FF-1076 USS Fanning
by Gary Brown
This is the Knox class frigate USS Fanning (FF-1076) circa 1976 in 1/350th scale. The ship was built from the Iron Shipwright kit of the USS Ainsworth (FF-1090). Modifications were made to the kit in the form of removal of the bow bulwarks and the 0-2 level berthing addition forward of the helo hangar. The BPDSMS launcher and director were scratchbuilt, as were the simplified EW antenna arrays abaft the MACK. GMM decals were used throughout. A snapshot in time of my old home, early in her career.

Gary Brown



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