Warship Construction

This link will take you to a build thread for a warship I'm currently constructing.  It's a 1/144th scale Bogue WW2 escort carrier.

From the research I've done (Wikipedia, thank you!) the Bogue's were constructed by the American Government around 1941 and distributed through the Lend-lease program to the UK.  The particular ship I'm modeling my carrier after is the USS St. George.  She was transferred and renamed by the British as the HMS Pursuer.  From the article, it appears as though she had seen some action prior to decommissioning.

There's nothing particular about the USS St. George that I find endearing besides the name.  Living in Utah means you hear all about the southern Utah vacationing locations.  St. George also happens to be the name of the largest city in southern Utah, and also the place where my mother's family is from.  Thus, the ship will be the USS St. George.

The kit is one provided by Mike, RGENGR on the forums, and can be found at this site.  It's very easy to assemble everything and has been really fun to work with.  It's taught me a bit about wood working, although yes, I know it's really not real wood working!  However there are a few things like cutting slots into rails to relieve pressure, flexibility of different woods as well as how they react to impacts that have been fun to learn. 

Currently the ship is receiving it's bottom hull plating, and if everything goes according to plan I'll install the drive shaft and fiberglass the bottom within the next two weeks.  After that I'll install the internal components like the motor, Electronic Speed Controller (ESC), and pump.  The radio will come a bit later once the other components are installed.  However, I'm a little nervous for the electronics step.  I know how to install wiring and cabling in electronics, as well as enough to wire electronics without blowing them up but lack knowledge in some of the finer details. This includes why you would want a certain engine or how much juice to wire your battery cells for.  The guys at the forum however are great to work with, so between them and a local hobby shop I've found I'm sure the project will turn out just fine.

-Cj