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Thank you [b]Martin[/b] and [b]Mr.Church[/b] for your comments
And here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...details on the lifeboats ropes, filling the gaps, rudders and placed on supports...enjoy

Lovely work again Greg. Really progressing nicely.

[quote="marijn van gils"]Excellent detail on those boats! They are little models in their own right. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:[/quote]
Agreed - what he said!

[quote="marijn van gils"]Excellent detail on those boats! They are little models in their own right. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:[/quote]
Thanks [b]marijn[/b] for your kind comment

Excellent detail on those boats! They are little models in their own right. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea. Well l started the 3 lifeboats 75% done :big_grin: :big_grin: :big_grin: ...enjoy

Thanks [b]Joe Simon[/b]
Tiday l added some details on the cranes and did (l suppose) Admiral's launch very small and fiddly but very rewarding...enjoy

Great work Greg!

Dear all sorry for this delay...
Here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea....
I finally finished the lamps of the hangar's roof...looks really cool. I also started the 5/38 inch guns..they really look cool very detailled in resin...enjoy

[quote="DavidP"]it appears to be plastic fiber optic not glass, correct?[/quote]
Correct.... plastic fiber optics

Thanks @ [b]Devin[/b] and [b]boomstick68/ aka James[/b] for your comments@ [b]DavidP[/b] the lamps are in plastic then you put in the middle the fiber optic cable and then you pour in the lamp clear UV resin...hope l answered your question

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier Yorktown CV-5 for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...placed more functioning lamps...boy they are fiddly and those fiber cables go everywhere...enjoy

Nice to see that lighting method works in 1/350th, I plan on doing something similar for my 1/350th Yorktown build. I experimented a bit with it in 1/700 scale, but the space is too tight and the fibers won't handle the bends required to make everything fit.

Very fine work. The idea for the lamps is awesome.

Thanks [b]Dan K[/b] and[b]Marijn[/b] for your comments and support.
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea.
I placed the lamps on the forward truss beams very fiddly but they look much better. I placed also the first lamp on central roof of the hangar and l put the fiber optic and clear resin...it looks really cool..

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Great detail and paintwork on those SBD's!

wow. Outstanding work. Love that air group.

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...finished both squadrons VB-5 and VS-5... l also made the plane of Lt. Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa and Rm3 Walter Schindler plane number 10 from sqd VS-5. Enjoy

[quote="Devin"]The air wing is shaping up nicely. What paint are you using the the blue-gray upper surfaces on the aircraft? I've always loved the old Model Master blue gray, but it's long out of production, and I need to find a replacement for future projects.[/quote]
Dear [b]Devin[/b] sorry for the late reply
This is what l used base color: ghost grey, then blue grey wash then panels in Us blue grey and finally highlights 50-50 Us blue grey and white grey...hope it helps all colors and washes are vallejo model air

The air wing is shaping up nicely. What paint are you using the the blue-gray upper surfaces on the aircraft? I've always loved the old Model Master blue gray, but it's long out of production, and I need to find a replacement for future projects.

Dear all...nothing more to say than 3 More Dauntless for VB-5...
Enjoy