hull bulkheads...seems to be nice and flat and straight...so far!:p...fit seems good....man!!! a Kate already found my developing hull:twisted:

I've chosen for my next project the DD Sims and the Fletcher Class destroyer builds:oops:...as shown in the picture...these kits were originally 1:200- which I have readily reduced to 1:400...to match the rest of the 1:400 fleet that I have planned:mrgreen::oops:.....here we go!!!! I don't want...

1:400 IJN Hiryu (mostly) finished! Some pictures (links from my website) of my mostly completed 1:400 IJN carrier "Hiryu"....again this kit was the old 1:300 GPM kit that was extensively recolored...the deck was completely redone to simulate "bleached teak"...the planes were recolored to match...

Answering question for "Hiryu" Vals, Kates and Zeros.... These are the pictures that I based my models on...the kate also had one view showing much more green in the rear fuselage..I chose this pattern (arbitrary guess)...on how the coloring was done....the "Trotskiy" planes were printed out at...

1:400 "Hiryu" Zeros, Kates and Vals! This is pictures of some of the 1:400 scale planes that I scaled and colored to match the "Hiryu" planes of this time...I took about 1 1/2 - 2 hours to build each one...they are really tediouswall1..but it is fun!!!bounce7