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That PE really dresses those aircraft up nicely. Nice job on bending it to shape as well - always a f**king hassle.

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Martin

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Thanks MartinJ well they are difficult but so rewarding..
And here is today's update on the diorama battle of Coral Sea...today l finished the Devastators, l might do one extra and then it will adding the antennas and then paint..enjoy

I am very curious to see how that resin will work for the canopies. Like you said: it will be rewarding if it works!!!

Cheers: Laci

Thanks Laci l hope it will go smooth as l think it will be..
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...the 3 squadrons are ready to be painted l also added the antennas on the planes...enjoy and happy new year

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...beginning of the weathering of the hangar..enjoy

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea....preparing boxes and barrels for the hangar

Stellar updates. Love the weathering effect on the floor of the hangar deck.

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Thanks Martinfor your kind comment
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...adding all the boxes and supply in the hangar...enjoy

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...plane chockes, jeep and tractor for the hangar...enjoy

Great details, and very nice weathering of the hangar floor!
The vehicles and props show how large this space was (easily forgotten in 1/350), and the weathering helps to break up that vast expanse a little.

Wonderful progress. Agreed about adding dimensional effect to the hangar

Dear Marijn and DanK thank you for your kind comments...and here it is...
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...started the painting of the planes first batch the F4F-3 and the 2nd batch primer on part of the SBD-3...enjoy

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier and flight group...first of the F4F-3 is done and l'm really enjoying making them...enjoy
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The clear resin worked perfectly for the canopy

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier and the air squadron. 2 more F4F-3 enjoy

Nice work on those canopies

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Martin

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne

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Thanks Martin l was really lucky it worked perfectly.
So here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea. The first planes F4F-3 are in the hangar...enjoy

That looks great. Love the wear and tear on hangar floor and bulkheads.

I have a question about the tractors: did you find mention of them in your research? My understanding is that they didn't show up in the fleet until 1943, and they were initially Army jeeps that the crew of CV-10 "borrowed" from a parking lot. It'd be interesting if CV-5 did carry them, and I'd think it may be possible, since that farm tractor was spotted on the wreck of Hornet (used to move about the B-25s, I'd bet), but of all the photos of Yorktown that I've seen, I've never see one with a jeep/tractor.

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Dear Devin thank you for your comment and support.
For the tractors and jeep...l saw the Hornet's picture of the tractor, so l presumed that Yorktown had a couple of them too...for the jeep...well l just made a decision to borrow one from Pearl Harbor ...l know it's not historically correct or l don't have a picture to support that...but l found it cool to do it...

That's justification enough! They do add a lot of character.

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We like our history sanitized and theme-parked and self-congratulatory, not bloody and angry and unflattering. - Jonathan Yardley

Thanks Devin
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...l added 2 extra planes and removed the yellow towing clamps that were not historically accurate and l placed the correct ones...enjoy