USS San Diego CL 53

Modeling Subjects Ships
1

I recently completed the Dragon 1/700 “Premium Edition” kit of the USS San Diego CL 53. Nice kit, but a few fit issues with the superstructure. I liked that it included its own photoetch, but a PE crane would have been nice. I used only the PE that came with the kit. The camo pattern on the hull was airbrushed; on the superstructure, it was handpainted.

2

Very well done. I like the water as well as your camouflage treatment.

All together shows a sense of the speed and power of this class of cruiser .

3

Great!

4

Great job, the camo really makes it hard to see in the ocean.

5

Thanks! Correct, the idea of Measure 12 and other, subsequent “disruptive” camo patterns was to protect ships from submarine attack (when submarines were seen as the greatest threat).

6

Very nice!