Post by Daniel C on Sept 19, 2009 12:22:40 GMT -5
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No, this isn't a new project, it is a rescued project started years ago, I am going to finish it this year!
The kit is Tamiya's 1/700 scale USS Indianapolis, CA-35 the second ship of the Portland class of Heavy Cruiser. this is the ship that in July of 1945 carried the atomic bomb from San Francisco to Tinian Is. in the Pacific, she was hit by 2 torpedoes from the Japanese sub I-58 4 days after delivering the bomb, she sank in 12 minutes. Most of her crew was lost due to a snafu in reporting her loss and starting a rescue search.
The kit is very nice and will have Tom's Modelworks photo etch added and Dai-Riki 9x fishing line for rigging.
Here we go!
The Photo etch sheet
Forward superstructure under construction
After superstructure and seaplane well / hanger
Painting begins.....
She will be finished just like the box art since Tamiya chose to mold the kit in her final apperance.... To be IPMS accurate you have no other choice hehehe. So, Navy blue and haze gray for the hull, haze gray for the superstructure and deck blue for all horizontal surfaces seen from overhead.
No, this isn't a new project, it is a rescued project started years ago, I am going to finish it this year!
The kit is Tamiya's 1/700 scale USS Indianapolis, CA-35 the second ship of the Portland class of Heavy Cruiser. this is the ship that in July of 1945 carried the atomic bomb from San Francisco to Tinian Is. in the Pacific, she was hit by 2 torpedoes from the Japanese sub I-58 4 days after delivering the bomb, she sank in 12 minutes. Most of her crew was lost due to a snafu in reporting her loss and starting a rescue search.
The kit is very nice and will have Tom's Modelworks photo etch added and Dai-Riki 9x fishing line for rigging.
Here we go!
The Photo etch sheet
Forward superstructure under construction
After superstructure and seaplane well / hanger
Painting begins.....
She will be finished just like the box art since Tamiya chose to mold the kit in her final apperance.... To be IPMS accurate you have no other choice hehehe. So, Navy blue and haze gray for the hull, haze gray for the superstructure and deck blue for all horizontal surfaces seen from overhead.
