Postwar navy.

[J Goodacre]

Thank you Jim,

Does anyone know the if the Seaworf or Carter are all balck or if they have Grey bows and Red lower hulls.

Thank you in advance,

John

[JimVarnellABH2USN]

John

I saw pics of them with all black nose and red hull just below the dive plains, check navsource.com I believe that was where I saw them.

[Mike K]

Wow, I served on her for a laittle more than 5 years, and you did a beautiful job represeting her

[J Goodacre]

Finished the Trumpeter AOE 4 USS DETROIT a little while ago and finally took some pictures. Here is a pic of my AOE3 USS SEATTLE (JAG) and AOE4 USS DETRIOT on the bench.

[gtbred]

wish these were in 1/350.

[simon b]

Looks very nice indeed. How did you find the superstructure construction ? I'm not a big fan of the angled sides when joining up.

[J Goodacre]

Looks very nice indeed. How did you find the superstructure construction ? I'm not a big fan of the angled sides when joining up.

Thank you for the nice comments, I think I can agree with you. It seems that most of the plastic manufacturors have went this route. I especially do not like the desks angled to the buckheads. It seems they never fit quite right. Here is a pic of my LCS1 USS FREEDOM another fun kit to put together.

[Goodwood]

Hmmm.

As a longtime veteran of aircraft modeling, I can see the problem. Unfortunately the most likely solution here, to incorporate the superstructure sides into the hull sides in the case of such modern ships, wouldn't be much bettter; they would make for prime candidates for warping as so often happens with aircraft fuselage sides. Molding limitations would also be a factor, I can imagine, plus there's the fact that attempting to approach this from a fully-longitudinal standpoint might compromise structural integrity during assembling.

Take for example most models of the Titanic, which have the hull either as a single piece or two halves, with the inclusion of the sides from C Deck up through the Boat Deck, which would fit atop the assembly. Veterans of that ship would tell you that it can be a real PITA trying to finagle whole decks into fitting between two already-built walls, much less addressing any gaps that might arise. The recent Academy 1/700 ship with "colored molding" attempts to address that issue by having the hull divided into three parts in a pancake arrangement: lower hull in waterline red, mid-hull in black, and the superstructure (C, B and A Decks) in white.

While that could be a viable solution for future warship kits, I don't see many manufacturers taking it up.

Anyway, I'm done rambling for now.

[J Goodacre]

Just got the Orange Hobby LSD41 USS WHIDBEY ISLAND. This is a ship I have always wanted in my collection. Also received their US NAVY Fork Lifts. Very Impressed with them. They will make a nice addition to a few of my builds. I have not open the LSD41, truth be told I am afraid to. I just put a CVN on my bench, but nothing really started on it yet. If I open the LSD there goes the carrier for another long period on the shelf. Hmmmmm.

LSD Box




Forklifts

[NukeMM]

I received my USS Comstock kit on Saturday, John. (I opened mine immediately. )

When they say "complete model kit" they mean it! I see no need for any other aftermarket accessories for this one.

The instructions took the wind out of sails, a bit. It looks very, intense and intricate. So, many small PE parts with their resin assembly counterparts. Wow! I wonder if I'll be able to do it justice.

It appears that each stretch of railing has been pre-measured and separated and each piece of railing is designed for a particular spot. I could get spoiled by this nice feature.

I thought that the forklifts came with the kit. I haven't opened the baggies to look yet, though.

I bet that Peter Van Buren will be the first to show one of these completed kits. Go Peter!

[J Goodacre]

I received my USS Comstock kit on Saturday, John. (I opened mine immediately. )

When they say "complete model kit" they mean it! I see no need for any other aftermarket accessories for this one.

The instructions took the wind out of sails, a bit. It looks very, intense and intricate. So, many small PE parts with their resin assembly counterparts. Wow! I wonder if I'll be able to do it justice.

It appears that each stretch of railing has been pre-measured and separated and each piece of railing is designed for a particular spot. I could get spoiled by this nice feature.

I thought that the forklifts came with the kit. I haven't opened the baggies to look yet, though.

I bet that Peter Van Buren will be the first to show one of these completed kits. Go Peter!

Peter would really do it justice. I did peek in the box as I could not help mysef. 12 pages of instructions seperate callout for LSD41; 42 or 43 is very nice too. Love the detail in the well deck too. All the wooden deck detail and rafters as well. WOW!

I am almost afraid to work on it as I always seem to bend something the wrong way. It has one LCU four M35 and two HMMWV and two CH46. I think I may want some extra M35 and some AAV7 maybe a LCAC. Not too sure only time will tell .

I think when it comes time to build it will be the only thing on the bench. I am very please so far now only if I can stop drooling.

John

[Timmy C]

Because each PE part has bend points etched in (including the railings!), I thought I should let you guys know that you are supposed to bend towards the etched bend lines (valley fold), rather than away as in a mountain fold.

[Sauragnmon]

Wow, the smaller ones in the middle of the sheet of forklifts, remind me of the ones I was licensed on just a few weeks ago. Talk about bringing back short memories, the curves and everything just made me go "I remember driving those.."

Looks like some good stuff, mate, keep it going.

[gtbred]

Just getting back to work on my Tonkin Gulf builds. U.S.S. San Jose. post some progress tonight.

[gtbred]

Seems this thread has die. Gonna have to fix that.

[gtbred]

I like building postwar USN, Soviet/Russian, JMSDF, RN and other nations warships. I find that especially USN carriers are very impressive so I decided to post a photo of each of my USN aircraft carriers. I'll post more photos for every carrier in my fleet in the future. Of course I ll post photos of other types of warships too.



CV-62 U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE.

CV-63 U.S.S. KITTY HAWK.

CV-64 U.S.S. CONSTELLATION.

CVN-65 U.S.S. ENTERPRISE.

CVN-68 U.S.S. NIMITZ.

CVN-69 U.S.S. EISENHOWER.

CVN-70 U.S.S. CARL VINSON.

CVN-71 U.S.S. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

CVN-72 U.S.S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

CVN-73 U.S.S. GEORGE WASHINGTON.

some of the best carrier builds in any scale.

[gtbred]

I'll be working on 1/350 Charles F. Adams that Tony Bunch sent me this weekend.

[gtbred]

Update on the CFA tonight.

[gtbred]

[gtbred]

Should have 1/350 Long Beach and Bainbridge waterline next week. Both from ISW.