The USS Lowndes Museum Model
Just completed (July 21, 2003). See it at the South Carolina State Museum through June 5th, 2005.
Click here to see more photos of the model
Click here to see new 3D photos of the model (must have red/blue glasses)
Click here to see a short video of the Museum exhibit (14 Minutes)
The Lowndes Model was built by Raven Arts not too far from where the real Lowndes was built. Raven is the way to go if you want a great model at a very good price.
Click here to go to the Raven ShipModelMasters.com site
Original Blueprints of the Lowndes (APA - Haskell Class Blueprints)
Below are links to the blueprints of the main deck and lower decks. The Inboard drawing is a cut-away side view of the ship showing the different decks. The images are fairly large to capture the detail. PC users can use the scroll bars to view it. WebTV users will only see a scaled down version of the blueprint.
Click here to see the Inboard Ship drawing
Click here to see the blueprint for the Main deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Second deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Third deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Stores Flat deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the First Platform deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Hold deck (includes Engine/Boiler Room)
Below
are links to the other upper decks
Click here to see the blueprint for the machine
gun platform and Forecastle deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Bridge deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Cabin
deck
Click here to see the blueprint for the Top Wheel House
deck
Other
drawings for misc. outside ship features
Click here to see the blueprint for the top mask at
52 degrees
Click here to see the blueprint for the top mask at
122 degrees
Click here to see the blueprint for the propeller and
rudder
HASKELL CLASS ATTACK TRANSPORTS
Click here to see the history and photos of all Haskell Class Attack Transports
The USS Lowndes rotating computer model
Note: Currently, this is a a model of a Victory APA ship. Stay tuned for a more complex Haskell Class attack transport model.
Click here to see a video of this computer model.
Models of Lowndes Haskell Class Ships
The Revell models can be found on ebay.com if you search for "Attack Transport". They go for around $50-$150 depending on the issue date. The original model was released in the 50's and the last reissue was 1994. Here are pictures of the Revell Model:
Click here to see if any "Attack Transport" items are being auctioned on ebay
The USS Haskell resin kits are available from Loose Cannon Productions for $50. These are about 1/3 the size of the Revell kit and more difficult to build. Here's a picture of the resin model:
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