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USS Monssen DD436
by Gordon Bjorklund

1/350 USS Monssen DD436 (Dragon)

I have got to say, that I really like these 1/350 Benson/Gleaves Class DD's by Dragon. They have great detail and are not to hard to build. A ship modeler could spend years mixing and matching parts along with a little light scratch building and painting the ships with different camo schemes. I have built seven of these kits over the last few years and at the time of this submission there are two more on my work bench under construction.

I started the Monssen in December 2009 and finished her in January 2011. The complete build can be found still in the "Completed Models" forum.

The Monssen was built using the following items:

Dragon's USS Livermore kit # 1027
Gold Medal Models' "Benson/Gleaves PE #350-45
L'Arsenal's 20mm guns # AC350-38

The MS12 mod. camo scheme was painted using Testors' MM Acryl Marine Paints.

Haze Gray 5H #4238
Navy Blue 5N 34241
Ocean Gray 5O # 4239
Deck Blue 20B #4243
Flat black #4768

Gordon Bjorklund

Gallery updated 2012