Carrier Builders Yard, whats on the Slipway

Post by **Timmy C** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 12:42 pm

jgrease wrote: does anyone know the status of Dragon's 1/700 Korea-era plane sets?

They should be released late December, according to Hobby Search.

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:19 pm

Ok, a snow day, so i finished another squadron on my Nimitz build. Here are a few new pics:
Two A6 Intruders of VA-35 "Black Panthers" await a ride on the port elevator while two others sit on the flight deck:

An F4 of VMFA-333 "Shamrocks" awaits launch while its' wingman taxis into place. The remaining members of the squad are visible on the deck:

The latest view from the stern end of the flight deck:

An overhead view of Nimitz' flight deck. The remaining planes of VA-86 will be parked along the forward end of the flight deck on the starboard side:

I eagerly await your feedback. The other John.

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:43 pm

Looks fantastic

My Oriskany is moving at a glacial pace (Nektarios, you will have mail soon

), but now I have figured out the hull blisters and it should move faster. The sponsons are going to be a bit of a challenge.

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:35 pm

Avery, what kit are you using? Looking forward to hearing more about it. Like I said, I have a BHR on the shelf and am sure I will soon have an Antietam as well. I'd like them to be as accurate as I can get them.

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:53 pm

Trumpy kit. I am writing an article on it because I have had so much trouble with it.

What would you like to know? I have a huge amount of photos and some plans too.

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:57 pm

Hi Avery,
Totally agree the Trumpy kit is a nightmare to work with

, i will use mine as a conversion to a Hurricane bow/Angled deck Essex or just trash it and use a Dragon kit

Happy modeling

John

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:01 am

Between the kit and the almost complete lack of reliable information on the conversion ( I saw one site that claimed the blisters widened the hull to 120 feet!!!!) it is really slow going. I can only be thankful to a certain (russian) site (that I'm not supposed to mention) for placing drawings of Oriskany online. Though they ARE russian they are good quality and appear to be quite accurate. Oh, and the VAST number of photos of Oriskany waiting to be sunk off Pensacola. Without those two resources I would never have attempted the conversion.

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:37 pm

Had to get this tpoic back on top - Merry Christmas!

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:07 pm

Hiya JG, Merry Christmas everyone

, hope you all got what you wished or asked for. Well i finally got my CV-42 Flightdeck to the shape i want, hangar deck is done so i will have it all closed up later and get some work done on the Port sponsons, i will post pics in the next day or so.

Take Care all and Happy Modeling

John

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:32 pm

Merry Christmas, hope you all had a great one

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:12 pm

Here is a a small update showing my progress over the last few days of my USS Franklin D Roosevelt, i have been working on the sponsons and the island, the Port fwd sponson still requires a lot of work.

Any ? or comments are as always welcome

Happy Modeling

John

nick · Post by **nick** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:15 pm

I have no comment!
good job John!

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:24 pm

looks fantastic!

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:32 pm

Thanks for the nice comments guys, hows the USS Oriskany build coming on Avery ?, i am trying to decide which angled deck Essex to build.

Regards

John

jgrease · Post by **jgrease** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:19 pm

Great to see your work as always John.

I'm almost done with my Nimitz build- three A7s left and I'm done. I'll have pics posted by Sunday.

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:28 pm

As always nice job John!

But i would have like to see that FDR in 1/350

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:52 am

Hiya gtb, i left all my 1/350 kits back in UK(including Nimitz), i will have at least one 1/350 Carrier for my collection eventually, i would love it to be a Midway class.

Happy Modeling

John

Dustermaker · Post by **Dustermaker** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:43 am

great ships, its always great to see your carriers!

kidcurrie42 · Post by **kidcurrie42** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:16 am

Hiya Dusty, Thanks for the kind comments, glad you enjoy, hopefully 2008 will see a big inroad made into my carrier fleet.

Happy Modeling

John

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:22 am

kidcurrie42 wrote:Thanks for the nice comments guys, hows the USS Oriskany build coming on Avery ?, i am trying to decide which angled deck Essex to build.

Regards

John

It's currently on hold (AGAIN) while I work up the patience to continue with the d*** thing. I'm almost finished adding the blisters onto the hull. Next up is the hurricane bow and flightdeck sponsons.

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