Thursday 26 May 2022

Bulldogs Away! Fletcher DD Modernised

 


I have an old Tamiya 1/700th scale kit of a Fletcher class destroyer that I'm thinking of kit bashing into a modernised version for use as a target in Bulldogs Away! This wouldn't be the full FRAM upgrade but some minor surgery to create something akin to the ex-US destroyers acquired by various South American navies in the 1960's, some of which have been in service until relatively recently. This also means I may well re-locate my project to Central or South America, where there is plenty of scope for FAC actions to take place in an 'imaginations' context. 

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2 comments:

  1. Dave S.26 May 2022 at 20:54

    This is a fun idea. I usually watch for cheap Gearing/Sumner models for the same reason.

    You might want to look at this site for an idea of the modifications done for the Argentinian Navy.
    http://www.navypedia.org/ships/argentina/arg_dd_brown.htm

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  2. Jim Jackaman28 May 2022 at 15:50

    Thanks Dave. Very useful.

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