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!
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10 6 October 2022, 05:39
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USS San Antonio (LPD-17) in 1/700 from Cyber-Hobby kit of LPD-21.