TGarthConnelly Posted January 31, 2015 Report Posted January 31, 2015 Hello Guys, A nice gentleman named Len Fricke sold me an old LINDBERG LINE kit of a RUDDEROW Class DE - the USS RILEY. Another nice man named Rick E. Davis sent me some parts from a SKYWAVE/PITROAD set ... and another nice man named Bill Stathis has agreed to build it for me. I just sent everything to Bill today ... I can't wait to see the finished product. I'm going to have it finished like a photo of the RILEY that I saw on NAVSOURCE. In that photo, I think the DE was in Measure 22 ... Tim
VonL Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 Here's to the DE's! While DE-766 USS Slater is a Cannon class ship, there is a lot of commonality in the WWII DE hardware. The Slater museum (DEHM) released a 2015 calendar with gorgeous shots of the ship, including drydock pix of the hull. Lots of great reference info there. And it's a great place to visit! Definitely do pass along some pix of the Riley build.
TGarthConnelly Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Posted February 1, 2015 Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh, I will. DEFINITELY sir.
TGarthConnelly Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Posted February 2, 2015 This is the scheme I want on my RILEY.
Guest PetrolGator Posted March 24, 2015 Report Posted March 24, 2015 Navsource has a way of randomly going down. You may be better off downloading the image and directly posting it.
TGarthConnelly Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Posted December 31, 2015 Here's the finished model built by Bill Stathis.
Ron Bell Posted December 31, 2015 Report Posted December 31, 2015 What an outstanding job on a, let's be honest, not very good kit. Great to see what can be done with these gems in the rough....very rough in this case.
TGarthConnelly Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Posted December 31, 2015 I agree, Ron. When he handed it to me, I was - to coin a phrase - shocked and awed.
VonL Posted January 1, 2016 Report Posted January 1, 2016 What Ron said - very nice - !!! About what scale is this critter?
TGarthConnelly Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Posted January 2, 2016 Bob, Hi, ... sorry for the delay in answering, sir. But, I was a little busy with my online class. The kit is 1:535.
TGarthConnelly Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Posted January 2, 2016 Here are more pictures of it.
VonL Posted January 6, 2016 Report Posted January 6, 2016 Holy smokes - that is a truly great piece of work. Silk purse, indeed! Did not recognize the kit until you noted the scale.
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