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Andrew P (AndrexP)
USS CONWAY (DD-507)
Saw this in my friend's living room. Says DD-507. It was his Dad's ship. I had one of thise in the stash, so...
USS Conway (DD-507) in the Pacific, WWII.
190129: Entire hull was airbrushed with MM Acryl 5-N Navy Blue, then masked again for the 5-H Haze Grey above the sheer line (Measure 22).
190129: Entire hull was airbrushed with MM Acryl 5-N Navy Blue, then masked again for the 5-H Haze Grey above the sheer line (Measure 22).
190130: Next the boot topping was masked off and sprayed black (WalMart Flat Black rattlecan).
190130: Gunhouses and superstructure elements airbrused 5-H.
190130: Gunhouses and superstructure elements airbrused 5-H. Decks are MM Acryl Gunship Grey (FS36118).
190131: Lower hull masked and sprayed with red primer (Krylon rattlecan).
190131: After unmasking.
190201: Base is stained oak. Keel blocks are basswood, stained with craft paints. Every other one is glued in (the rest are spacers).
190201: Base is stained oak. Keel blocks are basswood, stained with craft paints. Every other one is glued in (the rest are spacers).
190201: I had to bevel the outer blocks to conform to the hull.
190202: Driling out the Pilothouse ports.
190202: Driling out the Pilothouse ports.
190202: Gun houses assembled and fit tested.
190203: Laying down the non-skid. Strips are cut from a dedicated sheet from L'Arsenal.
190203: Laying down the non-skid. Strips are cut from a dedicated sheet from L'Arsenal.
190205: Trial replacement mast from brass rod, soldered. Later decided not to use it.
190208: Progress check.
190208: Progress check.
190208: Progress check.
190208: Progress check.
090311: Flag bags for DD-507 made from plasticard strips.
190509: Base is ready.
190509: Base is ready.
191119: Gunhouses ready toi be closed up. Note felt pads for friction on the elevating barrels.
191119: Populating the Aft Emergency Conning Station.
191119: Populating the Aft Emergency Conning Station.
191125: Foremast mounted and rigged. Note SA antenna.
191203: Installing the GMM railings. Blobs are poster putty to hold the rails in place for glueing.
191203: Installing the GMM railings. Blobs are poster putty to hold the rails in place for glueing.
191203: GMM railings installed. I had to cut and move the chocks to match the holes. Note PE WTDs, too. (Watertight doors).
191203: Rigging the aft stays. Hard to see, but the filament runs through drilled holes, held in place by poster putty for glueing.
191204: Dressing up the fwd stack with steam lines for the whistle.
191204: More PE railings.
191204: More PE railings.
191204: More PE railings.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Conway and Farenholt doing leapfrogs.
191214: Conway and Farenholt doing leapfrogs.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
191214: Complete and out on trials.
Comentarii
6 22 January 2022, 20:29
Michael Kohl Nice background, nice model, excellent rigging and very clean PE parts. Like the technique with the felt and to adjust the railings (saved 🙂 )
22 January 2022, 21:02
Gary Victory Really nice job Andrew and a lovely gesture to your friend. Top job Sir. 👍
USS CONWAY (DD-507) c. 1945.
(Tamiya USS Fletcher in 1/350 scale, kit #78012 c. 1996)
While at a friend's Christmas dinner, I stumbled across a sketch of a US Navy ship in the home's sitting room with the Caption "DESTROYER - WWII". Being somewhat of a USN ship nerd, I recognized the ship as a WWII Destroyer, specifically a round-bridge Fletcher-class DD in Measure 22 camo. On closer inspection, I noticed the hull number drawn on the ship's bow. It turns out this was USS Conway, and that the host's grandfather was a Signalman on the ship in WWII.
I figured my friend wouldn't mind having a replica…
I bought the kit back in 2003 when it was still a young release and kept it in my stash for such a moment. Colors are MM Acryl 5-N Navy Blue and 5-H haze Grey, while the hull bottom is red rattlecan primer.
Decals (hull numbers) are cobbled from scraps. Non-skid strips from L'Arsenal sheet. The ship's name was done in somewhat-exaggerated large lettering (so old folk like me and the recipient can read the ship's name without reading glasses) with a blue background so that I could cut in the letters with a fine brush.
I did a minimal number of modifications, like adding a secondary conn and flag bags (mysteriously missing from the Tamiya kit) with rigging from smoke monofilament and Caenis fly-tying thread.
As it turns out, Conway was commissioned in late 1942 and entered the Pacific in January 1943, just in time to help foil Japanese attempts at reinforcing their garrison in Guadalcanal up "the Slot". She spent quality time in the South Pacific, participating in multiple surface actions for the duration of the war, from Guadalcanal to the surrender and beyond, finally leaving for home from Shanghai in December 1945.
After the war, she served in the guise of a DDE and back as a DD, and served in the Vietnam War before being decommissioned in 1969.
Michael Kohl
Gary Victory
