Tamiya 1/350 Fletcher

[Ronv]

Nice Fletcher Mika! What's the final ratio of railings on the Fletcher to the railings stuck to the work bench?
RonV

[Anthony Leger]

Yes, that is a nice looking Fletcher Mika. Those railings are a challenge even I'm not yet ready to attempt.

Tony

[lgriffin]

Mika, that's lookig real nice. I like the camo job you've done on her.

Cheers,

Lee G.

[JonE]

Sure is purty Mika. Nice job (so far).

JonE

[mharviala]

Moving right along ... (or maybe not)

So, Eduard doesn't provide me with enough rails to make up the amount I'm able to mess up.  The Czechs have a flawed estimation of my modeling skills.  Here is where Fletcher sits until Luckymodel sends me enough railing to replace what is superglued all over my workspace.

[mharviala]

Yet more progress on Fletcher:

[JonE]

Looks good Mika, Fletcher class is my favorite "boat". Love the camo so far.

[Ryan K]

Looks real good.

[mharviala]

Hull now painted ... the frisket film worked like a charm for masking the hull.







Next is the superstructure painting.  I'm going to do that camo freehand w/ brush.

[mharviala]

I've been inspired to make a bit of progress on my Fletcher.  I'm using the Eduard etch set to add some detail, the most challenging piece of which was the weapon director.

Here are a couple of photos, which really don't show the details...





- Mika