Trumpeter USS San Francisco OOB

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After months of putting PE and all the bells and whistles on my last project, I needed a quick 5 day OOB project for therapy. I pulled out my Trumpeter USS San Francisco and thought, "hmmmmmmmmm.... I could do this!"......

The parts fidelity is excellent and detail is tremendous. I would give the parts fit an 8 on a scale of 1 - 10. There was a little sanding and filling - but for the most part the fit was excellent. I will build this again with all the bells and whistles later.

Additionally the model seems to match the drawings on the Classic Warships USS San Francisco book very well - sans a few details.... The kit builds into a nice model.

Highly recommended!

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One other thing, the aft mast is about 1/4" too long, so cut off the bottom 1/4" install the mast and away you go...

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Whoa how did that get there......Wrong picture.

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Here's another.

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and another.... sorry so many pictures - but wanted to give you a flavor of the kit.

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Wanted to also include this one so you can see that the bow is the correct shape in the kit...

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Here's an overall picture.... By the way, the detail on the funnels is the best I've seen in plastic. The steam pipe detail is extraordinary.

[Gilbert]

Hi Jon,

nice work, looking good

cheers

Gilbert

[Robin]

That's what I am doing too. OOB just to get feel of the model and next time I am doing all the PE stuff.

[MartinJQuinn]

Nice work, Jon.

[Lesforan]

Yes, Jon, nice work.

You certainly helped the model. Did the model help you?

[Gordon Bjorklund]

Great looking build, Jon.
I also have one of those kits in my pile of ships to build.

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Thank you all for your kind words.

You certainly helped the model. Did the model help you?

In a word, "YES!". After tedious PE applications on my last project, a quick and easy project was in order. This OOB build was a breath of fresh air! It's nice to see what one can do with a good kit when one is not constantly worried about things like, "if I do this will the PE not fit? How in the world am I going to keep the railing straight with that bollard there, etc. etc."