Moving forward on the Fletcher class destroyer

 I cannot help myself. I was not going to try and fix every inaccuracy on this model but....I must fix the glaring issues. Here is masters being cover in latex molding compound. On the left are three fair leads, center is the 5" gun mount base see photo below showing where this will fit on each of the mounts. and the right side item is the anchor. The Fletcher's had an anchor on each side of the bow. The kit comes with a single anchor. I have also decided to purchase the Tom's Model Works PE set for this kit. This will be far easier than trying to scratch build the 40 mm and 20 mm guns and will be better for the mast and gun director details.

 Here the mooring bollards have been cut off and new plastic rod glued in place. They are tall and will be cut down to the correct height. And the upper cap will be done by pushing a heated steel rod to mushroom out the top (hopefully! as this will be an experiment). I have also drilled a new chain locker hole and anchor chain hole in the deck (holes with light color around them). The fair leads with the open tops are what will be replaced with the newly molded fair leads.

Here we see the offending 5" gun mount base, the new molded mount base will be glued around this base.