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I am reading the Destroyermen book series by Taylor Anderson that follows a Wickes-Class destroyer (USS Walker DD163) in an alternative reality type story.
Thinking it would be neat to have a model to go with the series to get a feel for the extinct class of ship I found a model of the HMS Campbeltown (ex Buchanan) which is the same class as the Walker but only comes with the British and US (DD131) markings that applied to that particular ship.
Anybody knows of a place that just sells decals like this but 163?
At any rate I ain't good enough to hand paint it without expecting it to look like a 2nd grader did it.
I wouldn't mind doing the battledamaged Mahan DD102 too if I find another model, the two ships are quite prominent in the series.
Thinking it would be neat to have a model to go with the series to get a feel for the extinct class of ship I found a model of the HMS Campbeltown (ex Buchanan) which is the same class as the Walker but only comes with the British and US (DD131) markings that applied to that particular ship.
Anybody knows of a place that just sells decals like this but 163?
At any rate I ain't good enough to hand paint it without expecting it to look like a 2nd grader did it.
I wouldn't mind doing the battledamaged Mahan DD102 too if I find another model, the two ships are quite prominent in the series.
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