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Topic review - Calling all HMS Illustrious/Implacable class (WW2) fans
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  Post subject:  Re: Calling all HMS Illustrious/Implacable class (WW2) fans  Reply with quote
Pavel has kindly sent me additional photos of the new 'correct' deck. I fear that the simplistic plan view green ink amendment made on Formidable's As Fitteds has misled the designer and has resulted in moulded vertical edges to the forward faces of the flared extensions either side of the original raised decking housing the catapult. In practice these forward edges sloped gently down (and the sides of the forward protrusion gently down outwards). It will perhaps be impractical to sand back into the moulding sufficiently to achieve their true profile but some filler can perhaps be used to at least eliminate the step effects.
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Post Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:22 am
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Today I got the correct deck, just to update this thread on Flyhawks 1941 1/700 kit of HMS Formidable.

They decks identical sans the catapult as pointed out above.

So Flyhawk is well aware of this issue, the seller in China has been quick to remedy the mistake, sent the part free of charge from Flyhawk.


Now, if this is wrong in shape or something, in small detail, this is fine for me. The big issue is fixed as you can compare to the other old deck.

Both have 2020 stamp on the back btw.


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:56 am
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Looking forward to the correct deck pics to emulate it using styrene or putty.
Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:06 pm
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Many thanks. So all three are different to each other in detail!

What we now need are some sharp, in-focus photos from various angles of the forward end of the catapult of the 'correct' deck to see exactly how the forward end has been moulded:
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:46 am
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'They are super tiny, this is typical flyhawk tiny fold out'


That is a general problem with FlyHawk, sometimes one phase is so densely packed it's difficult to understand some positions at all
I generally scan and increase the size of each section onto an A4 piece of paper
Don't know how they can be persuaded to change - probably all to do with the box size & packaging
Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:34 am
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dick wrote:
Thanks for those photos.

Re the mask, it is a bit unclear from your photo's angle, but can you say if the yellow line, the port edge of the raised catapult area, is depicted as a straight line running parallel to the green line, the deck edge, or is it a bit curved getting closer to the deck edge at its forward end?
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Re the plans I'd be really grateful if you could rephoto AX1 concentrating on the forward end of the flight deck as I cannot see how they have depicted the forward end of the raised catapult area.
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Dick, to first - looks like straight, but the curve is on the other side, see photo. Tough to photograph well, i dont wanna yet rip it out and try it on... May be I will later..

Again, hard to say from the angle, but - in reality the catapult is flaring out at the bow. Wider. Very slight but noticeable.
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The close up of the instructions as asked. They are super tiny, this is typical flyhawk tiny fold out - I really wish someone can tell them to increase the size of their instructions and quality of printing (too thick lines).
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:31 am
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Thanks for those photos.

Re the mask, it is a bit unclear from your photo's angle, but can you say if the yellow line, the port edge of the raised catapult area, is depicted as a straight line running parallel to the green line, the deck edge, or is it a bit curved getting closer to the deck edge at its forward end?
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Re the plans I'd be really grateful if you could rephoto AX1 concentrating on the forward end of the flight deck as I cannot see how they have depicted the forward end of the raised catapult area.
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:35 am
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Photos of the wrong parts below.

Deck (A-1) vs mask.
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Elevator with beveled edge still there (P-4).
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The plans are correct.
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:49 am
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I have now heard from Flyhawk that there was a boxing error with some kits and they have offered me a 'correct' deck. If you contact them they will hopefully offer you one too.

How correct the 'correct' deck is remains to be seen.

Please could you photograph the deck mask (I don't have the kit).
Post Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 1:36 am
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I got the kit today and can also confirm the deck is wrong.

It is most evident by the deck mask. It has the correct cut out. So the deck mask can be used to outline the work to be done.

Moreover, the deck is a piece that is clearly been worked on, as if added last minute to the kit! Id post shots later, but - it has sanding marks on the inside, support marks sanded off too, the whole thing is bizarre. Really, like they forgot to make the deck and had some laying around and threw them in manually.

I told the seller the A-1 part (deck) is wrong and asked them to ask manufacturer for replacement. They did this in past with Hood (it arrived with damaged hull, so they asked me for the part numbers and a month later I had new parts!). I have little hope this is the case this time, as we dont know if FH has replacements at all. But I tried at least.

Most likely Ill just use the masking sticker to add the raised edge using styrene.
Post Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 5:55 pm
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Will do. So far.... nothing....and it's Monday there...

