1:350 USS Heavy Cruiser Des Moines | Building & Upgrading Part 

I had to go back and watch this a number of times to fully appreciate the craftsmanship in this build. I will serve as a great guide and tutorial for me down the road. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.

I love to see all of the work you have put in so far! Great job! In 1985, I got to see Des Moines, Salem, and Newport News at the Philadelphia mothball fllet. Even in the deteriorated state they were in, they were still very impressive and handsome vessels. Thank you for sharing! I myself have just about enough patience to do all of the Photo etch for a modern submarine! (none)

my father served on this ship in1960

Wow, what a build! Waiting for the second part!

Never heard of this kit manufacturer before. You did an stunning job on all the PE parts, looks phantastic! Almost a pity if paint covers all the bling ;-) Keep up the good work.

What a beauty, great work Sir!

Stunning assembly and build techniques. This will be most useful in my project the USS Salem particularly the brass gun barrels, PE in steel and brass. Awaiting the next stage with great interest

Very nice!

Pretty neat ;) Nice detail! Your hands are very very steady :)

Really great work on the photo etch. Keep it up ! Your work encourages and motivates me to try to get better at modeling. I primarily do armor but as a youth 50 years ago I did a few ships, the only kits available to me were Revel, 720 scale.

Awesome work my friend keep up the good work

I noticed you were using what appears to be a soldering iron to attach brass PE parts to the plastic parts. That is an interesting idea that I am going to experiment with.

well done ！

This had to taken weeks to build. Great work. I kinda like the gold look and would've paint it. Is that what your doing? Lol

I’m picking up the Cleveland my self and am very excited

Admire!

Have you done the Atlanta yet? I'd love to see that as well

Agree ,,shame to cover up all that PE with paint....great job

Great detail! Do you maby know when Aoba from Veryfire is coming out?

Great job! Im assembling VF USS Cleveland now. Why din not you useg nylon strings for rigging?

This is wonderful work. Do you have a rough sense of how many hours the whole project took ? My wife just gifted me the USS Birmingham from Very Fire 1/350 (Deluxe Version same as yours) and this looks quite intimidating, especially the PE parts.

Really nice work. The files you use for trimming. Are they just files or for a special purpose. I know about jeweler files. I used used a couple of files designed for work cleaning the surface of blades in jet engines. Small. Different cut rates etc. I'm just asking

Un Wows she fires in 5,5 second each salvo.

Is this one kit with detail set and the parts or are this one set and one detail set? Because in the discription there are two sets...

What is that black solution you are putting on seams?

This kit is basically the same as the uss salem model that very fire sells, right?

So I am starting my first ship. I usually do 1:35 armor, so this is all new to me. Are you using a soldering iron on the PE parts?

what kit?

almost a shame to cover it with paint