Carrier Builders Yard, whats on the Slipway

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:17 pm

Congrats John - best of luck to both of you!

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:18 pm

Thx JG

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:33 pm

kidcurrie42 wrote:Hahaha, no need to, i have found a perfect woman, i have most of the closet filled with my stash i brought over from UK and i can build my own workshop in the garden, so anyone out there got plans already prepared for a decent sized workshop, i am looking at 24' x 24' minimum.

Happy modeling

John

Hey she got a sister,I want to trade mine in.Best to both of you my man.

Tom-Tom · Post by **Tom-Tom** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:57 am

Congratulations John !

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:34 am

Congratulations!

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:54 am

So I've finished Nimitz in her 1975 setup, and now I'm working on the planes of CAW-8. I've finished 3 of the F4s of VF-31 and one of the E3s of VAW-116. All of these planes wear Starfighter Decals' awesome set 700-28. Here are pics of the work to date:

E3 of VAW-116 Sun Kings - note the warning stripes on the prop blades:

F4s of VF31 Tomcatters:

View of aircraft from the aft end of the flight deck:

Comments and observations always welcome.

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:33 am

Nice build jgrease,

if this FDR comes out right I might do a 70's Midway with F-4s and A-7s. Again nice build.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:51 am

Looks great. I like especially the aircraft wearing starfigther decals

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:48 pm

very detailed cag hopefully you post more pictures of them!

Dustermaker · Post by **Dustermaker** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:55 pm

Anonymous wrote:very detailed cag hopefully you post more pictures of them!

Srry that was me, was logged out for some reason.

assddr · Post by **assddr** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:04 am

another photo about my cv34 1/700 and waiting for some PE to the kit()

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:36 am

I want one in 1/350, but i'm not make it. FDR cure me of that.

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:39 pm

Anyone have some 1/700 Skyraiders to trade? I bought the Fujimi set, but all I need out of them is the A-1s. I have a bunch of F4s, some C2s, and F8s as well. Anyone that has any, please PM me. Thanks. Also, I will post pics by the start of the week from my Nimitz build - another squadron has hit the deck.

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:12 pm

Here are some shots of my growing air wing. My work schedule is insane lately, so these jets are getting done at a snail's pace. I have completed 3 squads so far, so here they are:
Two A7s of VA-82 Marauders taxi to launch behind an E3 of VAW-116 Sun Kings:

Stern view of the flight deck with F4s of VF-31 Tomcatters parked at the end of the deck:

Another view of the remaining 4 A7s of VA-82 waiting to move out after the two headed to the cat:

All of the jets are Trumpeter's and the decals are from the awesome CAW-8 (1975) set from Starfighter Decals. As always, remarks and comments are welcome.

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 12:34 am

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:03 am

Hiya JG, She is looking great, and yep i agree about the Starfighter decals, Love them

Looking forward to seeing more of her.

Happy modeling

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:31 am

Both the carrier and the aircraft look great.

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:12 pm

Nice build

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:25 am

Well, until I post more pics of my Nimitz build later, does anyone know the status of Dragon's 1/700 Korea-era plane sets? I have one of the BHR kits, and I am confident that Santa will have an Antietam under the tree for me as well. Those ships are in serious need of more planes.

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:43 am

Hiya JG,
Sorry but i do not have any news of the aircraft sets, i agree more aircraft are needed, i am so looking forward to the USS Boxer LPH-4 and adding more Helo's, i have the BHR and Antietam and both are great models, i am gonna take one of my Essex class and refit her with a Hurricane bow and Angled deck, i have not decided which yet. On another note, i recieved my Starfighter CVW-9 decals yesterday, they cover USS Enterprise as in 1968, so i will now have to build a CVAN as well as my intended build of Enterprise as she was during 1988 and Operation Praying Mantis.

Anyways enough from me,

Looking forward to seeing more of your builds

Happy modeling

John

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