by doog_k » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:47 pm
Thanks for the nice pix of the ships Dave, it was good to meet you in Glasgow.
To give a wee bit more on the carrier. It's what I've called a CLV (Cruiser/ carrier Hybrid) as examined by many navies between the war. The US came closest actually putting a viable design in the water- if you ignore Japan's Tones etc seaplane cruisers, they had a similar mission profile. The Kreigsmarine liked the idea too, and as I've got some Me109s and Stukas that may yet emerge from the yard!!
I built the USS Start (named for one of the advocates of the hybrid in BuShips) in 1/144th and set the time line at around late 1938, she would have been just launched and it let me populate the deck with "yellow wings"! 3 channel radio and she's about 8 years old, though the hull's over 10 years old. I take that long to finish stuff.
Akitsushima was chosen as I couldn't quite face building Tone- yet- and the paint job is a lot of fun and hides a multitude of sins.
My "large" warships are all to 1/144th stand-off scale, hulls are balsa and superstructure is plastic sheet. Aircraft are usually commercially available kits. Like Trumpeter's Mavis bought in Taiwan about 4 years ago.
Presently on the stocks are a 1/144th stand off scale USS Wolverine paddle wheel training carrier and a 1/25th scale DDR Kliener Schnell Boot form the '70s.
If work would stop getting in the way I'd get them finished!
Thanks for the nice pix of the ships Dave, it was good to meet you in Glasgow.
To give a wee bit more on the carrier. It's what I've called a CLV (Cruiser/ carrier Hybrid) as examined by many navies between the war. The US came closest actually putting a viable design in the water- if you ignore Japan's Tones etc seaplane cruisers, they had a similar mission profile. The Kreigsmarine liked the idea too, and as I've got some Me109s and Stukas that may yet emerge from the yard!!
I built the USS Start (named for one of the advocates of the hybrid in BuShips) in 1/144th and set the time line at around late 1938, she would have been just launched and it let me populate the deck with "yellow wings"! 3 channel radio and she's about 8 years old, though the hull's over 10 years old. I take that long to finish stuff.
Akitsushima was chosen as I couldn't quite face building Tone- yet- and the paint job is a lot of fun and hides a multitude of sins.
My "large" warships are all to 1/144th stand-off scale, hulls are balsa and superstructure is plastic sheet. Aircraft are usually commercially available kits. Like Trumpeter's Mavis bought in Taiwan about 4 years ago.
Presently on the stocks are a 1/144th stand off scale USS Wolverine paddle wheel training carrier and a 1/25th scale DDR Kliener Schnell Boot form the '70s.
If work would stop getting in the way I'd get them finished!