USS Chevalier
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Paul MooreLooks fantastic. Nice build. How much PE came with the kit? Did you have to order additional accessories?
Mario ThomasIts just the Kit and the Railing from Eduard. There is no PE- Railing in the Kit.
C N Auteur@Paul Moore - this was the "platinum edition" of the base kit + the eduard railing kit. The platinum edition has an extensive PE set that appears to be a re-branded pontos set. It's worth every penny.
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In 1943, the battle of the Solomon Islands raged in full fury. As Japanese naval forces worked doggedly to reinforce and resupply land forces on Guadalcanal, the US Navy moved to intercept and stop them. Inevitably, bloody night clashes with running gunfire, torpedo wakes, and starshells splitting the night became the norm. As the US Navy was still in the process of building its strength, the bulk of the fighting fell to a few cruisers and a handful of tin cans that could be spared.
One of these tin cans, was the USS Chevalier (DD-451). She and her crew fought valiantly throughout the Solomons campaign. When her sister ship, the USS Strong (DD-467) was mortally wounded by a Japanese torpedo, Chevalier rammed her in order to take her crew off the rapidly sinking ship. She later fought and turned back several reinforcement ships bound for Guadalcanal. Her final action came on the night of October 6th, 1943, when in company with the USS O'Bannon (DD-450) and USS Selfridge (DD-357), she attacked nine Japanese de
