Trumpeter USS Fletcher DD-445 - 1/200

[yvesvidal]

This is a quick presentation of the latest 1/200 kit from Trumpeter. I have two Japanese, one German ships at that scale and thought that I should also have one American vessel. I always wanted to build the kit from Lindberg about that famous Destroyer, but could not resolve myself to spend time on such a crude kit. When Trumpeter announced the production of the DD-445, it was worth investing into it (I got my kit from Squadron for less than $99.00). Of course, the Lindberg kit designed for flotation is much bigger, but the Trumpeter kit will fit nicely with the other ships I have.

 

The box is very well presented and organized, as is the case with Trumpeter.

 

 

 

 

As is the case with Trumpeter, the instructions comes with a nice double pages, showing the colors and paints required to finish the model. Two schemes are proposed:

 

 

The first page shows all the parts available in the kit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

A large sheet of decals is provided:

 

 

Hull and deck are pre-packaged together:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two sheets of PE and a length of chains, are also included: 

 

 

 

I believe this little kit will be popular among the modelers. Trumpeter was planning to provide three different types of destroyer of that same class. We will see if they implement that idea, all the way.

 

Yves