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Yes - USS WEST VIRGINIA and HMCS SIOUX.....

Posted by Chris Preston on May 10, 2022, 22:25:05, in reply to "Ever build a kit as a special memorial gift to a friend or relative?"

The WEST VIRGINIA, based on a 350th scale Tom's Modelworks kit, was built for a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack - Mr Dick Fiske, CPl, USMC (Ret'd), who was a Bugler onboard the WEST VIRGINIA in 1941. The model was presented to him at the USS ARIZONA Memorial Museum in Pearl Harbor, in JAN 1999.

HMCS SIOUX was built using a WEM 350th scale HMS JANUS as the starting point, and was built for the father of a fellow co-worker, whose dad served onboard the SIOUX during the Second World War.

In both cases, the builds were worth it.

Cheers,

Chris Preston

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[quote] The WEST VIRGINIA, based on a 350th scale Tom's Modelworks kit, was built for a survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack - Mr Dick Fiske, CPl, USMC (Ret'd), who was a Bugler onboard the WEST VIRGINIA in 1941. The model was presented to him at the USS ARIZONA Memorial Museum in Pearl Harbor, in JAN 1999. HMCS SIOUX was built using a WEM 350th scale HMS JANUS as the starting point, and was built for the father of a fellow co-worker, whose dad served onboard the SIOUX during the Second World War. In both cases, the builds were worth it. Cheers, Chris Preston [/quote]

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