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Well I am enjoying putting the sponsons together, made so much easier with the guidance from Sgt Ryan, Many Thanks

Happy Modeling

John

kidcurrie42 wrote:Well I am enjoying putting the sponsons together, made so much easier with the guidance from Sgt Ryan, Many Thanks

Happy Modeling

John

I wonder if we might see a Forrestal Class come out. I don't get why we do not have a Midway though. That one seems like a no brainer but look how long before we got a CV-6 Enterprise so go figure..........

Roosevelt is looking good!

Mark

Working on the CV-7 Wasp today.

Look forward to seeing your progress Mardis

All I can think of is that a Midway in modernized form is a one off, so Midway and Coral Sea would be two completely different molds....

Now the Forrestal's would make sense, actually would have made sense to release these earlier All four could have been produced
with small tweaks covering varying eras..... Early with the gun sponsons(Ranger up until decommission with fwd ones) Differing funnels
on all four.... yes there are other differences but nothing that cannot be easily achieved..... Aftermarket and 3D printing would cover many...

Yes I am dreaming.... Do not wake.............

Happy Modeling

John

Hey John, I did the Mighty O papercard/plastic 1/350 yrs ago. See what happen after that. A Forrestal with guns will be my hope. Also a 1/350 as built F.D.R wouldn't be bad either. Happy Modeling!

That is the way to go, if you want it then start Scratching one.....

Happy Modeling

John

gtbred wrote:Working on the CV-7 Wasp today.

Hey Red, how's she progressing? Have you decided on a timeframe &air wing yet? Just curious. Had recently learned I had a cousin flyin' off her decks,got a purple heart in AUG 1942. Think he flew SBDs...

Spent some time working on the area between Hangar Bay Doors 1 and 2 and the fwd Fire doors, also made the 4 platforms for the Bay door winches, next area to get attention will be the area between bay doors 2 and 3. Just waiting for the Aft Hangar fire doors to arrive from Shapeways along with the CVCC Crash Crane.

Happy Modeling

John

Nicely done John. Your build be could one of best with the Shapeway parts. Connie and Big will not have a full detail hangar bay. J.F.K is a possibility. But's that way down the road. Ed Wasp is a handful. I thought my ISW Okinawa was the toughest resin build. Got that beat by a mile. I guess because of so little photos of her during time in the Pacific. Anyway look at Kosta build of her using the 1/700 resin Corsair Armada kit. Very detail kit to be s o small. Later Guys!

Thanks Mardis,

I have 1/350 Enterprise She will be built as she was in 1988 Operation Praying Mantis..... Going to save up for the JFK and she will be another 1991 Desert Storm Build.

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John

I like that. You and others doing the Desert Storm fleet. Me doing the Tonkin Gulf fleet. By the way Gregg is the answer to us Supercarriers guys. Thanks Gregg!

Mardis, I May eventually build a Essex class from Vietnam period, Just wish more options for the class were available....

I have been working on the area between hangar doors 2 and 3..... just lots of details to add now.....

Happy Modeling

John

Yeah, my Essex class days are over. 5 scratch builds is enough. 11 Tonkin Gulf builds is a lot. Still need another CG and a LST to go with the LPH and FF. J.F.K and BigE will be build together. I will be watching as you move along. Mardis

Great to see activity at the shipyards again. Nimitz is looking sweet John!

I got some work done this weekend on JFK's hanger Bay.





I mounted two strings of the 19" lights from superbrightleds.com and wired them up to a battery pack. The white piece with the rectanglular pattern is a piece of clear plastic that I taped off and sprayed white to sort of look like the overhead with over scaled lights in the hanger. I did the bulkheads with white polystyrene. There are two of BaconFistModels JFK Conflag Stations in there. I just ordered the JFK Fire Doors and when I get them, I will start the starboard side detailing. I did a set of generic decals for the hanger walls. The two boats and deck cradle are in. I have fork lifts, tractors, and other hanger details from Greg as well. The hanger is going to end up costing as much as the ship itself! Oooooof!! I will eventually park 6 Phantoms, 12 Skyhawks, and 2 Vigilantes to go along with the Whale. I gloss coated everything so far to give it an even sheen. Once everything is in and prior to the airwing going in, I will give it a dull coat and weather the deck stripes a little.

Superb Work Mark, Great work in the Hangar, The details really make it stand out, Decals look great

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John

Awesome supercarrier hangar deck action this weekend! Great job, John and Mark!

I have a picture that will make Mardis happy!

gjholmes77 wrote:Awesome supercarrier hangar deck action this weekend! Great job, John and Mark!

I have a picture that will make Mardis happy!

Ha ha ha Yes it will It looks great......

I hope that you can rescale some Vehicles to 1/700, I have dusted off my JFK 1991.

happy modeling

John

gjholmes77 wrote:Awesome supercarrier hangar deck action this weekend! Great job, John and Mark!

I have a picture that will make Mardis happy!

Nice work Mark! Maybe my J.F.K will be lit up also only in the water with a escort.