Carrier Builders Yard, whats on the Slipway

[kidcurrie42]

Thanks Nektarios, Always glad to have your comments, i have ordered the Cimarron, so will be joining the Support vessel club soon.

John

[Robin]

Thanks for the bice compliments Russ, looking at the review of the 1/700 USS Nimitz 2005, from what i can see your port fwd sponson is a lot better, your build is looking great.

Robin, as for the Coontz class, it is a conversion from the 1/600 Airfix FGS Rommel, it is almost spot on dimensions wise for the Coontz class, i have used parts from a 1/700 CFA, Styrene and weapons from Pitroad/DML/Revell.
if you wait a little while NIKO have a Coontz under development, Nektarios has me believing that whatever i scratch someone comes along and produces it, it seems to be working.

John

John,

Thanks! I'll wait. I have plenty of other kits to build first, but I did love serving on that class of ship.

Robin

[brandon]

John

I have seen the very excellent photo's of you. Thanks it gives me a lot of help when building the USS Nimitz

I see that you took a walk around and on a photo I saw two tankers alongside one of them was orange painted tanker can you remember which name the tanker had??

The reason is I am a Dutch living in the Belgium Ardennes My father was at sea during the war for the alliance forces and was in the welknown Murmansk convoy later he was the first captain on the first tanker of a company in Holland.

Their tankers are all oranhe painted and I remember this type of tankers which they have. But they have around 8 of this type If you could help me please do so You will do me a big favour

Thanks and regards

Wim
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Here are the Pics of the Port Fwd CIWS and sponson....................





















the next set will cover the port side of the Island

Happy modeling

John

[mmaresm]

Hey John, I like the series of carriers you have (on your bed??). Your Coral Sea looks terrific, kind-of hard to ask bcuz you might be to busy, but can you send me a work-up plans on CS, when you can.

Thanks for your time.

Moe

[kidcurrie42]

Hiya MM, Sorry about the delay, it will be with you in the next few days, i will be in the USA from later today, all my carriers you saw are heading across the pond to be homeported in SC. i have everything you need on my memory stick, which i had left in my PC and had to go all the way back from the train staion to get, yes i know Nektarios, i am old.

Regards

John

[kidcurrie42]

Well i finally made it here despite Delta airlines trying thier best to stop me, cut along story short, after paying best part of $1,600 and 16 hours of travelling the connection from Cincinnati was overbooked, Hmmmn 110 booked onto a 100 seat a/c. anyways initial inspection seems to show all carriers arrived safely.
Tom my Cimmaron is here, great service thanks mate.

Regards

John

[mmaresm]

kidcurrie42, thanks for the reply, I'll be waiting with great anticipation for any info you given to me. I have also bought Ray D. Bean CD's on the Midways, a truely great CD about all three (3) ships.

Thanks for your time.

Moe

[kidcurrie42]

Hiya MM, check your email, Pics and info on my build sent, if you need anything else just Holler.

Regards

John

[kidcurrie42]

Hi Guys,
I found these at a Michaels Hobby and Craft store in Lexington SC, with a little work they should also work for my 1/700 carriers.









They are only a couple of $ each

Happy modeling

John

[kidcurrie42]

Here is a close[up of USS Midway, USS Marvin Shields and what will be the Platte AO-186.



John

[kidcurrie42]

Hi there,
Well i am back in the UK now, seeing as all my on the slipway carriers are in the USA i started on my USS Constellation CV-64, here are the first pics of my start, you will see straight away the many areas needed to be worked on to correct the Italeri/Revell kit into a Connie, most of these are also required for a Kitty Hawk, the easiest build from the Italeri/Revell trio of Connie, Kitty Hawk and America is by far the America, Connie and Kitty had more squarish features as will be seen as my build progresses.









Any comments or ? welcome

Happy modeling

John

[kidcurrie42]

Here is another update on Connie, gaps left by reshaping have been filled with styrene and await application of filler, the center bow anchor position has been filled(only applies to JFK and America), port CIWS sponson has been reshaped and hangar doorways have been added from sheet and strip styrene.















Hangar bay will be added later today

Happy modeling

John

[Nektarios]

Looks really nice John

[jgrease]

Here is my build in progress of USS Forrestal as she appeared around 1978, prior to installation of CIWS:
Starboard side


Port side:


Hangar Deck (very basic - nobody will ever see it):


So far, I have filled all of the holes and gaps in the hull, I have sanded off the piping on both sides of the bow, and opened up the hangar doors. I also removed all of the molded-on railings. I am trying to decide on the best way to tackle the oval-shaped openings towards the stern on both sides. Obviously I will add railings, but what should be inside of that area? None of my photos give a good view in that area. Hope you like.

[Avery Boyer]

Forestal looks nice

I'll have my Oriskany back on the bench soon. It's pretty crowded right now and I have a project that needs my FULL attention, can't screw up or I'll have to start over....so maybe a week or so and I'll have something to report. Next up is scratchbuilding the hull sponsons (now that I have good detail photos)

[kidcurrie42]

Hey JG, Forrestal is looking great, best thing about doing CV's is that every one has so many different features, the 1/540 or 1/600 Forrestal kit is still available with the forward sponsons which would make a great Ranger.

Avery i look forward to seeing more of your Oriskany.

Happy modeling

John

Just waiting for glue to dry so i can paint the hangar.

[jgrease]

I have another Forrestal-class kit (boxed as Independence) in the older form which I plan on doing as an older version. Not sure which one yet. Thanks for the compliment.

[kidcurrie42]

Hangar deck is all done and painted, fire curtain is in place, just a few aircraft to put insided then i will get it closed up.





Happy modeling

John

[kidcurrie42]

Here is the latest, i decided to add the main sponsons and overhangs prior to attaching the flightdeck, i also removed the crane position from the aft starboard sponson, the overhangs are as follows, fwd stbd is modifed from kit, main overhang which sits below the island is modified from a Forrestal kit and the port flightdeck support sponson is from a Nimitz, i still have a support sponson to build for the re-sited crane and a few other smaller sponsons.....









Happy modeling

John

[kidcurrie42]

Ok, having a little break from building sponsons on the Connie, i thought i would add my pics of USS Kitty Hawk, the pics were taken 4th May 1997, Kitty Hawk returned from deployment on the 11th April, embarked was CVW-11 (NH) she was deployed from 11th Oct 1996and she covered the areas of WestPac, Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf. she was relieved in the Persian Gulf by USS Constellation(pics can be found on page 8 )

CVW-11 Consisted of the following......

Modex Squadron Aircraft
100 VF-213 Black Lions F-14A
200 VFA-97 Warhawks FA-18A
300 VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks FA-18C(N)
400 VFA-94 Mighty Shrikes FA-18C(N)
600 VAW-117 Wallbangers E-2C
610 HS-6 Indians SH-60F/HH-60H
620 VAQ-135 Black Ravens EA-6B
700 VS-29 Screaming Dragonfires S-3B
720 VQ-5 DET.B Sea Shadows ES-3A
xx VRC-30 DET.2 Providers C-2A

Anyways, i hope you enjoy the pics and maybe some will find them useful in future builds.































More will follow later, back to my sponsons now

Happy modeling

John