MM2CVS9
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This is the Lindberg repop by Round 2 2016. It is a Kennebec class oiler, but I'm building it as the USS Mattaponi, a Mattaponi class. The AO 41 class was 20 feet longer to accommodate a larger, "stock" size boiler instead of the custom design in the Kennebec class. Much of everything else was the same.
The kit is really rough and the box art shows a lot of differences that actual photos of her. I'll not change the length, but have ordered decals from Floating Drydock and PE from Gold Medal. There are only 37 parts in the box and 4 are not used. I thought it would be a quick build, but maybe not
I want to do this nicely as it is for a lifelong friend I went to school and joined the Navy with. He served aboard the Mattaponi 1960 - 63.
The kit -
EJ
The kit is really rough and the box art shows a lot of differences that actual photos of her. I'll not change the length, but have ordered decals from Floating Drydock and PE from Gold Medal. There are only 37 parts in the box and 4 are not used. I thought it would be a quick build, but maybe not
I want to do this nicely as it is for a lifelong friend I went to school and joined the Navy with. He served aboard the Mattaponi 1960 - 63.
The kit -
EJ