Joe's Update

[lastvautour]

Joe has not forgotten us and I hope he will return soon. Here is his email.

Hello, Lou,

Thanks for the note. I took a break from model building for a while, but have started up again.

When I started again, I dug up the five Monogram balsa-based warship kits (first marketed in 1946) I've had for ages. So far, I've built the Battleship USS Missouri, the Aircraft Carrier USS Shangri-La, and the L.S.T. 608. I'm probably going to work on the Destroyer USS Hobby next.

Lou for Joe

[lastvautour]

Here is Joe's excellent LST.

Lou

[Gearup]

They all look nicely done. Thanks.
Fraser

[lastvautour]

Further update from Joe:
Hi, again,

Last year I found the hull of the StromBecKer USS Brooklyn, one of the rarest StromBecKer models. Fortunately, I had a set of plans, and was able to repo all the missing parts.

Best,

Joe

Lou for Joe

[Gearup]

Interesting to see the early construction with the bare wood superstructure. What is the length of the model?
Fraser

[lastvautour]

Additional photos on Joe's 1/600 Hellcats

Lou for Joe

[lastvautour]

The photo attachment process is giving me grief.

Lou for Joe

[lastvautour]

1/600 is small!

Lou for Joe

[Jim]

Wow! I would love to see the full plans for all those Monogram warship models! There's a few  partial plan sets on this site, but they're all incomplete — such as missing images of the printwood, etc. Without those missing images, we really can't build these great models.

[Joe]

Hi,

This is the answer to Fraser's question about the length of the StromBecKer USS Brooklyn model: it is 18" long; ca 1:400 scale.

[Boomerang]

Impressive !  I might try a boat /ship sometime in the future.

Gordon