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Is there any update on this set? I just got the 1/200 Yorktown. Someone told me the KA Hornet set would work for this but I'm not sure. Even though they were sisters, there are usually differences.

Sorry to hear about troubles with your company. I guess the CVAN-65 project is dead. Hope you get the files back. Good Luck!

I have heard rumours that Trumpeter may be releasing a 1/200 scale CV-6 USS Enterprise and a 1/200 USS Yorktown this year. Perhaps this might be a good motivation for getting this project back in work.

Thank you for finally - after 2 1/2 year- coming out with the true and full story. I wish you the best success in retrieving the files and finishing the project in the hopefully not to distant future! It is worth the waiting, I am sure!

Sorry to hear about this misfortune, Mr. Kim. Thanks for updating the thread.

As I had mentioned, there is no project cancelled or dismissed especially almost finished one as this set.
The main problem of this set not yet resumed is that there are some deleted sources and files already designed.
The designer who had started this project deleted many sources and designed files belonged to Pontosmodel company and went out our company without taking over.
I found that Ilegally he had also deleted almost photos posted in this thread after gone out.
So I am preparing sue for him for this and some more smimilar matters related illigal actions from msome years ago.
Until now there is not enough budget as layer's fee is too high in Korea but now we have prepared this fee finally so we satarted to act for this sue. And my layer surely right acts for this matter.

Separately
Almost many other projects have been processed by other our designers as Mr. H Chuing, SW Hong, SM Hong, SJ Min and SH Ahn.
But this project should be undergoing with me so I have been redrawing and finding new source for this project but this need some much times. I can't promise when this set come out but saying again, I would not cancel this project.
I am vey sorry who have been wating this set.

Thank you
Keumho Kim

This was posted on December 3, 2014 by the "missing in action" Mr. Kim:

"Hi, Now finalizing for Instruction manual editing.
We will post soon.
This project is surely the best and largest project of our sets.

Thank you
Keumho Kim"

And since January 3, 2015 I am bouncing this thread without getting a substantial answer. I will do so until such an answer is coming forward. And I do not care really if the answer is "Project has been cancelled" or "Project will be out in two month". I honestly and truly believe, as somebody who has bought Pontos sets for far more than $ 1,000.- total, that politness and honest communication is the basic of any relationship. If that is diferent in the Korean culture (which I do not thing having been there several times) or with this specific company, I would like to know that, too. Why do I want an answer? Because what was shown (and later erased) was very intriguing, especillly in the are of the inside of the hangar. I certainly could proceed with the KA and/or Tetra set, but I still think that the Pontos set might be superior. That is why I beg for answer. Why is it so hard to get one?

Dietrich

Perhaps we should keep bouncing this to the top until we get some sort of genuine commitment from Pontos Models..... even if they just said we have dropped this project we would all know where we stand.

Mr. Kim surely has the time to inform his devoted customers that the sets will be substantially more expensive, but has no time to answer kind requests and/or come through with years old promisses.

The sets are really great, customer relation is close to abysmal, borderline impolite!

It "seems" as if Mr. Kim has taken a disinterest to customers requests and concerns in recent days. This behavior has been exhibited on the 1/200 HMS Hood thread under "Manufacturers and Suppliers" as well. Mores the pitty.

Over 17600 views and Pontos refuses the interested customers and answer? I too would like to know the status of the planned set.
Thanks,
Jim

Pontosmodel wrote:As we are finalizing 1/200 HMS Hood set, we resume this set.
Following is the water sliding decal for aircrafts.
Some squadron markings or Tail markings will be added.
Thank you
Keumho Kim

Now that the excellent 1/200 HMS Hood has hit the market I am sure you will come back to your repeated promiss to finish this set which has started to very nicely. May I kindly ask when the release date will be, roughly of course? It is now three years ago that you announced the set with a fairly detailled desription. And, as you said yourself "We don't give up or throw up..." . May I take you by the honor of your word?
Thank you!
Dietrich

I am asking since 3 January 2015 (!!!) about the at that time already fairly progressed set. I was asured over the years by Mr. Kim that it will happen. I dare to ask again: Any time line?

Dietrich

Pontosmodel wrote:We don't give up or throw up...
A little bit and bit we are preparing.

Thank you
Keumho Kim

Any news or a date for 2017 or 2018 release?

Went and purchased the 1/200th cv 8 after reading the posts from Mr Kim because sounds like it is getting done, iwill just keep working on the 1/200th Mo.REALLY hope it comes through because i'm using the MK1 on the Mo and it would be a good kit if pontos did not exist,but they do.

To further on the above point VS8 at Midway still used white lettering and was in the format of "S-1". So S-plane number.

Everyone else used black lettering.

The formats for each squadron as follows:

VF8 in black (27 planes in total some had the hyphen some did not. It appears that mainly the higher numbers had it)
F1 or F-1

VT8 in black (15 planes in total but the numbers where 2-16)
T-2

VB8 in black (19 planes in total some only had the number)
B-1 or 1

VS8 in white (17 planes in total)
S-1

Went back and looked through my photos and made adjustments; hence the edit.

The decal sheet above would work great for late war CV3, CV6, and the Essex Class from 1944 and on.

Hi Kim,

As USS Yorktown CV-5 in particular was sunk at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, her aircraft never received the 1943> "stars and bars" style insignia. From the start of the war until the Battle of Coral Sea, the US Navy aircraft had red dots in their markings which did not have the bars, as shown on this image:



Between the Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway (days really) all the red was painted out and the white star on blue circle (still without bars) was the last type of markings the USS Yorktown's air group had. Note however that the TBDs at the bottom are from USS Hornet CV-8 and VT-6 was USS Enterprise's torpedo squadron. Although they all used the same shape and style of insignia, the size of the fuselage insignia varied between carriers although I *think* the wing insignia were all the same. At this point and with these style of insignia, the aircraft wore them on both wings top and bottom unlike the later "star and bar" type which was only worn on port upper and starboard lower wing.

Best regards,

Jamie

This decal is not final. We would add some variation markings for all sister ships.
So please let me know any information for these markings you wish to get and then we will try to add.
Thank you
Keumho Kim

The 1/200 Yorktown will be CV-5 and not CV-10, correct?

If so, those aircraft decals are incorrect for 1942. The stars & bars weren't in use then.

Should be a white star in a blue circle, letters and numbers were black.

Two pics of Yorktown SBD's at Midway:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020506d.jpg

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020506e.jpg

Bob

Gunner82 wrote:Very nice Mr. Kim. I assume you will be doing a set for the Enterprise as well?

Yep if Trumpeter comes.

Thank you
Keumho Kim