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USS Fletcher DD992 1-700scale Skywave PitRoad kit no. 51/SW-1600.

Finished building 30Aug1993 with many small additions and corrections carried out to match photos I had of the real ship. The ship's SH-60A Seahawk was detailed with added scratch built items such as more scale rotor blades, Mk.46 ASW torpedoes & the MAD bird. I didn't have any USN Haze Grey paint so I used what I had, the whole model lightly weathered by dry brushing, there were obvious repainted areas on the real ship's hull I tried to replicate as well. I think it came out well and still looks the part. No PE was used as it wasn't widely available at the time and was too expensive.

DSC07295 44. DD992s by Neil, on Flickr
DSC07293 42. DD992s by Neil, on Flickr
DSC07289 38. DD992s by Neil, on Flickr
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DSC07260 9. DD992s by Neil, on Flickr
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Just to give an idea of the size of one of these "destroyers", here's a pic of Fletcher next to a Matchbox 1/700 scale HMS Exeter,
DSC07253 2. DD992 & HMS Exeter 1-700scaleS by Neil, on Flickr

My Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@ ... 4278353263;

Regards all
Neil

Very nice. I've always liked the Exeter, mainly as my Dad built me and my brother one when we were kids. I think it was the FROG one in 1/500. I have one of those but I didn't know there was a 1/700 one!. It would go better with my other ships!.

That destroyer looks fantastic. And looking at the Exeter, I am still kicking myself for not having yoinked one I saw at an IPMS show a couple of years ago. Excellent work here.

Thanks for the comments gents
MarkyM607 the Matchbox HMS Exeter was first released in 1977, I built mine in 1979 for a High School history project

Very nice build. I especially like your details on the helicopter.

Another cracking build for such a small scale kit!

Thanks for the comments gents

I've a lot of these to do in future