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November 13th 2009 Reviews |  |
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November 13th 2009 Reviews | |
| 67th anniversary of the Friday the 13th Battle of Guadalcanal |
| US Navy Ship kits of Task Group 67.4 | |
| 1/700 Scale ships (newest listed first) | |
| Dragon 1/700 Livermore DD-429 - Monssen 1942 Gleaves class 1+1 (Plastic
kit)
Preview
This kit can be used to build Monssen, and Aaron Ward. |
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| Dragon 1/700 USS Laffey DD-459 1942 Benson class 1+1 (Plastic kit) NEW This kit will build Laffey as she was that night. With some modifications you can also build a Barton. |  |
| Midship Models 1/700 USS Portland CA-33 1942 (Resin kit) NEW |  |
| Loose Cannon Productions 1/700 McHales Navy Diorama set (Resin kit)
Preview
PT boats in this kit would have been stationed at Tulagia that night |
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| Previous reviews of Guadalcanal ships; | |
| Dragon 1/700 USS Juneau CL-52 Atlanta class light cruiser (Plastic kit) depicted on the box art as she fought in that battle. |  |
| Trumpeter 1/700 USS San Francisco CA-38 1942 (Plastic kit) in her 1942 fit. |  |
| Niko Models 1/700 USS San Francisco CA-38 (Resin kit), in her 1942 fit. |  |
| Midship Models 1/700 USS Helena CL-50 (Resin kit) this kit represents Helena in her 42-43 fit, perfect for the battle. |  |
| Midship 1/700 USS Mahan DD-364 (Plastic kit) Use to build USS Cushing also sunk that night. |  |
| Midship Models 1/700 USS Stack DD-406 (Plastic kit) Use to build Sterret one of the few ships to survive the battle. |  |
| Dragon 1/700 USS San Diego CL-53 Premium Edition (Plastic kit) Use to build Atlanta as she was on the night of Friday the 13th. |  |
| Pit-Road 1/700 DD-436 USS Monssen Gleaves Class (Plastic kit) can be modified to represent Monssen in her November 1942 fit. |  |
| Tamiya 1/700 USS Fletcher DD-445 (Plastic kit) Use to build Fletcher and O'Bannon |  |
| 1/700 Battlefleet Models ATF Fleet tug (Resin kit)
This type of ship helped salvage the damaged ships in Iron Bottom Sound. |
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| 1/700 Corsair Armada USS Vireo ATF (Resin kit)
Perfect ship to build the Bobolink that helped tow the Atlanta and Portland to safety. |
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| 1/350 Ships | |
| Dragon 1/350 USS Laffey DD-459 (Plastic kit). This kit represents the Laffey as she was in November 1942 when she was sunk. |  |
| Dragon 1/350 USS Buchanan DD-484 (Plastic kit) This kit is the twin sister to Aaron Ward. |  |
| Trumpeter 1/350 USS San Francisco CA-38 1942 (Plastic kit) This kit represents Frisco as she was during late 1942 |  |
| Classic Warships 1/350 USS Helena CL-50 (Resin kit) OOP now available from Yankee Modelworks and represents Helena as she was that night. |  |
| Classic Warships 1/350 USS San Francisco CA-38 (Resin kit) OOP now available from Yankee Modelworks also in the November 42 fit. |  |
| Tamiya 1/700 USS Fletcher DD-445 (Plastic kit) Use to build Fletcher and O'Bannon with some minor modifications. |  |
| Blue Water Navy 1/350 USS Aaron Ward DD-483 (Resin kit) OOP now available from Yankee Modelworks. |  |
| Blue Water Navy 1/350 USS Atlanta CL-51 (Resin kit) OOP now available from Yankee Modelworks |  |
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November 13th 2009 Reviews | |
