Type 26 City-Class frigate by NavyShooter - 3D Print - 1/144 - Display

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Alrighty, 

 

Calling V1 complete - it's headed for the CO's office first thing next week.  She will hopefully appreciate it.  

 

My hope is also that other leadership around the base will see it and will go "HEY, I WANT ONE TOO" and my day job will get busier making these....I figure I can put out about 1/month of this quality.  More detail will take longer. 

 

V2 got a layer of putty today and will dry over the weekend.  

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Here's V2 with a layer of putty applied. 

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And here we are, HMCS Fraser DDH 240 is complete.

 

Decals are applied and clear-coated. 

 

I'm generally pleased with how she looks - hull #2 will be better - second coat of putty was just applied.

Hull #2 will also have a more accurate weapons loadout - I've made a model of both the SEA RAM launcher and the NSM, so CIWS and Harpoon will disappear on the next version. 

 

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Well, hull #1 was presented to my unit's CO yesterday - she was quite pleased with the Fraser.

 

Moving along with V2, she got a dose of putty, then some sanding yesterday morning. 

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I gave her a shot of primer yesterday before I headed home and she looked - OK. 

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Today she got another shot of putty which dried quickly and got sanded, finished the sanding with some 180 grit - good enough for this one.  At end of today, she's gray primed, and almost ready for some blue on the hull.  

 

I need to print and add the prop shafts in the morning then I'll be able to paint. 

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Hull #2 got a layer of blue today...then some minor putty addition, some sanding, and a final layer of blue to set over the weekend.

 

Next week will see me getting the ship's side Gray done on the uppers, painting the 'non-skid' parts, then detailing.  This one's probably going to be done by the end of next week.

 

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The CIWS I had on V1 was the 20mm Phalanx...and that's not the right version.

Turns out the 'correct' version (for now, conceptually) is the 11 shot SeaRAM launcher with the radome.

 

So....here we go.  Some more 3D design work.