by David LaPell
1/1200 USS Newport News CA-148 (Comet)
This is the comet 1/1200 USS Des Moines, converted to the USS Newport News. I replaced the main gun barrels with stryene rod, took the 5-inch guns off and replaced them with those from the 1/1200 Revell Missouri. I scratchbuilt the masts out of stryene rod and struts. I also added the "ears" to the rangefinders, and painted the whole thing with pollyscale acrylics. The base is that of a 1/24 scale car, covered with textured waves made of spackle. I painted the base and gave it two coats of future floor wax. The model will end up being given to a former crewmember who was on the Newport News in the early 1960's
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