WIP - USS GRIDLEY DDG-101

MOMSEN DDG-92 part on top with MCM hangar.
I will remove hangar to look like FORREST SHERMAN DDG-98 piece on bottom. 

Compare parts. MOMSEN (top) and FORREST SHERMAN (bottom) 

Marked for removal 

Marked for removal 

Chop! 

welding in progress 

welding in progress 

ugly underside fill (will not be seen). 

 

Kit bash. Cannibalize from the front of the island. GRIDLEY did not have a forward CIWS. 

Too wide, but I can work with it. 

Almost there... 

Better? 

7cm of structure and I'm exhaust. 

Primer to see there is more putty work to do...  

satisfying! 

So delicate