USS Nathan James 1/700

Our ship, USS Nathan James. Based on a fictional ship from TV Series "The Last Ship" who is saving the world with lots of action and drama. I really liked that series so I wanted to have an item of it in my house. I will do my best to replicate her. 

Let's get started. The ship used on the show was DDG-97 USS Halsey an Arleigh Burke class FlightIIA destroyer retrofitted with aft Phalanx mount. 

Hull and sonar bulb fixed. Some filling required. 

Also the sink marks and lines are removed 

Such an ugliness 

You can see the space within hull and sonar 

Filled and let for dry 

 

Lots of putty here 

Deck fits excellently. One of my best fitting decks so far. 

Also this Masker bents will be removed and extended all the way down to the hull 

USS Halsey as christened, 2005. 

USS Halsey in 2012. Series started in 2014 so it had that aft Phalanx. 

You can see it in background. In foreground our CO Chandler and XO Slattery. 

Forrest Sherman kit lacks the aft Phalanx platform. So I used front platform which come as an extra piece with this kit and modified it to fit as an aft CIWS platform 

Not bad 

Liked that. Also you can see that I have sanded the hull. The sonar needs another putty-run