USS Indianaplois CA-35
by Martin J Quinn
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1/700 USS Indianapolis CA-35 (Matchbox)

The old Matchbox kit built before the Tamiya kit was released. I replaced the 5in and 40mm guns with Skywave replacements parts. The 20mm guns were replaced with Gold Medal Models 20mm guns. I added new splinter sheilds and 20mm guns to the bow. New deckhouses were added on either side of the stack, per reference photos I had (before Steve Wipers books came out) I reworked the fire control radars to match reference photos. I also used GMM PE for railing, catapult and crane. The new mainmast was sratchbuilt this was before Tom's PE was available for this kit).

Martin J Quinn



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