Mike Maynard shares his original conversion of Pyro''s Nantucket Light Ship kit with his Lightship 112 "NANTUCKET" WWII Examination Ship.

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Wonderful work, Mike. A very interesting subject and example of bringing and old kit to life.

What a spectacular conversion, Mike! This is really a wonderful gap-filler in wartime naval topics. Where did you get the deck gun on the stern?

--Karl

Mike P.
Thanks for the nice comment. The actual ship, in it's lifetime, underwent numerous modifications, some are very subtle and are easy to apply to the model to make it different from the typical build. For example the hull, masts, small boats, and vent funnels were painted red at one time. If you look at the red version I built, you'll see pipe gussets on the bow bulworks, and a canopy frame back aft. It's a great model to improve upon!

Karl
Thank you for the compliment. The gun is scratch built from brass tubing and soldered together. The gun upper base is a lamp finial with a slot cut in to accept the barrel. The lower portion of the base is a piece of brass tubing and a port hole to form a flange base. The other pieces are scrap bits of brass from the junk pile. The training wheel is from a HO model brake wheel. If you can solder, you can build this gun, in any scale, it's pretty generic in appearence. You can also build this out of Evergreen plastic tubing and plastic strips and shapes. Cheers!

That's cool. The nice thing about modeling naval caliber guns is that they usually have the same proportions, so you can scale-jump from one to size to another. I've even employed artists' brush handles to portray the eight-inch guns on the Lexington in 1:48!

--Karl

Mike: wow! You made the ol' girl look great! Super job.

Never heard of this kit but now I want one

Fredrick
Thank you for the kind words. It's a neat kit and goes together well right out of the box. Plus there is always room for extra detailing if one has the mind to!