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Hi Guys,
Here is the start of my version of the Future Carrier whish was done during coffeee breaks between assembling a/c..................







Any comments or questions as always welcome

Happy modeling

John

I was going to wait until next year to do that after the Carl Vinson . But I see I have to chase you down again.

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The Future carrier will be done really slow time, USS John F Kennedy and USS Independence, Desert Storm and Desert Shield are next up, i will be starting next week and i want to crack both USS Midway and USS Coral Sea's CVW's.

Happy modeling

John

Whats the Ranger nickname?

gtb -red wrote:Whats the Ranger nickname?

Top Gun

Nearly Finished Ranger, a few aircraft to decal and detail, then its onto JFK and Indy.



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I will hopefully post pics either tomorrow on completion depending on time, i want to get pics in daylight or it will be day after.

Happy modeling

John

Great stuff John!

That looks great mate.

Excellent stuff John . It is always feels good to finish another ship after months of hard work.

gtb -red wrote:I was going to wait until next year to do that after the Carl Vinson . But I see I have to chase you down again.

And the race is ON!! Wutcha gonna do when ya ketch 'im Red?!!

Thanks for the nice comments guys, didn't manage to get anything done today, hopefully tomorrow,
Next up is JFK, here is a reminder of the progress to date.........

Here are a few pics of my JFK, I have used the Italeri USS America kit for most of the build also sheet styrene and bits from the spares box, My JFK will be as at Desert Storm.

Stbd Quarter


Port Quarter


Flightdeck after reshape(CV-66 kit flightdeck)


Island


Happy modeling

John

Monday O.K O.K!

gtb -red wrote:Monday O.K O.K!

Sounds good to me mate

kidcurrie42 wrote:

gtb -red wrote:Monday O.K O.K!

Sounds good to me mate

Oh? But, ya aint done yet?!? I'll be waaitin'

kidcurrie42. have you thought of mass producing those islands for the JFK ? , I would be first in the queue to get one or two, i will follow your build intently, your build of the RANGER has had my mouth watering, this along with all the photographs that you have posted of other carriers has really made me want to build a carrier, just need to decide on what to build.

keep up the good work

Matty

Matty wrote:kidcurrie42. have you thought of mass producing those islands for the JFK ? , I would be first in the queue to get one or two, i will follow your build intently, your build of the RANGER has had my mouth watering, this along with all the photographs that you have posted of other carriers has really made me want to build a carrier, just need to decide on what to build.

keep up the good work

Matty

Hi Matty, No i have never considered it, i value my time building these days, dragging myself away from the comp is hard enough, but i have actually been good at that during my build of Ranger and that build has been so enjoyable, so much so that i will limit my time on the net. so no i will not produce anymore(unless i lose this one that is).
Glad you enjoyed the Ranger build, i certainly have. i cannot even remember all the Carriers that i have posted pics of, theres a few, choosing a build is hard, i have always loved the Convensional carriers especially Midway and Ranger.
Anyways good luck with the choice.

Happy modeling

John

Why do we do it ? Matty's post yesterday for some reason had me thinking, i started a reply but tiredness and the length of it got the better of me, Do you remember the first time you saw the Revell USS Enterprise or the Italeri USS Forrestal, boxes taped closed, parents saying you will have to wait till your Birthday or for Santa to come, such torture. the only ships carrying planes i had seen was in the movies like Pearl Harbor and Sink the Bismark, Jets on a ship Wow. Then the build, red tails, yellow tails, multi colored, stripes, crosses ect, then came publications such as Seventh Fleet Super Carriers, Super Carriers, Detail and Scale Forrestal and Enterprise and you realised that something was missing, this kit didnt look like this pic, these planes have pictures and letters on the tails, you realised that ships in the class differed, box art showed differences(Saratoga with Ranger sponsons) but access to the box was still restricted by tape, you would buy the kit, maybe waited till you got home till opening it(9 time outta 10 though it was opened on the bus) imagine the disapointment at finding the same kit in a different box, Nooooooooooooooo they wouldnt do that, surely they must know that there are differences between ships, more publications came to light like FSM and Guys like John Leyland(Carriers of John Leyland, loved that Nimitz)would inspire me to start the cutting and changing areas, I found products from the likes of Loren Perry and WEM, i wrote/called and badgered them many times for 1/700 Carrier PE and Decals and assessories, then the Internet opened up a whole new world, so much Information, Manufacturers and Forums, meeting guys like Nektarios, gtb-red, JGrease, Hippy ed, Mark and many others, i remember a conversation i had when Midway and Coral Sea were at various stages of build, i stated that i would never attempt a FDR, well about a week later Midway kit had arrived and i was cutting the crap outta it, and i found it easier than i had thought it would be, and whilst all this was happening, Trumpeter stunned us all by releasing Nimitz in both 1/700 and 1/350, Mark at Starfighter decals made so many dreams become reality with his outstanding decals, Loren Perry with decals and PE, WEM with PE and assessories, there are so many out there making Carrier Phreaks very happy, but it gets better and better, DML tweaking the WW2 molds to get the Korean war, CVS and LPH versions of the Essex class.
Jon Warnke at ISW has given us a great 27A, DML need to make good on the promise of Angled deck Essex's as i fear they put off the resin guys from releasing these by about two years at least.
Conclusion and thoughts, if there is a hole somewhere in your collection/area of intrest, Fix it, research, Styrene, putty and a good spares box and the guys that use this Forum are a mountain of info and tips.

Happy modeling

John

Well put John I couldn't have put it any other way!!

Hi All,
Started the Hangar deck on JFK and Progressed on Indys island and finished off some
EA-6B's for Ranger(all Harmed out ready for a mission), most of the day was spent Securing for rough weather(Hanna, Ike and Josephine)

Happy modeling

John

Here is Ranger, just taking my time working on the Airwing, she is starting to look busy



Happy modeling

John