1/350 MRC USS Wasp LHD-1

Gallery Article by Paolo Yuen on July 15 2011

 

This is a nice kit of the LHD and very detailed everywhere, but I only had some problem on the fight deck in the front and rear, the tie down holes and deck are not flat enough, it looks like volcanoes! It can’t be sand down it.

I started at September 2010, at that time no aftermarket photo etch was available for it until November I can get the Korean MK 1 Wasp Class photo etch for it.  Itwas very easy to fit and use to make the ship a more detailed LCAC and landing craft was made before some of the P.E. could be used on it.  The air wings sets are good, but there was not enough Cobras, Sea Knights or Harriers.  I wanted the deck full of aircraft, didn’t put any in the hanger, but I did put the Sea Knight at the front to cover the volcanoes’ deck pattern. The elevator can’t make it up when I installed the safety net so I kept it in the lower position and made some container by plastic rod on it.

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For the presentation I wanted to see through the hull and water line style for the landing craft! I made a small clear blue plastic “table” put at the end of the ship, so the LCAC and landing craft could be displayed on it, and also so the viewer could see through all the area! 

Enjoy the photos.

Paolo Yuen

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Photos and text © by Paolo Yuen