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PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:53 am 
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It is coming to life! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Now some figures?


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:49 am 
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Excellent progress! The planes are great. outstanding canopies! :cool_1:

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:23 pm 
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Thanks Marijn figures are coming soon
Thanks SG1 l'm really pleased of the result..and l was lucky it worked out
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...the 7 F4F-3 are in the hangar...the 3 remaining will go on the flight deck...enjoy


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:38 pm 
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Dear all...today l started a boring but necessary built..well here it is.
All the truss beams are made with hangar lamps...buut those lamps are very poorly made in 2 dimensions....so l decided to make all the lamps. So the red circle in the picture is the wrong lamp ...the yellow are the "correct one" that l made and 2 per beam....each lamp is 2mm in diameter
Every single lamp will accomodate a fiber optic cable to give light to the hangar....
The 2nd picture is what a ww2 hangar lamp should look like
3rd picture in green what the lamps look like in the hangar..in this case in Enterprise twin sister of Yorktown


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:27 pm 
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Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...l started the painting on the Dauntless and the Devastators...it took me some time to have what i think is the correct hue... enjoy


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Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...the first 3 Dauntless of VB-5 are done...enjoy


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TF17Greg wrote:
All the truss beams are made with hangar lamps...buut those lamps are very poorly made in 2 dimensions....so l decided to make all the lamps. So the red circle in the picture is the wrong lamp ...the yellow are the "correct one" that l made and 2 per beam....each lamp is 2mm in diameter
Every single lamp will accomodate a fiber optic cable to give light to the hangar....
The 2nd picture is what a ww2 hangar lamp should look like
3rd picture in green what the lamps look like in the hangar..in this case in Enterprise twin sister of Yorktown

Wow!! That's amazing!

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:36 am 
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Great attack wing! :cool_2:

the lamps look perfect, how did you manage to produce a series of such perfect shapes?
Are you going to drill a hole in each one for the optic fibers? :cool_1:

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:53 am 
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SG1 wrote:
Great attack wing! :cool_2:

the lamps look perfect, how did you manage to produce a series of such perfect shapes?
Are you going to drill a hole in each one for the optic fibers? :cool_1:

Thank you for your comment
Well the lamps were made by heating a 2mm ball tool and press it gently into 0.5mm plasticard to have half sphere then l cut them and they look almost all the same...and yes l will drill them all to fit the fibers...hopefully i will not break them...


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:54 am 
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Thank you Martin
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:18 pm 
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Dear all...nothing more to say than 3 More Dauntless for VB-5...
Enjoy


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The air wing is shaping up nicely. What paint are you using the the blue-gray upper surfaces on the aircraft? I've always loved the old Model Master blue gray, but it's long out of production, and I need to find a replacement for future projects.

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Devin wrote:
The air wing is shaping up nicely. What paint are you using the the blue-gray upper surfaces on the aircraft? I've always loved the old Model Master blue gray, but it's long out of production, and I need to find a replacement for future projects.

Dear Devin sorry for the late reply
This is what l used base color: ghost grey, then blue grey wash then panels in Us blue grey and finally highlights 50-50 Us blue grey and white grey...hope it helps all colors and washes are vallejo model air


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Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...finished both squadrons VB-5 and VS-5... l also made the plane of Lt. Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa and Rm3 Walter Schindler plane number 10 from sqd VS-5. Enjoy


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wow. Outstanding work. Love that air group.


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Great detail and paintwork on those SBD's!


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Thanks Dan K andMarijn for your comments and support.
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea.
I placed the lamps on the forward truss beams very fiddly but they look much better. I placed also the first lamp on central roof of the hangar and l put the fiber optic and clear resin...it looks really cool..


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Very fine work. The idea for the lamps is awesome.

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Nice to see that lighting method works in 1/350th, I plan on doing something similar for my 1/350th Yorktown build. I experimented a bit with it in 1/700 scale, but the space is too tight and the fibers won't handle the bends required to make everything fit.

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Thanks @ Devin and boomstick68/ aka James for your comments@ DavidP the lamps are in plastic then you put in the middle the fiber optic cable and then you pour in the lamp clear UV resin...hope l answered your question

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier Yorktown CV-5 for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...placed more functioning lamps...boy they are fiddly and those fiber cables go everywhere...enjoy


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