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Atlantis Models/Revell Forrest Sherman Class Kit H352 Build - USS Edson (DD 946)

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I have a personal connection to the Forrest Sherman class destroyer USS Edson (DD 946) and have long wanted to build a model of her. Over the years I have picked up or inherited a number of kits of various Forrest Sherman class ships issued by Revell, AHM, and most recently Atlantis Models (see photo below), and this past January I figured it was time to pull one out and put it together. As I mentioned in my intro post, retirement, winter, a knee injury and the idleness that came with all three conspired to push me back into modeling after a 40+ year break. At a minimum, I figured this would give me something positive and creative to do. For the first build I decided I would focus on the basics and build the kit out of the box without modification, paying attention to clean assembly and painting, to include trying my hand at airbrushing. Having spent a number of hours online looking at builds others have done with this kit and exploring possible aftermarket upgrades (photoetch and 3D printed components for example), I was aware there is far more detail that can be added to this particular kit to greatly enhance its finished appearance and detail (two outstanding examples are: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums...jones-dd932-from-the-ancient-revell-1319-kit/ and model number 17 from the list at http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/users/Phil-Toy/user-index.html). These examples set a standard for me to aspire to with future builds with the ultimate objective of achieving a level of finshed detail worthy of a display case. But for this first build I would keep it simple. The photos that follow outline the build progression. The last photo is of hull number 2 painted and awaiting the deck. For this second iteration I plan to explore a more complex paint schedule (deck and details) as well as kit modifications to more closely model the Edson as she was during her early years of service. As completed, this first attempt, while finished with the hull number and name for the Edson, is essentially the Forrest Sherman as that ship was commissioned. Edson was not completed until three years after the lead ship of the class, and as such had a number of differences to include a higher stem giving her more freeboard at the bow, two triple mount rotating torpedo tubes rather than the four fixed tubes that equipped the Forrest Sherman when that ship was commissioned, Edson had no large crains amidships, and had differences in her bridge structure, to name some of the most obvious. I'll create a separate build log for iteration number 2.

Cheers,

Eddie

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I should mention the USS Edson (DD 946) has been the centerpiece museum ship since 2012 of the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum located in Bay City, Michigan (https://svnsm.com/). Previously she was a museum ship with the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City, 1989-2004. She is one of only two surviving ships of the Forrest Sherman class, the other being the USS Turner Joy (DD 951), also a museum ship located in Bremerton, Washington (https://ussturnerjoy.org/).
 
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as it appears you have a few spare kits of that class then why not make the aa & asw versions like i am doing?

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That's some impressive scratch work you're doing; I'm not yet ready to break out the styrene sheets but that is my objective. My focus where the Forrest Sherman class kit is concerned is to focus on the Edson and work the kits to a point where the finished model represents the ship later in her career (mid to late 70's) with the enclosed bridge and additional structure midships. Edson was one of the class that was not converted to a DDG nor upgraded to the more advanced ASW platform. Her hull today is essentially the same as it was when launched. My objective is to build to a skill level worthy of a display case and making family gifts of the model. Thanks for sharing pictures of your work.
 
Kurt Konrath said:
Not for sure, but the anchor chain seems a bit oversize compared to the anchor and ship.
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Kurt,

You are absolutely correct, but that was the only chain I could get my hands on at the time I put on the anchors, the smaller stuff I ordered had not yet come in. Th smaller chain I do have I'll use on the next build. I went to order some more of the smaller chain but now the vendor is out of stock. Bummer.
 
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