im looking for a model of the destroyer tender Isle Royale.She was number AD 29. My father served aboard her after he returned from Vietnam and I am looking to find a model of her to build…any help would be much appreciated…thanks in advance.heres the web page for anyone to look.
Decent kits of auxilary ships are few and far between. As far as I know, no kits of AD-26 class destroyer tenders currently exist. However, Liberty ships are not totally dis-similar in size and shape compared to the tenders cranked out during WWII. Maybe you could convert Trumpeter’s Liberty ship into something passable. Now if only somebody would make a decent kit of my old boat, USS Shenandoah (AD-44).
the only model i was able to find were for AD-15, AD-16, AD-17 and AD-18.i thought about trying to get one of those and modify it…but i dont know.
Stumbled across this:…http://www.motionmodels.com/ships/misc/ad26.html while looking for tender kits. They apparently build to order.
motionmodels does fine work, average cost is $3000. 12 month waiting list.
In fact it might not be too hard. The Isle Royale is based on the C3 cargo ship, at least as a foundation, and Revell of Germany recently released the Hawaiian Pilot, which is the old Burleigh C3 kit. Thats available for $18. Then the fun begins, and it would be, too.