1/700 JMSDF Shirane DDH-143 (Skywave)

Shirane DDH-143 April 1980
Shirane class Helicopter Destroyer
Commissioned with no CIWS.
Escort Flotilla 1 Flagship for 41th, 46th, 61rd Destroyer Division
Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
 

Hull Color:

• Vision Slate Gray with White until color you like

• Floquil Weather Deck Blue, thinned

• 3 - HSS-2B Sea King Sikorsky

• Modern USN/JMSDF Warship (UPGRADED!) 700-10

• Lattice mast.  Add cross bars.
• Rebuild with brass rod

• Stretched spruce

• Othello #89, scrapped into container, lightly brushed onto ship, in downward strokes
• Pactra Weather

• No CIWS.
• Try drilling out the bridge windows, Parts 27 & 47. . .YEA RIGHT!!!!
• Drill out anchor holes, hull and deck.  Drill out bow hawser hole.
• Add two flagbox P&S
• Part 7 dome silver with gloss.
• Part 39 facing wrong way.
• Re-build or use PE for Parts 25 & 27.
• Check Parts 28 & 29
• replace with thinner plastic, put railing and square piece with railing @ top.
• 4 antennas on top of the bridge, with RED bases.
• 1 antenna port side of aft funnel.
• Antenna with two supports in front of Part 16.
• Antenna on top of forward deck gun.
• 3 helicopter in/out of hangar. . .aft portion of the flight deck.
• Polly-S Night for funnel and mast tops.
• Testors Gloss Coate to apply decals.
• Testors Dull Coate to seal.

• 20 November 1989, 1043 – CIWS, 2 SeaKings, 1 Sea Hawk removed for use with 3 Nimitz carriers.

• "An illustrated Guide to Modern Destroyers", 1986
• "Combat Fleets of the World 1993"
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gallery updated 2013

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