Below is a close up of the island. I have a GMM AN/SPS-8A HF radar and a AN/SPS-12 above it on the mast. I have also rebuilt the 1950s radio antenna behind the funnels.
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| My warship collection. With a smattering of merchant ships, Coast Guard cutters. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| This is my 1/700 scale KM Leipzig Light Cruiser. The model is of the ship on the eve of WW2, @1939. Shortly after the war begins the seaplane is deleted from the ship. I have used aftermarket gun barrels on the 15cm guns. The 8.8cm and 3.7cm are resin aftermarket from WSW. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| This is my USS Forrestal kitbash project. I'm taking a Italeri 1/720 USS Saratoga which is a 1980s view of the ship, and back dating it to the early 1960s. I'm still putting together its air group. I have A-4 Skyhawk, A-1 Skyraiders, F-4B Phantom II, A-5, and a Flying Banana helecoptor. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| I rebuilt the sponsons with the 5 inch Mk42 guns. Below is a close up of the island. I have a GMM AN/SPS-8A HF radar and a AN/SPS-12 above it on the mast. I have also rebuilt the 1950s radio antenna behind the funnels. |
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