CA38 Project Voir: Diaporama Mosaïque Liste 1 September 19, 2022
080312: USS San Francisco (CA-38) in 1/350 by Trumpeter. Initial step is mounting base and pedestals. (Turned brass lamp shade risers from Lowe's, mounted into epoxied 1/4"-28 nuts)
2 September 19, 2022
080412: CA-38; Hull Assembly & seam treatment
3 September 19, 2022
080419: CA-38; Secured deck, opened hawsepipes, removed molded chains, opened mooring chocks, replaced mooring bitts on fo'c'sle.
4 September 19, 2022
080419 CA-38 - Replacement anchor chain
5 September 19, 2022
080419: CA-38 Hull Assembly & seam treatment
6 September 19, 2022
080419: CA-38 with her younger sisters (Combrig, Trumpeter kits in 1/700)
7 September 19, 2022
090406 CA-38 turned brass, delivered via WEM's SST.
8 September 19, 2022
090406 CA-38 turned brass, delivered via WEM's SST.
9 September 19, 2022
090910: CA-38; building acrylic case.
10 September 19, 2022
121008: CA-38; Installing running gear (yes, that was a 3-year hiatus!)
11 September 19, 2022
121008: CA-38; Installing running gear. Secured with MEK (solvent) and faired with CA (Superglue)
12 September 19, 2022
121008; CA-38; Struts are not quite streamlined - re-work required
13 September 19, 2022
121008: CA-38 Struts after shaping with #11 blade and sanding sticks (toothpick is temporary handle)
14 September 19, 2022
121008: CA-38 Struts after shaping with #11 blade and sanding sticks (toothpick is temporary handle)
15 September 19, 2022
121017: CA-38; Building a jig for barrel installation and alignment. This will be critical for installing turned brass barrel replacements.
16 September 19, 2022
121017: CA-38; Jig for barrel installation and alignment. (Misaligned parts are a pet peeve o' mine!)
17 September 19, 2022
121029: CA-38; Next: cut off the barrels, sand the stubs, and center drill the blast bags to receive the brass barrels.
18 September 19, 2022
121029: CA-38 Brass barrels installation.
19 September 19, 2022
121029: CA-38 Brass barrels installation. Note near-perfect barrel alignment.
20 September 19, 2022
160402: CA-38 Hangar sides installation and fairing.
21 September 19, 2022
160402: CA-38; Not sure I'm in love with the appearance of the stained wood deck.
22 September 19, 2022
160402: CA-38 Initial base coat of Lifecolor acrylic 5-O (to represent faded 5-N of MS 21).
23 September 19, 2022
160403: Trying a deck stain with a thin wash of Gunship Grey (on circular cutout).
24 September 19, 2022
160403: Trying a deck stain with a thin wash of Gunship Grey (on circular cutout).
25 September 19, 2022
160416: CA-38 Masking the boot topping.
26 September 19, 2022
160416: CA-38 Masking the boot topping.
27 September 19, 2022
160416: CA-38 Masking the Hull bottom. Red is rattlecan red-brown primer.
28 September 19, 2022
160416: Boot topping doesn't look right (not deep enough)
29 September 19, 2022
160418: Fixed the boot topping with an additional 2mm black. Much better.
30 September 19, 2022
160418: Bottom paint complete.
31 September 20, 2022
160428: CA-38; First railings.
32 September 20, 2022
160429: CA-38; First railings and AA weapons demo.
33 September 20, 2022
160503: CA-38; Mass production jig for replacement Carly floats. Wire is Pb/Sn solder.
34 September 20, 2022
160503: CA-38; Painting all the floats. Paint doesn;t stick well to lead/tin solder. :-\
35 September 20, 2022
160504: CA-38; Replacing the too-short splinter shields on 03 level aft.
36 September 20, 2022
160512: CA-38 Boat deck splinter shields installed.
37 September 20, 2022
160512: CA-38 Boat deck splinter shields installed.
38 September 20, 2022
160513: CA-38 Boat deck splinter shields installed and primed.
39 September 20, 2022
160505: CA-38 Carly float options. I like the weave, although should properly be painted hull color.
40 September 20, 2022
160509: CA-38 Prop guards
41 September 20, 2022
160513: CA-38 Prop guards painted.
