1/350 Trumpeter USS The Sullivans donor for USS Johnston

[spruecutter]

Once I get another plane done I will start on this build. The Trumpeter 1/350 USS The Sullivans, a square bridge Fletcher class destroyer. I have Tom's Modelworks PE set for it. I am doing it as the USS Johnston that was sunk in October 1944 at the battle off Samar. They found the wreck a few years ago at roughly 20,000 feet, roughly 4 miles down. A most interesting ship and a very interesting story as to it's fighting to the very last moment some big Japanese battleships and cruisers much bigger and more heavily outgunned. It scored a lot of hits and I think shocked the Japanese as it did a lot of damage for a destroyer.

 

[blakeh1]

Cool project

 

[spruecutter]

Yup it is, I had some free time from the wing things so I decided to see if I had a rattle can color that was close to deck blue 20B. Looks pretty close to me, a dark bluish gray color. Also here is the photo etch set.