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Hiya JG,
Superb news on the award , hopefully i may relieve you of it next year
I look forward to your Essex update.

Happy modeling

John

Ranger is the RANGER John. Congrats jgrease on your award!

Very good Ranger, and Well Done on the award jgrease

As promised an update on Victorious, Island First

Here is my yard, with F40 under refit and PF-09 almost finished.


And here is my almost completed Island-just the Mast to go which can be seen in the pictures off to the right.




And I must own up to the fact that this is the first time I have ever fiddled about with photoetch on any of my ships-and i'm quite pleased with the results, but I found my patience lacking sometimes!

Hull picture to follow.

Happy modeling

Great work ASFC! Photoetch is definitely one of those "love/hate" things in modeling. It's a pain to work with, but once you get it going well, the results speak for themselves. Keep up the good work!

Cheers-I still feel like a novice even after 3 years building warships!

So, Sitrep on the Hull. Flightdeck walkways need finishing, Life presevers need adding, Photoetch needs finishing and Guns adding. Paintwork just needs touching up. Lack of Decals is going to slow this build down but she is getting there-and there is always the Illustrious to finish!

and Continued

Hi ASFC,
Your Carrier is looking great, the PE is making a difference, your leanders look good, i found the Ikara Leander to be the most difficult of the builds, i never did get to serve on one, i had Blake, Bulwark(old one) Tribals, Type 12, counties lots of 42's but never a Leander.

i look forward to your next update

Happy modeling

John

Thank You-my Leanders are from my pre-photetch days and i have decided to leave them without, and hopefully myearly efforts and some of the RNs best Frigates will debut in the gallery in the not so distant future.

However my CVN-76 will go through refit for Radomes and Photoetch, and will follow the British pair out of the yard.

Hiya ASFC,
PE is a personnal thing, you will see many in the gallery with none or little, i use it sparingly on my 1/720 carriers, i will expand when i get to my stash of Trumpy Nimitz's(seven waiting will be eight when it is clear which to get for a modded CVN-70)
I just spent last few hours putting the home made tail markings on VA-145 and VA-155, will post pics later today.

Happy modeling

John

I think I have been misunderstoood-i'm not putting PE on all my ships (i mean I have over 100), but seeing as some need a few mods, it makes sense to use the opportunity to get some practice in for my new found skill.

These homemade decals on your AIrwing, how did you make them?

Work progresses on the Airwing, still a few wings to cut and fold.











Happy modeling

John

Hey John, She's lookin' mighty fine there Just one question tho...
Where's da Vigis?!?!

She s looking great mate keep them coming

Hippy Ed wrote: Just one question tho... Where's da Vigis?!?!

Hippy Ed that s the airwing John is building.

100 VF-1 Wolf Pack F-14A
200 VF-2 Bounty Hunters F-14A
400 VA-155 Silver Foxes A-6E
500 VA-145 Swordsmen A-6E
600-603 VAW-116 Sun Kings E-2C
604-607 VAQ-131 Lancers EA-6B
610 HS-14 Chargers SH-3H
700 VS-38 Red Griffins S-3A
(RG)4xx VRC-50 DET. Foo Dogs C-2A

No Vigilantes.

Thanks for the comments, work continues on the airwing, the positioning plan is coming together, all the aircraft on the aft end of the flightdeck are awaiting wings to be chopped and re-positioned, would have been nice to have had the wings separated at the fold position, thus enabling an easier build option for the parked aircraft.





Happy modeling

John

Nektarios wrote:She s looking great mate keep them coming

Hippy Ed wrote: Just one question tho... Where's da Vigis?!?!

Hippy Ed that s the airwing John is building.

100 VF-1 Wolf Pack F-14A
200 VF-2 Bounty Hunters F-14A
400 VA-155 Silver Foxes A-6E
500 VA-145 Swordsmen A-6E
600-603 VAW-116 Sun Kings E-2C
604-607 VAQ-131 Lancers EA-6B
610 HS-14 Chargers SH-3H
700 VS-38 Red Griffins S-3A
(RG)4xx VRC-50 DET. Foo Dogs C-2A

No Vigilantes.

I knew that. Just had ta pick on John a tad bit

Lookin' Good John

Thanks Hippy, the Viggi's will appear, either on Forrestal or Nimitz at some point in the future.

Happy modeling

John

kidcurrie42 wrote:Thanks Hippy, the Viggi's will appear, either on Forrestal or Nimitz at some point in the future.

Happy modeling

John

Knew you'd have Vigis on deck somewheres

Brilliant Kidcurrie, are those Airfix Forrestal sponsons I spy on your Ranger????

ASFC wrote: Brilliant Kidcurrie, are those Airfix Forrestal sponsons I spy on your Ranger????

Thanks ASFC, and they are indeed sir, lots of cutting and sanding to get them to size. The deck plan has come together now, will be 39 a/c on deck.



Happy modeling

John