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USS Baltimore

a photo feature by Dave Hill
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USS Baltimore…

YMW 1/350 USS Baltimore gave me the chance to build my all time favorite class of warship and to work with resin for the first time. The kit I found was easier to work with than I thought, although when everything was said and done the finished model is about 40% plastic. Replacing kit parts with scratch built plastic ones was done mainly for ease of painting and to satisfy my finicky tastes rather than poor quality. The kit is very nicely done and will build an impressive model right out of the box.

The model was finished using the kit’s p/e, WEM enamels and Dupli-Color red primer for the anti-fouling, I rigged the model using Uni-Ceanis thread.

References…

The Floating Drydock plans
Navsource website

Aftermarket extras…

B&D 8"/55 brass barrels
Trumpeter Kingfishers /w WEM p/e detail set
L’Arsenal
40 and 20mm guns
Mk.51 gun directors
Mk37 gun directors
5" twin mounts /w brass barrels
Paravanes
Sky lookouts
25 man rafts
USN heavy cruiser catapults
24 and 36" searchlights

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Copyright ©2021 by Dave Hill. _OPINIONS Model Shipwrights, KitMaker Network, or Silver Star Enterrpises. Images also by copyright holder unless otherwise noted. Opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of Model Shipwrights. All rights reserved. Originally published on: 2011-02-08 00:00:00. Unique Reads: 6450