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USS Fletcher, Tamiya model

Discussion in 'Modelling' started by Half Track, Mar 15, 2021.

  1. Kai-Petri

    Kai-Petri Kenraali

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    LAH is Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and Grossdeutschland Wehrmacht Elite division.
     
  2. CAC

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    To admire the tech is not to follow the politics or ideals of those paying for it mate...
     
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    Very true. I could never follow the nazi politics Hitler or not.
     
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    Grossdeutschland sounds like a Waffen-SS unit but they were a Wehrmacht Elite unit.
     
  5. Kai-Petri

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    The LAH symbol

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    Grossdeutschland symbol

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  6. Prospero Quevedo

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    Lol, yeah its funny when you find something wrong you know no one else will notice but I just get bugged when I find something wrong and have to fix it. Like ftoys Finnish Brewster 239, I was really into getting this model as they had found a Finnish 239 complete and in very good condition at the bottom of some lake. However the model is actually a f2a2 it won't be hard to fix but come on might have to get the mark one kits that says they're really the correct model. Plus mark one has a f2a3 which might be good for one of the carrier's I want to build. Hopefully my nephew in Australia can get me a f9f panther always liked that plane from bridges at toko ri and navy vs the night monsters.
     
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    I watched Tokyo Ri on the weekend...I’ve always been annoyed by how long the US took to sweep their jets...so I’m more of a Cougar fan...more what it should be IMO...
     
  8. Half Track

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    Pretty well done messing around with this now, just couldn’t stand all those spare parts in the box so I added to the model along with more rigging. The Fletcher did not have guns at the stern, but................. 880F0381-508E-4DF1-8271-ADF17CC66974.jpeg 37B0E3A2-9904-44E2-83D5-9D25CD61E3A2.jpeg 9B548BE7-7A0D-4206-9971-35D988CB6311.jpeg
     
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    I know. I have a big box full of spare parts and separate markings to add to the planes etc in case....
     
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  10. Takao

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    As completed she did not have 20mms at the stern.

    3 20mm guns were added during her August 1943 refit.
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    Oh boy, thanks! I just put one down and one up, on a little platform. Just my idea, but I had no idea that they ever added any more because all the photos of her that I ever looked at, I never remember seeing that addition.
     
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    How about > one half million photographs to help with your research? Photography
     
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    Thanks much to both
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    They get their pictures from NHHC, so you can skip the middleman if you wish.
     
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  16. Takao

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    Your not "skipping" the middleman at all. Have you actually compared the two sites?

    NHHC's photography for USS Fletcher(DD-445) - 35 photos
    Search

    Navsource's webpage on USS Fletcher (DD-445) - 54 photos
    Destroyer Photo Index DD-445 / DDE-445 USS FLETCHER

    Example #2: USS Radford DD-446
    NHHC - 13 Photos
    Search

    Navsource - 31 photos
    Destroyer Photo Index DD-446 / DDE-446 USS RADFORD



    Since I have not been on the NHHC's photography site in some time, I did notice that they now have for download varying sizes & quality of their photos - low quality/size .PNGs, medium quality/size .JPEGs, and sometime high quality/size .TIFFs. The TIFFs are a nice addition for photos I would like to use as wallpaper/screen savers on my PC.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    You may have missed the one half million images that aren't easily accessed.
     
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    A bird in the hand is worth a half million in the bush.

    They might have half a million, they might have three million, but if you cannot access them, they have zero.
     
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    I have them on my hard drive. Got a good connection these days.

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    Lucky! My Verizon DSL has been slipping a lot lately. Seriously considering switching to Comcast cable.
     
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