Your JOHN C. BUTLER (Battle off Samar - Samuel B. Roberts, DE413) Class U.S. Destroyer Escort

Dedication: This model ship (plan) is dedicated to Bob Coatney, Homer Coatney, John ("Jack") Burgett, and all the other Allied airmen, sailors, and soldiers who served to defeat the evil Bushido empire in Asia and the Pacific in the Second World War.


But first ... Pros and Cons of Cardstock Paper vs. Plastic Models


NOTE: This Cardstock Model Ship Plan is COPYRIGHTED--NOT Public Domain--
and FREE only under the following conditions:

Schools and museums are free to make and keep copies for in-house educational use ... in gratitude for the fine education and research assistance I have always received from such institutions.
An individual is free to make one completed model of my BUTLER class U.S. Destroyer Escort for his/her own personal use.
All other rights--including publishing rights--are reserved to me: Louis R. Coatney.


And NOW ...
Your FREE Cardstock Model U.S. BUTLER class Destroyer Escort
... For you to Build and Keep

Photo of 1:240? cardstock model BUTLER class DE in Korean War configuration,
built by Destroyer Escort Veterans yeoman Dick Willard:

For other photos of the model:

Suggestions:

1:600 -- 50 ft. per inch, producing a model about 7 inches/18cm long --
or 1:700 (which would be 1/2 the length of 1:350 on the Scale Selector)
is a good length for a beginning cardstock shipmodeler.

Also, begin by building a gun turret rather than the hull ...
making as many tries as necessary until you are satisfied.
This is a MUCH faster, simpler, and more satisfying way
to begin learning cardstock construction.

Now would you like to return to my Home Page to look over my FREE military history game? ... or would you like to go to my page having additional photos of my cardstock model ships and a discussion of their design?

[21Mar97]