I still see reissued kits at Hobby Town. PM me or send me an email if you still have my address, re decals.
That big model showed up again in an article in the Tacoma paper if I recall correctly. I’ll try to dig it up.
Fred
Thanks, Fred. Will do.
This is a really good looking model, yours I mean.
Lindberg got a nice hull shape, although I’m sure when I get into it all kinds of discrepancies like you noted will show up.
Can you mention any source material? Did you work from photos?
Its weird about the decals. Way too big. At first I wondered if the stacks were molded too small, but they seem to scale out ok.
I’ll send you some of the photos I collected. I have them around because I just responded to somebody else who contacted me about this kit. One would think that Lindberg could have at least updated the decal sheet for the re-issue. It can’t be that hard if I did it!
The major flaw is the area back aft. As built, the ship had cargo hatches fore and aft of that last mast. Then they eliminated the aft most hatch and made it passenger accommodation. At the end, they cut off that mast altogether. But the kit doesn’t seem to apply to any of those modifications. I fit it all together as best I could, but it’s not accurate.
Recently de-classified documents show that the ship was a test bed for the super secret “bow rudder”.
is that like the dazzle camouflage ? to confuse the enemy as to which direction it was going?
Probably confused the crew as to which way they were going.
A beautifully crafted model of the CLEVELAND. I’m working on one now. Sadly, I don’t have the tools (or ability!) to remove the accommodation ladders, so I’m having to just deal with them.
There is one mistake on your model which could be easily correct: the aft funnel was not painted blue all the way down to deck level. It was white at the base, which visually balanced the stack with the forward funnel, which sat on a white deck house. Google either the PRESIDENT CLEVELAND or WILSON and you’ll see relevant photos.