In addition to U-boats, I have a passion for Fletcher class destroyers, especially WWII era. My father served on USS Wadleigh DD-689 from January to October 1945 when he transferred to the new Gearing class destroyer USS McKean. About a year ago, I finished a very long project involving the 1/125th scale Lindberg Fletcher that I build as USS Mertz DD-691 which was in DESRON 54 along with Wadleigh. By the time I had finished, three years later, there was very little left of the Lindberg kit. One of my current projects is the new Revell Fletcher in 1/144 scale. Compared to the Lindberg Fletcher this is a far superior kit, but there are some problems. I am building this as USS Chevalier DD-451 and have had to make several small modifications to the kit.
Would it be OK to post completion photos of Mertz and work in progress updates/photos of Chevalier here?
Regards,
Mr. Bill
