USS San Antonio (LPD-17)
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October 6, 2022Dragon 7110 LPD-21 Decal sheet2
October 6, 2022140922: LPD-17 initial assessment. Kit is LPD-21 by Dragon/Cyber Hobby?3
October 6, 2022140922: LPD-17 initial assessment. Sitting next to LHD-5 by HobbyBoss.4
October 6, 2022140922: LPD-17 initial assessment. Sitting next to LHD-5 by HobbyBoss.5
October 6, 2022140922: There's no Well deck in this thing, so I made one.6
October 6, 2022140922: There's no Well deck in this thing, so I made one.7
October 6, 2022141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. There are only four kit parts in that picture: lower and upper hull, and the two boat wells.8
October 6, 2022141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. Fit is excellent, especially along the complex hull knuckle.9
October 6, 2022141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. Fit is excellent, especially along the complex hull knuckle.10
October 6, 2022141207: LPD-17 Initial assembly. Fit is excellent, especially along the complex hull knuckle.11
October 6, 2022141210: LPD-17 Initial masking. horizontals were sprayed with rattlecan Krylon grey primer (to represent 3-month old non-skid).12
October 6, 2022141210: LPD-17 unmasking after spraying Haze Grey (MM Acryl Neutral Grey FS26270).13
October 6, 2022141210: LPD-17 unmasking after spraying Haze Grey (MM Acryl Neutral Grey FS26270).14
October 6, 2022141210: LPD-17 unmasking after spraying Haze Grey (MM Acryl Neutral Grey FS26270).15
October 6, 2022141210: LPD-17 after unmasking. Flight deck area is rattlecan flat black.16
October 6, 2022141215: LPD-17 ready to mask the boot topping.17
October 6, 2022141215: LPD-17 coating failure! That is MM Acryl coming off a standard neutral grey primer.18
October 6, 2022141215: LPD-17 coating failure! That is MM Acryl coming off a standard neutral grey primer.19
October 6, 2022151212: LPD-17 surface connectors in a forced perspective.20
October 6, 2022151212: LCAC with M1A1 (1/35021
October 6, 2022151212: LCAC with M1A1 (1/35022
October 6, 2022151212: LPD-17 surface connectors in a forced perspective.23
October 6, 2022151212: Forced perspective: two LCACs with M1A1 (1/350 and 1/700), plus LCU.24
October 6, 2022151212: LCU-1640 in 1/700 (from Hobbyboss LHD kit))25
October 6, 2022151212: LCAC in 1/700 (from Hobbyboss LHD kit))26
October 6, 2022151212: LPD-17 after initial decal application27
October 6, 2022151212: LPD-17 after initial decal application. One-piece flight deck decal went on perfectly!28
October 6, 2022160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.29
October 6, 2022160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.30
October 6, 2022160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.31
October 6, 2022160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.32
October 6, 2022160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.33
October 6, 2022160226: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.34
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 compleat.35
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 complete. Texas flag was made to size on a laser printer.36
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with surface connectors.37
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with surface connectors.38
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with surface connectors and airwing.39
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with scratchbuilt representation of Well Deck.40
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.41
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.42
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 with airwing aboard.43
October 6, 2022160307: LPD-17 complete.44
March 24, 2023180531: Nice to have a handy reference guide!45
March 24, 2023180531: 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.