KenR : 1/700 WW2 Liberty Ship SS Kermit Roosevelt (40 pts)

 

My second entry this week is my now seemingly regular 1/700 ship for my slightly large WW2 Naval Project. This time I've finished off a second Liberty Ship this one is sold as SS Jeremiah O'Brien and has a slightly different arrangement of guns to the previous entry.

The first ship was done in a plain grey scheme which was a bit boring so I thought I would Camouflage the next one. Thankfully there are loads of different schemes around on the Internet, this particular one is Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11F.

The ship name, well I was browsing a list of liberty ship names and unsurprisingly Kermit Roosevelt stuck out! I've no idea if that ship ever had this scheme in real life but it does now 😁

Points wise it's another 40. I've got another 2 Liberty Ships in the stash, it will take a few more yet to get a decent Convoy but at least I've made a start. Next up on the stocks is a Hunt Class Escort however I might finish the Bismarck in time for next week so I could be going Big in a weeks time !

Past kidding aside, I am really enjoying your work on this project Ken.  The end results are stunning and the models look museum quality.   I really like the use of the painted backdrop in your posed pictures.  The camp scheme really works well.

Kermit R is worth a Google.  Son of Teddy and cousin of FDR his is an an interesting and tragic story.

FYI I've gone with your suggested points because I think it's fair cop, but have to enter it as 40 points under the Additional points for flags etc on the SSOD.  A less generous minion would score this as a single 3mm vehicle for 2 points.