42 September 20, 2022
160516: CA-38; Slight dimensional mismatch with wood deck veneer. Fixed with a simple cut abreast of leadsman's platform.
43 September 20, 2022
160516: CA-38; Wood deck installation.
44 September 20, 2022
160516: CA-38; Out in the sun with her new wood deck.
45 September 20, 2022
160516: CA-38; Out in the sun with her new wood deck.
46 September 20, 2022
160516: CA-38; Out in the sun with her new wood deck.
47 September 20, 2022
160816: CA-38 PE for searchlight platforms. I goofed up the one on the right by trying to do it in one piece.
48 September 20, 2022
160827: CA-38 PE for Searchlight tower.
49 September 20, 2022
160827: CA-38 trial rigging on funnel.
50 September 20, 2022
160831: CA-38 Funnel baffles cut from .005" styrene (I messed up the PE for this).
51 September 20, 2022
160827: CA-38 PE for boat deck and Aft Fire Control
52 September 20, 2022
160827: CA-38 PE for boat deck and other progress. Note trial rigging on funnel.
53 September 20, 2022
1608317: CA-38 Progress. 20mm replaced with 3D printed units from 3DModelParts.com
54 September 20, 2022
160831: CA-38 Progress: searchlight tower.
55 September 20, 2022
160902: CA-38 Funnel rigging with invisible sewing thread run through a black sharpie.
56 September 20, 2022
160902: CA-38 Funnel rigging with invisible sewing thread run through a black sharpie.
57 September 20, 2022
160906: CA-38 20mm and 1.1" replacement with 3D printed parts from 3DModelParts.com.
58 September 20, 2022
160906: CA-38 20mm and 1.1" replacement with 3D printed parts from 3DModelParts.com.
59 September 20, 2022
160907: CA-38 Screws. Paint is rattlecan Gold.
60 September 20, 2022
160907: Mooring line reels, with cotton thread manila line.
61 September 20, 2022
160912: More superstructure detail.
62 September 20, 2022
160912: CA-38 Fo'c'sle running gear striker plates.
63 September 20, 2022
160912: CA-38 Fo'c'sle running gear striker plates.
64 September 20, 2022
160917 Rigging the foremast. Note the brass staple to secure the mast, and the PE ladder used to tie off the signal halyards.
65 September 20, 2022
160917 Rigging the foremast. Signal halyards are 20 den Caenis under tension from a small weight.
66 September 20, 2022
160919: CA-38 SOC-3s with PE struts, props.
67 September 20, 2022
160919: CA-38 SOC-3s with PE struts, props.
68 September 20, 2022
160924: B&A Crane assembly and rigging.
69 September 20, 2022
160924: CA-38 Mainmast assembly.
70 September 20, 2022
160926: CA-38 with flagbags rigged with 20dn Caenis.
71 September 20, 2022
160926: CA-38 gets her identity.
72 September 20, 2022
160928: CA38 progress. Note funnel rigging temp secured with poster putty.
73 September 20, 2022
161016: CA38 whaleboats. Re-did attachment to include eye bolts and rope falls.
74 September 20, 2022
161017: CA38 progress. STBD Utility boat is on a PE skid with sprue stabilizers (drilled into hull).
75 September 20, 2022
161017: CA38 progress. Note suspended whaleboats. Falls were passed through drilled hole in the davits then secured with white glue and touched up.
76 September 20, 2022
161017: CA38 progress. STBD Utility boat is on a PE skid with sprue stabilizers (drilled into hull).
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Rui Awesome build 👍
20 September 2022, 04:05
Andrew P Thanks! I really enjoyed adding detail to this one.
20 September 2022, 04:18
Neuling Great work!
20 September 2022, 08:13
Rui S Impressive 👍
20 September 2022, 20:03
Album info USS San Francisco (CA-38) in 1/350 scale from Trumpeter kit.
Depicted as deployed for Guadalcanal campaign c. 1942.
Gold MM PE Set,
Master Model 8" barrels,
1.1" quads and 20mm from 3DModelParts.com.
Hull and verticals are Lifecolor acrylic 5-O (to represent faded 5-N of MS 21)
Steel deck surfaces are MM Acryl Gunship Grey (FS36118 )
Hull is rattlecan red-brown primer.
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