(insert sounds of crickets chirping)

I suppose if a replacement never comes I can live with it and it will not detract from the finished model - - the kit is THAT good! - A real work of art (like their other kits). I can honestly say I still HIGHLY recommend the kit.
Post Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:57 pm
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Jon: I did too, a few days ago, and have not heard back yet—please let me know what happens. I’ll keep everyone apprised as well.

Mike E.
Post Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:11 am
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Ugh! Just got my copy and it has the wrong deck.

I emailed Flyhawk to see if I could get the correct deck.

We will see… :Mad_6: :doh_1: :thinking:
Post Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:59 pm
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The "mistake they caught" is a good theory. I have had mine pre ordered - so I probably will get pre ordered with mistake. While those buying now Im sure will get the right kit if people have correct kits indeed. Fascinating story.

It would make sense they catch the mistake and load the right files and I dunno, adjust the tooling?...
Post Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 12:41 pm
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Dick et al:

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I am skeptical that this deck is for an HMS Victorious kit. If it is for a late war Victorious, as previously advertised (and as implied by Flyhawk's release of an F4U Corsair as part of their RN aircraft set), then the flight deck would need to have square cut outs for the 20mm guns emplaced at just below deck level at the port and starboard quarters around mid-war (see the photo below). The flight deck I have (the putative HMS Victorious flight deck) lacks these cutouts.

I think Flyhawk just screwed up, produced a few incorrect flight decks for HMS Formidable, caught their mistake, and are now producing corrected decks. So some of us got the kit for HMS Formidable with the original incorrect flight decks, others got the corrected flight decks.

That's my theory at least.

Best,

Mike E.


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Post Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 12:37 pm
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I remain doubtful that the flare was the same on all three after the 1941 USA repairs.

It's the forward end that may have varied.

This is Formidable:
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What we need is a clear photo of Illustrious 1942-1945 from a similar sort of angle to see how hers was.

This therefore would seem to be wrong for Victorious (and I suspect wrong for any if those are vertical rather than angled/chamfered edges either side at the forward edges of the flare):
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(I will e-mail Flyhawk and ask.)
Post Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:30 am
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On Teiba.Baidu there is a guy who compared many pictures of Illustrious class carrier and concluded :

我突然意识到,我手上这个“可畏”的甲板其实是胜利的甲板,然后回去翻照片考证。果不其然,FH悄咪咪地搞了个大新闻,早就把胜利的甲板开好了,
that is :
I suddenly realized that the "fearful" deck I had was actually the Victorious deck, and went back to the photos to verify. As expected, FH had quietly made a big news and had already opened the Victorious deck.

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8005432138?pi ... 5377912999

An error in selectioning the part to be manufactured?
A Victorious comming soon?
Post Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:49 am
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drasticplastic wrote:
@ dick; Can you give us a bit of a teaser if you already know of whatever other ships Flyhawk has on the table?



Sorry, nothing that I am aware of at the moment. But they sometimes give Jamie and I very little notice indeed to comment on their intended paint schemes (I think the record was just about a week before they went to print!).
Post Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:48 am
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Dear Kazec:

Thanks for this! The plot certainly thickens... though I am skeptical that the catapult for a late war HMS Victorious was different from that on Formidable earlier in the war, or Illustrious after her 1941 refit in Norfolk, Virginia. Below please find an IWM photo of HMS Victorious reportedly from April 1944, and it is clear that she had the catapult configuration that Formidable had in 1941 and Illustrious had after 1941. I think the Baidu entry you linked to is a clear-cut case of people seeing what they were looking for. If you look carefully at the pictures in the Baidu blog, you will see that the catapult platforms actually look like the platform in the picture below. Or maybe I am just seeing what I am looking for, LOL!!! I need to be careful, as I myself was wrong about a few things in the past day or so (and not for the first time!)....

Thanks again, and be well!

Best,

Mike E.


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Post Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:53 pm
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A week ago, a modeler in China also posted in Tieba about the mystery of the flight deck of the Flyhawk Formidable (link attached).

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8005432138?pid=145377912999&cid=#145377912999

He noted that the catapult part of his kit on hand is different from his friend's kit. One with full width with flares out slightly at the forward end, one with reduced width in the forward side. After doing some research as demonstrated in the post, he suspects that the wrong deck was in fact correct for Victorious.

So, an odd packaging problem?

And a Victorious kit is upcoming?
Post Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:10 pm

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