USS Spruance Minicraft 1:700

[cookiemonster]

Hello guys, another old build of mine.

This time, it's the USS Spruance from Minicraft (more like Minicrap) in 1:700 scale.

The kit itself is not bad, but the fitting is.

Many sinkmarks and gaps that need to be filled.

The worst parts were the sonar dome and the main decks.

The fitting of the decks was so bad, I used putty instead of glue to apply them to the hul..

So I could get rid of the different heigh levels on the decks and could keep some of the details.

I made some small putty rolls, and put them in the glueing spots. And as I squeezed the deck in there, the putty closed the gaps.

Sanding and filling was the worst part of this build.

I used Vallejo paints to paint it, it is brush painted.

I had a lot of problems with the grip of the paint.

I had to repaint it at least 5 times, ebcause the paint came off or was damaged.

THis was done after some reworking, I painted the bridge windows and shortened the barrles a bit.

Hope you like it.

CHeers, cookie

(If anyone is interessted, here is my scalemates album which shows more pictures. https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=11289&p=albums&album=19521 )