170207 CL54 Progress-07
170207 CL54 Progress-06
170207 CL54 Progress-05
170207 CL54 Progress-03
120728 CL-54 Running Gear installation
120728 CL-54 Hull Finish and Running Gear-102
090407 San Juan on her bottom
USS San Juan (CL-54) (1/700 Skywave Atlanta) showing corrected pilothouse and flying bridge.
090328 USS San Juan (Skywave Atlanta class) displaying her basswood undersides. Needs running gear (next rainy day project).
090328 Top to bottom: Skywave Fletcher, Skywave Atlanta class, Tamiya Indianapolis, all 1/700 scale. Hulls are carved out of basswood to eyeball standards.
090326 Top to bottom: Skywave Fletcher, Skywave Atlanta class, Tamiya Indianapolis, all 1/700 scale. Features added to Indy of Styrene strip. Note bulbous bows on top two, built-up with CA.
Top to bottom: Tamiya Indianapolis, Skywave Atlanta class, Skywave Fletcher, all 1/700 scale. Hulls are carved out of basswood to eyeball standards.
090322 Top to bottom: Tamiya Indianapolis, Skywave Atlanta class, Skywave Fletcher, all 1/700 scale. Hulls are carved out of basswood to eyeball standards.
090311 Basswood bottom for USS San Juan (CL-54). Armour belt, bilge keels and skeg added from styrene sheet, secured and faired with thin CA.
090307 Basswood bottoms for USS San Juan (CL-54) and Skywave Fletcher. Coated with spray varnish (clear gloss).
090305 Basswood bottom for USS San Juan (CL-54)
090304 Basswood bottom for USS San Juan (CL-54)
090224 Basswood bottom for USS San Juan (CL-54)
090210 Carving and shaping. Basswood prefered over Balsa, which is too soft and course-grained.
Basswood cuts remarkably easily by scoring with 3-4 passes. (1/4" basswood)
060927 USS San Juan (1/700 Skywave Atlanta). Corrected, narrower flying bridge.
060927 USS San Juan (1/700 Skywave Atlanta). Corrected, narrower flying bridge in paint. Needs cleanup.
060917 USS San Juan (1/700 Skywave Atlanta). Pilothouse is oversized - Flying bridge should be narrower, following contour of smaller pilothouse.
060917 USS San Juan (1/700 Skywave Atlanta). Pilothouse is oversized - should have exterior walkway as in original Atlanta.
060917 USS Oakland kit by Dragon. Looking for parts to correct oversized pilothouse. (which I just discovered...)
060521 USS San Juan (CL-54). MM 5-D applied (5-D being used to represent BK)
060521 MM 5-D applied (5-D being used to represent BK)
CL51 Class
