Calling all Fletcher-class (DD-445) fans

[Garry71]

It's my paper (and other materials) model of USS DD-532 "Heerman", scale 1:200

[Red Devil Squadron]

Great job Garry, looks very nice so far. Maybe you should rename it COLAHAN (DD 658) in honor of your feline friend!

[carr]

Garry,

Love it! Tell us about the dished plating effect - what method did you use? It looks great, the little I can see. Maybe consider posting a few more pics?!

Regards,
Bob

[Garry71]

Great job Garry, looks very nice so far. Maybe you should rename it COLAHAN (DD 658) in honor of your feline friend!

?? Cat's names are Basya (as call) and Richard (as documents)

[Garry71]

Tell us about the dished plating effect - what method did you use?

Oh, sorry, don't understand - my english very bad
Show, please, on my photos

[carr]

Tell us about the dished plating effect - what method did you use?

Oh, sorry, don't understand - my english very bad
Show, please, on my photos

I'm asking about the many dents (indentations, oil canning, ripples) on the hull. The areas of the hull where the metal is bent inwards. If you're still unsure what I'm asking, I'll try to circle the areas on the picture but that will take awhile.

Thanks,
Bob

[Garry71]

Maybe consider posting a few more pics?!

Regards,
Bob

Yes:
Bridge:

Hull and deck (color ir wrong (((; walking area - from paper, each pice - individual):

Gun director and sensor - Mk37+Mk12+Mk22 (total 250 parts)


And this (don' know english(():

[Garry71]

I'm asking about the many dents (indentations, oil canning, ripples) on the hull. The areas of the hull where the metal is bent inwards. If you're still unsure what I'm asking, I'll try to circle the areas on the picture but that will take awhile.

Thanks,
Bob

Understand now
It is my "know-how"
It's private Sewing Threads under hull paper...
May use tasting thin wire...

[Garry71]

"Heerman" is my first model. I build she nine month ... and 3-5 month more... to end

[Garry71]

The Mast:

[john53]

More work on my old Revell Sullivans. Not as detailed
as most on this forum but still a nice easy build, I did however
scratch build the brace on the rear funnel for the rigging coming
down from the mast. Still pondering doing a sonar dome.---John

[john53]

I'm done gluing on parts. All I need to finds decals, stripe for the waterline,
right style numbers and a shamrock for the stack then I can rig it.

[aleccap]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/469 ... c9ef_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/469 ... dcea_b.jpg
Becoming a little tired with doing what everyone else normally does, build and paint the same, I decided to muck up my Fletcher by doing my own thing, while everything doesn't look that bad, there's rather a lot of short-cuts, firstly I'm fed-up with holding a model after painting to touch up, to place PE and the like then only to discover you've worn the hull paint down and now that requires a touch up. So, as you do, I put my thinking cap on and finished the hull first, gloss varnish applied decals then rattle can matt varnish, end of wearing down paint, the superstructure is a lighter colour then its suppose to be, to me it looks okay, to others it should be a lot darker, but like I said, this is doing the Fletcher my way.

[ArizonaBB39]

This might be an odd question, but I was wondering if anyone knows if any square bridge Fletchers were lost in a typhoon during the war? And if so which one(s) and when? Thanks

[Michael Riddell]

This might be an odd question, but I was wondering if anyone knows if any square bridge Fletchers were lost in a typhoon during the war? And if so which one(s) and when? Thanks

IIRC, no square bridge ships - the Spence was a round bridge.

A few may have received damage though.

Mike.

[Tracy White]

Spence DD-512 was the only Fletcher lost in a typhoon, and she was a round-bridge ship.

[ArizonaBB39]

Alright, thanks guys. Ive got a Trumpeter Sullivans kit that i royaly screwed up on at the stern trying to remove paint, and so I was thinking about just modeling the ship in rough seas, like sinking in a typhoon. Does anyone have pictures of ships (destroyers) just "wallowing" in a typhoon then? Or are such pictures hard to come by because it was too dangerous for the photographer? Thanks

[Rick E Davis]

For "Heavy Seas" photos, look in books like DESTROYER OPERATIONS in WWII or similar general histories. Views of destroyers, particularly FLETCHERS with wet fantails show-up often. Also, look for photos of SUMNERS and GEARINGS. You could just be creative and easily have the fantail awash to cover almost any sin.

[Garry71]

Hi, Guys!
It's my 1/200 Heermann today:

[Hanchang Kuo]

Here's my 1967-ish USS Taylor DD-468 converted from a 1/700 Tamiya Fletcher. Thanks to everyone on this thread who responded to my call for helps.