hello; my dad served aboard uss crosley, i would like to build model of his ship, in a scale bigger
than 1/350. i know it will take work, just unsure what to use to start with. thanks
Lindberg makes a 1/300 scale USS DeLong which is the same class of DE as the USS Crosley started out before conversion to a APD’.
www.modelerjoe.net/shipmodellist.html
or can use revel’s buckley class de which is 1/240 scale but you will need to get an enclosed 5" gun mount.
Scale Shipyard has a 1:96 scale fiberglass hull and plan set for the RUDDEROW Class DE’s. They also have a hull, plans and fittings kit for the GANTNER (APD 42), which could be used as a starting point. You would have to scratch build the decks and superstructure.