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I use two soldering stations. One for tinning the other for assembly.
The Hako 936 is a great all around soldering station with different tips available. Right down to a needle fine tip that I use for soldering nano LED's.




The American Beauty resistance soldering station is now a tool I must own. I borrowed it from a friend to use on this project. It would not be possible to build it with out it.
I had never used one before now and didn't think it was anything I needed because I had the Hako. Boy was I wrong. I now fully recommend it for anyone building photo-etched assemblies.
It makes things possible that that would have been difficult if not impossible before. The one in the picture has what the call the pliers end. The one I used has the probe end which are tiny and act like tweezers



Here is another item that is nearly done I used both irons for. This is the main mast of the OHP.






I knew that they had to be soldered just for strength as I have a hbit of breaking assemblies I glue together and as there were so many parts to these it was a must.

Thanks
Tom

Hi,

What ships of the Oliver H. Perry class Frigate of the US Navy have the remotely operated 25mm Mk38 Mod2 Naval Gun Systems installed on platforms over the old MK 13 launcher magazine?

I believe all ships with the 25mm Mk38 Mod2 Gun are all long hull version, correct?

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ayala Botto

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Amen dico tibi, hodie mecum eris in paradiso (Lk 23,43).

Thank you for taking the time to do that. It is very helpful. I hope to get back to mine some day. And I hope photobucket goes out of business.

I have several hundred images of Aussie, and a few US FFGs on my Facebook page. All photos were taken by me ever since the RAN first got them. Search on Facebook for the Gatt 1/350. Model ships.

Does anyone have a photo or photos of the Mark 24 TDT Mod 4 target destination transmitter on the Perry class ship. I appreciate any help. Thanks, Joe

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Gerry

Gerry I don't remember exactly. But I am pretty sure I just followed the directions.

A question to the Australian OHP frigates, the Adelaide class:

did they have any characteristic differences compared to the USN ships? Anything special? At any time any special helicopter? Could be also something only on one ship at one point in time.

I know of these differences:
a) four of them got the 8-cell VLS Mk 41
b) some of them got 50-calibre machine guns in Mini Typhoon mounts
c) the Seahawk helicopter were originally not SH-60B, but an export version with a different radar (S-70B-2 Seahawk) (see e.g. this one)

I am asking, because I am searching for options to built an Adelaide class, which differs from both the USN OHP and the Turkish G class (which also got the VLS, but also a new radar etc.).

There is a new kit by AFV Club with parts for both the Australian and the Spanish ships:
AFV Club Adelaide/Santa María class

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I have a 3.4mb pdf file of drawings for the Australian ships without vls if you need a copy.

Thank you very much for the offer!

I'm more looking for arguments as to why I should build an Adelaide class frigate.

Available is the kit of the long hull version of the Adelaide class - and the best arguments would be as many as possible differences compared to an USN long hull in the early 2000s and to the modernised Turkish G class.

Here, photos of modernised Turkish G class:
TCG Göksu
TCG Gediz
TCG Gökova

The Turkish G class has many differences compared to the USN ships, therefore I currently prefer it over the Adelaide class (there is certainly the option to built both the G class and the Adelaide class).

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