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by **StevenVD** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:50 pm

I met Pieter at IPMS The Netherlands, he showed me one of his own creations. I marveled at the scale of this beautiful model.

I can happiliy announce to you that the Princeton has won the Lifecolor Best Ship award, worth some goodies that will be well received, when they are sent to me by mail. Something went wrong at the prize distribution stand, but I'm not concerned to have to wait a few days for this:

by **StevenVD** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 3:40 pm

Pieter, you might find me at the Warships stand in the first hall, if I'm not off pillaging the tombola at the entrance. I expect the contest will again be left from the entrance, so the Princeton will be there. Maybe I'll also bring the Bismarck to our stand.

by **Pieter** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:58 am

I'm really looking forward to seeing it there.

StevenVD wrote:Thanks for all nice comments, the Princeton will attend IPMS the Netherlands at saturday.

by **StevenVD** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:01 pm

Thanks for all nice comments, the Princeton will attend IPMS the Netherlands at saturday. Until I'm ready for the next 1/350 ship, I'll probably catch up with this project: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=154909&hilit=hammann. I now have a useful water dio product to finish it after about 5 years of inactivity...

by **Dan K** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 12:16 pm

Wow. This has been quite the project, with a consistantly high standard of work. Excellent.

by **Pieter** » Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:53 am

Erg mooi gebouwd.

by **Ian Roberts** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:23 pm

Truly fantastic work - great to see it finally finished!

by **StevenVD** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:34 pm

Yesterday, I finished the model. The first pictures show some stuff that still had to be painted. Two Hellcats received some Holy Moses rockets and a droptank. Because this happened at the last moment, I mounted three HVARs on a piece of metal and glued this under the wing as a whole. Some bombs were also scratched, alas I printed the ref pic badly so I couldn't make out the number of fins. Therefore the bombs have 3 fins and not 4.

I added a lot of figures to the ship over about 3 days.

I added 4 antennae on the stacks, like the last Princeton pictures show them. The thread is so fine, it is impossible to straighten. Also, the sign flags are tied one way. The name sign is glued to the base with 2-component glue. Some glue marks are treated with Vallejo matte varnish. At last, the definitive pictures could be shot. The background shows some reading I had over the last days, plus some preparatory stuff for my next 1/350 project, which isn't going to take off for about half a year, I guess.

It's hard to lift everything by the tapered edges. I have to shove it to the edge of the table. I have to find a cure for this on the contest tables.

Here, you get some detail shots near the relevant reference pics I used.

https://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=43

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery ... rafts-2-3/

https://www.ww2online.org/image/bofors- ... -shakedown

by **StevenVD** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:48 pm

Thanks, Joe! I really am...

The Master Models Mk.13's are being placed like on this picture.

I used CA clue to attach the torpedoes to the carts. The props were abundant so you can lose a few.

I put them close to the aft elevator.

Removing the figures from my painting stand took at least an hour. Sometimes, the glue was stronger than their legs.

I used 4 droptanks, but only one will be attached. The other 3 are placed on a cart train pulled by a Clarktor. These PE carts are from the WEM airwing set. I will also add these rockets to the first planes.

For placing the carts and the planes, I prefer contact glue, because this can take more of a beating before it comes loose. I added about 30 figures, but I will add many more this weekend.

by **Joe Simon** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:08 pm

This is a fantastic project! You should be very proud.

by **StevenVD** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:56 am

Thanks, Richard. I watched it with interest! Just weathered the deck with acrylic washes and dry-brushing.

The Dragon flag stickers are quite nice, but I thought it could be improved by painting them on a piece of aluminium foil.

Like that, they seem to move like a real flag, as in the picture of Independence.

I only had to paint the bare side wite and copy the flags to the foil with a very fine brush.

Now I'll still have to use a thread to get them all in one wind direction.

by **RichardAigner** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:36 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfzQwAbz9F4
Instructional film on Royal Navy WWII Carriers. At about 3:00 into there film you will find a sequence on spotting planes on deck. Yes it's British...
HTH, Richard

by **StevenVD** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 12:04 pm

Yesterday, I decided to line the transverse girders on the Pontos deck with a blue Cont� marker and the Pontos backing plastic as a ruler. This solved the problem of avoiding some obstacles on and near the deck. Blue marker doesn't fade easy in sunlight and the sharp tip is easy to keep in line with the girders.

I'm glad I did this after all, because it makes all the difference on the deck. There is now a distinction between the wooden planks and what should be metal. I also did a dry-fit of the airwing on the deck, I hope this is a logical formation.

Now I'm going to tackle the rigging.

by **StevenVD** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:51 pm

I fixed the propellers and painted the canopies of the planes.

The props are placed with wire and brass tube. For Trumpeter this was harder, because there was no axle with a hole to place the wire. I had to add one myself. I think I'll add some rockets and droptanks.

by **StevenVD** » Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:48 am

Yesterday I attached the wings.

Two of the planes already have a pilot, some have the canopy closed down but the one with the stretched out wings has a makeshift pilot head glued in the canopy.

One other thing, I can announce my next carrier project. It was the carrier that launched the plane to sink the USS Princeton:

by **StevenVD** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:26 pm

You're welcome, you made a great choice. Will it be a waterliner or a full hull?

by **Guest** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:19 am

Hi Steve' I'm new here and I've been following your thread over the last few weeks, catching up on your excellent work here on the Princeton, I've one in the stash and have been building up AM for the future project, which I'll be using your build as my prime reference, borrowing your methods and procedures, love your work certainly awe inspiring

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by **StevenVD** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:49 pm

A brown acrylic wash is used on the panellines for the planes.

This is most obvious on the light side of the wings.

Using a fine drill, the Avenger canopies are hollowed out carefully.

These parts are done with the Dremel, therefore they still have the sprue for holding.

When that is cut off, the glass can be filed thinner.

After that, some Tamiya Extra Thin evens out the creases and it's transparent again.

The Trumpeter Hellcats had the windshields sheared off the canopies. Then, a chunk needed to be removed from the fuselage to make the canopy fit in open position.

The Avengers also get their windshields, but they get the spare canopies from Dragon. These have an open option and have more detail.

Almost done with that glass. I forgot to mention that I once dropped the entire filed glass tray on the ground and had to dust them up again. I even knew I was going to drop them at least once.

by **StevenVD** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:14 pm

Now the L'Arsenal figures are painted too.

Shoes and caps are painted and washed. These resin figures all have the shipmate's cap and can not be used for pilots or officers.

by **StevenVD** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 5:30 pm

I just prepared another bunch of figures, now L'Arsenal. Some had to be repaired, but I would dare to mix them under the North Star ones.

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