Alan P Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Arr mateys, it be such a great story I wanted to capture it in 1/350! Shortly after midnight on April 1, 2010, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Nicholas came under fire from Somali pirates while deployed in the waters off East Africa near the Seychelles on anti-piracy operations. The pirates mistakenly attempted to hijack the Nicholas, believing her to be an unarmed freighter. Nicholas immediately returned fire and pursued the pirate skiff, disabling it and subsequently seized the pirates, several AK assault rifles, ammunition and an RPG rocket launcher. The Nicholas sank their skiff and went on to capture the pirates’ mother ship where more pirates and weapons were seized. At the specific request of the US Department of Justice, the pirates were detained and brought back to the US to face trial for piracy. In November 2010, a federal jury in Virginia convicted five Somali men - Mohammed Modin Hasan, Gabul Abdullahi Ali, Abdi Wali Dire, Abdi Mohammed Gurewardher and Abdi Mohammed Umar - of piracy, attack to plunder a vessel, act of violence against persons on a vessel, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon on federal officers and employees, conspiracy to use firearms during a crime of violence, and multiple firearm counts, including the use of a rocket propelled grenade. On March 14, 2011 the five were sentenced to life plus 80 years in prison for engaging in piracy and related offences – the first conviction for piracy by a US Court since 1820. This is the modified Academy kit with MK1 and WEM PE, Veteran Models RHIB, SRBOC and 25mm chainguns, Master antennae and 76mm barrel plus Eduard and GMM figures. I put a lot of work into it, but it was a lot of fun to build. Alan Edited April 16, 2019 by Alan P Pic links restored. 18
turnerdad Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Now that came out of the blue, blimey. Superb build though!
Phil Reeder Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Great Diorama ,what a novel topical idea .well done Alan . Cheers Phil
mollythedog Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Nice job,very clean and tidy build too,it's obvious a lot of work has gone into it. mtd
dieselweasel Posted September 3, 2011 Posted September 3, 2011 Alan, what a great dio. Whats in the pipeline next Jim
macgregor Posted September 4, 2011 Posted September 4, 2011 Very interesting, great diao, guess we wont see any of them skimmimg along on a bananna boat for a very long time! LOL Mac
Alan P Posted September 5, 2011 Author Posted September 5, 2011 Thanks very much, glad you like it too. It's one of the few times that a modelling idea in my head actually came out as something real. Al
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 That is one super Dio! Love the way you have made a real situation out of it! Great modelling!
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 5, 2011 Posted September 5, 2011 Great story and well executed too. It certainly catches the eye. What were those pirates thinking when Nicholas fired back? lol.
Alan P Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 Thanks again. I also saw it as an opportunity to use up all those Eduard figures with both hands raised in the air!(WHY????!) What were those pirates thinking when Nicholas fired back? lol. I don't know what language they speak but it was probably unprintable!
F-32 Posted October 30, 2011 Posted October 30, 2011 Very cool! I bet it was a definate 'ahhhhh crap!' moment when they realised it wasn't a freighter!!!! 1
bruce3371 Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 I do like dioramas (of any genre) that tell a story, this one is particularly well done
stevehnz Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Well, they won't do that again will they? :lol: Nice bit of modelling, great diorama, excellent topic, pity this sort of thing didn't happen a bit more often. Steve.
Alan P Posted November 5, 2011 Author Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks very much and Steve, I can't agree more. Especially the ones caught by the Cornwall, we ended up letting them go due to "lack of evidence." The pitiful reality The funny version! Al
stevehnz Posted November 5, 2011 Posted November 5, 2011 A couple of thought provoking links. Having read the first, I suspect the second is closer to reality than most would want to admit. It'd be interesting to know what the current policy for the RN is, I suspect in view of what has happened in Kenya over recent months, a Somali pirate would get very short shrift there, maybe landing them in Kenya is not such a bad idea. Steve.
general melchett Posted November 24, 2011 Posted November 24, 2011 Great stuff Al, great dio and back story......very topical Well done that man!! Melchie
TCinLA Posted October 6, 2012 Posted October 6, 2012 What's Somali for "Ohhhhh..... fuuuuuu-u-u-u-u-u-u-......"? What a superb diorama.
surfsup Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 It is great to see something out of the ordinary and you done an awesome job on this one.....Cheers mark
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