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Nick Tiberio

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    USS Coates (DE-685), construction of the funnel, cherrywood, then scratching detail.
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    USS Coates (DE-685), fitting out the anchor gear, test fitting the MK52 Director tub, making the MK51 tubs, MK51 40mm & 52 5" directors, depth charge stren rack & K-Gun racks
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    The props (screws) are manganese bronze made by the lost wax casting process. Many of the castings were reproduced using britania pewter.
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    USS Coates (DE-685). 5"parctice loading machine, 40mm bofors and hawser storage reals, test fitting.
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    Thanks Rick
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    USS Coates (DE-685), test fitting fore & after superstructures.
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    USS Coates (DE-685), I photoetched brass most of the fittings on the model, here are some of the hatches used. The foward and after superstructure taking shape, brass, aluminum, and sheet styrene.
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    USS Coates (DE-685) Fitting the jewelry, rudders are carved from styrene stock, aluminum runner posts, screws were made by LCDR John Woodward USN who at that time was OIC of the Propeller Shop Long Beach Naval Shipyard. They are manganese bronze, I turned brass stock on a lathe to make the dunce cones.
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    Thanks Phil, photos coming.
  10. Nick Tiberio
    Thank you, well planned baby steps. Scratch building is rewarding when it all comes together.
  11. Nick Tiberio
    Thanks Rick, I've not been able to find anyone that has built a display model in this scale so I'm on my own.
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    Thanks John
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    It's a learning curve for sure.
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    USS Coates DE-686 buiding. Deck, hawsways, bildge keels, struts, shafts, sonar dome, etc.
  15. Nick Tiberio
    USS Coates was the first ship I served on, '65-'67, again '69-70. As a machinest mate assigned to both the firerooms and engine rooms. Now that the model is complete I look back at the years on and off building her. Working from shipyard prints, photos my memories are now complete. I'd like to share with fellow modelers a not to common build. The USS Coates is a Rudderow class destroyer escort that served from 1944 until decommissioning in 1970. Starting with a fiberglass hull from the Scale Shipyard and a display baseboard which became the foundation for this build.

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