USS San Antonio (LPD-17)

Dragon 7110 LPD-21 Decal sheet 

140922: LPD-17 initial assessment. Kit is LPD-21 by Dragon/Cyber Hobby? 

140922: LPD-17 initial assessment. Sitting next to LHD-5 by HobbyBoss. 

140922: LPD-17 initial assessment. Sitting next to LHD-5 by HobbyBoss. 

140922: There's no Well deck in this thing, so I made one. 

140922: There's no Well deck in this thing, so I made one. 

141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. There are only four kit parts in that picture: lower and upper hull, and the two boat wells. 

141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. Fit is excellent, especially along the complex hull knuckle. 

141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. Fit is excellent, especially along the complex hull knuckle. 

141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. Fit is excellent, especially along the complex hull knuckle. 

141210: LPD-17 Initial masking. horizontals were sprayed with rattlecan Krylon grey primer (to represent 3-month old non-skid). 

141210: LPD-17 unmasking after spraying Haze Grey (MM Acryl Neutral Grey FS26270). 

141210: LPD-17 unmasking after spraying Haze Grey (MM Acryl Neutral Grey FS26270). 

141210: LPD-17 unmasking after spraying Haze Grey (MM Acryl Neutral Grey FS26270). 

141210: LPD-17 after unmasking. Flight deck area is rattlecan flat black. 

141215: LPD-17 ready to mask the boot topping. 

141215: LPD-17 coating failure! That is MM Acryl coming off a standard neutral grey primer. 

141215: LPD-17 coating failure! That is MM Acryl coming off a standard neutral grey primer. 

151212: LPD-17 surface connectors in a forced perspective. 

151212: LCAC with M1A1 (1/350 

151212: LCAC with M1A1 (1/350 

151212: LPD-17 surface connectors in a forced perspective. 

151212: Forced perspective: two LCACs with M1A1 (1/350 and 1/700), plus LCU. 

151212: LCU-1640 in 1/700 (from Hobbyboss LHD kit)) 

151212: LCAC in 1/700 (from Hobbyboss LHD kit)) 

151212: LPD-17 after initial decal application 

151212: LPD-17 after initial decal application. One-piece flight deck decal went on perfectly! 

160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160307: LPD-17 compleat. 

160307: LPD-17 complete. Texas flag was made to size on a laser printer. 

160307: LPD-17 with surface connectors. 

160307: LPD-17 with surface connectors. 

160307: LPD-17 with surface connectors and airwing. 

160307: LPD-17 with scratchbuilt representation of Well Deck. 

160307: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160307: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160307: LPD-17 with airwing aboard. 

160307: LPD-17 complete. 

180531: Nice to have a handy reference guide! 

180531: Nice to have a handy reference guide!