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Used the modified hull of the Revell Calypso kit. Pilot house, vents, davits, sweep winches, just about everything else scratch built. Used 3"/50 from White Ensign, 20 mm's from Revell LSM; oval life rafts. 20 mm ready service lockers from HR Products. The old Lindberg Minesweeper provided the sweeping floats and some motors for the sweeping winch.

Dave

Sorry about the poor quality cell phone pics. Will try to take better photos another day and also post some of my USS Pirate (AM-275) built from the Lindberg Minesweeper kit.

Very very nice! Love the railing!

Aop

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And our artworks!

She looks great!

Scott

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Royal Canadian Navy

Very cool project. Please, more pictures.

Cheers,

Keith

Finally got some good photos of my YMS, thanks to our photographer at work.

Wow, now these photographs do tell the tale...

Precise, pristine, perfection

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I missed this on its initial posting.

Considering what this kit looks like out of the box compared to the finished product.

Absolutely stunning.

Paul

Stunning is an understatement. Exquisite build, particularly given the starting point.

Thanks everyone for the comments. Just took a few years to get decent photos rather than my ones from a cell phone. Another of those "i'll never do that again" builds.

Another bump in memory of D-Day and Operation Neptune. 80 years ago this night, YMS-347 and her sister ships swept the approaches to Omaha and other beaches in Normandy.

Lovely build!

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Thanks Steve!

David

Fantastic job. So would this sort of be like "back dating" the Calypso to her original intent?

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Jim

Thanks Jim. Yes-but not a lot of Calypso left! Had purchased the Revell more recent re-release as the Ocean Exploration Vessel for the project, but then lucked into a glue bomb at a hobby shop in Memphis. Was much happier working on the $5 glue bomb rather than the complete kit. Might actually build the Calypso one day.

Dave