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Finally got this one finished after over 6 months working on it off and on.

It's a random resin kit from China that came with a pretty decent PE set so I didn't need any specific upgrade set. I did, however, add 3d printed 20mm Oelikons, 40mm Bofors, and upgraded 5"/38 guns and mounts. Did a little scratch building around the funnels to add the vents and pipes and the floater nets on the turrets. Also added a little steam coming out of the steam vent near the rear turret like in some of the reference material.

My inspiration for this build were some pics I found of Miami in early 1944 sporting a very weathered MS32/1d camo with a lot of paint chipped off where the bow waves would hit the forward hull.













































For some scale:





And with her Pacific rival - a Japanese Akizuki-type destroyer:

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Very good!

Looks fantastic!

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Jim

Nice work. Like them both. The weathering on Miami looks really good.

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Martin

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Superb.

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