Subject: FedEx part 1
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:49:51 -0600
From: "Eric" <vf19@ticon.net>
To: <Ship_Gallery@modelwarships.com>

To: Tim Dike or Jeff Herne

This email plus the following 5 emails are pictures of my FedEx Ticonderoga
cruiser I am sending in for posting. Each email I send will be titled "FedEx
parts (1-6)" and the pics that are attached to the emails are labled as
DSCN2957, DSCN2958, DSCN2961, DSCN2962, DSCN2964, and DSCN2967.
The text to go with the pics as follows:

1/350 USS Special Delivery, FedEx Cruiser built by Eric Mante

Shown here are pictures of a 1/350 Testor Italeri USS Gettysburg,
TICONDEROGA class cruiser that I built and repainted as a FedEx TICONDEROGA
class cruiser. I guess my way of looking at it is: "Due to military budget
cutbacks, the Navy is now seeking sponsors to help keep it's fleet of ships
afloat.". I chose this unique and humorous scheme because I wanted to simply
do something different and show that modeling can be FUN. Although this
model doesn't look very impressive as far as painting, photoetch, etc.; I
did take it to a model contest back on Oct. 4, 2003 (and also Nov. 1, 2003)
just for the hell of it. Little did I know that this model would get some
serious compliments and reviews. It actually won me a First Place trophy
(Oct. 4) and a Third Place ribbon (Nov. 1).  I can only guess that people
thought that it was a unique and humorous subject and I guess that's why it
won the way it did. People at the contests actually liked it and I hope you
do too.  :)


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