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JimRussell
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I am building two 1/350 CVL's and the first finally looked like a ship for the first time tonight. The second will be in dazzle and will take a little longer to get to this point.

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Sweet little thing! Looks awesome. :thumbs_up_1:

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Nice, crisp build! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: I am guessing 1/350 and scratchbuild?.

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Fantastic! Love the Yorktown in the background as well.

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CVL´s are my thing too... :big_grin: :big_grin:
I have some nice plans and references, so if you need any help, just let me know... :thumbs_up_1:

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Answering questions, 1/350 scratch. Thanks for the offer of plans and ref's but have too much of both, for example do not have a clue as to how to do the bracing under the stacks and on the island tower - makes you appreciate PE!

A view from 700 feet (camera 2 feet above the concrete sea). I put the Yorktown in the picture again because the CVL's just keep impressing me as SMALL. It was a hazy morning in AZ and the picture quality is really hurt by the absence of direst sunlight.

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Is it possible to get plans of a CVL?. Would be interesting to build the Dedalo (ex- USS Cabot). She was homeplate for me for some time.

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The Floating Drydock (icon on front page of this site) has 1/192 plans of CVL-24 Belleau Wood.

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Jim, beautiful looking ships you've got there! Someday I'll have to make the trip out to Peoria to see them myself in person! I could even bring along the digi-cam and take a few pics, but I (unfortunantly) don't see that happening in the near-ish future. Keep up the good work, and keep us updated!

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Thanks Jim. :wave_1:

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JimRussell wrote:
... for example do not have a clue as to how to do the bracing under the stacks and on the island tower...
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Hummm...I can help you with that. That is, if you want !!! :big_grin:
Let me know...

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Excellent work Jim.

I'm thinking about building the USS Wright CVL-49 but after she was converted into a command ship (CC-2) as shown here: http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/024907.jpg

Makes for an interesting twist on the carrier models...

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Just a FYI, we updated the Shipcamouflage.com CVL page with links to the camouflage measures and design sheets.

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Hitting the homestretch so I thought a few photos would be interesting. The funnel bracing was solved with a brass PE beam. Still need to do large air search radar, large crane, island tower and PLANES.

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That looks sooo good!! Love the weathering on the deck too ^.^

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Those are two beautiful ships you've got there Jim, can't wait to see them next to the rest of your fleet! Keep up the good work. Whats next?

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I am currently attempting a 1/192 scale cvl-25 with plans from FD. Does anyone have any pictures or links that show the island? The plans are a little vague and I can use all the help I can get. thanks Greg
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Greg, here you go.

Try these links as well:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... /cvl25.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/shusn-no/cvl-no.htm

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Thanks Steve that should help. I am mainly concerned about the area of the plexiglass windscreen and what is behimd it in the front. Greg
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Finally done, plenty of errors, mistakes and heresies but it was fun. I did have to finish before DML comes out with the plastic version.

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