USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by TF17Greg » Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:00 pm

I just checked your work....l�m amazed wooow
FANTASTIQUE

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Fliger747 » Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:11 pm

One of your photos above shows a Grumman "Duck" amphibious observation plane parked on Hornet's deck. An unusual aircraft in that it was a true amphibian and could operate off of land or water, and astonishingly was fitted with a tail hook as well! I'd guess she was being ferried somewhere for a cruiser, Marblehead operated them during the war in her Atlantic operations.

The Seafire was indeed a comely aircraft, which kept it's development right through the long war. The Spit family being amongst the best looking warplanes of the era. As a deck lander, perhaps not so much of a success. During one of the amphibious landings off the West coast of Italy the escort carriers lost fully 50% of them due to deck crashes the first day.

The 1.1 photo (very interesting) would have been from John Ford's film group, as JF was actually on Midway Island during the battle. Naval History and Heritage has a good recollection of the battle by him

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/l ... idway.html

Lovely continuing work! Tom

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:25 pm

Tk Marijn! :thumbs_up_1:
marijn van gils wrote:Impressive work! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:24 pm

Tk for the video, very usefull!

Yes, the fly deck (Tickness 2,6 mm) is at the same level than the outrigger. Not easy to see on the picture. :thumbs_up_1:
Charybdis wrote:Nice work, indeed. Although, if I may, the height of the outrigger bar is lower than the flight deck level. The wheel bracket should be at flight deck height. Perhaps when you put the flight deck on it will line up.

There are some hangar shots of CV-7 that you might find useful:

https://youtu.be/fAhuuoeE1HQ

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by marijn van gils » Sun Apr 18, 2021 12:14 pm

Impressive work! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Charybdis » Sun Apr 18, 2021 9:44 am

Nice work, indeed. Although, if I may, the height of the outrigger bar is lower than the flight deck level. The wheel bracket should be at flight deck height. Perhaps when you put the flight deck on it will line up.

There are some hangar shots of CV-7 that you might find useful:

https://youtu.be/fAhuuoeE1HQ

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:38 pm

Tks ! :thumbs_up_1:

In "real life", it's better.

It's in place. Just one more hose to make.

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Charybdis » Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:28 am

I think that the outriggers were a British invention
I don't think so. The first I have seen is on USS Ranger in 1934...

Great job on the drawing!
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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:19 pm

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Fliger747 » Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:06 am

I think that the outriggers were a British invention, as were many of the advances in early Naval Aviation. Swordfish not withstanding, they merely lacked good naval aircraft.

Nice job with the rivets! Tom

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by MartinJQuinn » Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:27 am

Fantastic stuff. Love the outriggers. Surprising none of the PE outfits captured those.

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:11 am

That's possible, Tom.

Tk Steve!

This outrigger is drawn, I simplified it a bit due to the constraints of 3D printing at 1/200 and my railings already in place.

viewtopic.php?f=46&t=4866&p=937158#p937158

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Fliger747 » Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:36 pm

Great underwater photo, the deeps preserve quite well. I saw a discussion earlier about mount ready storage. in the above photo an inner ring provides a space, was the ready clipped ammunition just piled in here?

Tom

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:23 am

Yes.

A quad 28 mm (1.1"/75 cal) Mk 1 anti-aircraft gun firing on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in May 1942.

Source U.S. Navy "Battle of Midway" movie screenshot.
Auteur Cdr. John Ford, USNR

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Picture from Petrel:

You can see the crane just behind.

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Fliger747 » Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:45 am

Nice job on the 1.1" pom pom. I saw in one of the photos that some 40 mm quads were on board. Hornet had these fitted before her loss?

Continuing nice work transforming this kit!

Cheers: Tom

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:35 pm

Thank Hank, but I noticed that some details were missing on this block when I found pictures of the outside area, so I took it back, modified the piping that wasn't right too, added some missing portholes, a ventilation grid, and a door. etc..

I also have a new bunker hose to install on this part.

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Enterprise CV-6:

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by BB62vet » Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:46 pm

Pascal,

You're taking modeling to the next level in accuracy and detail!!!! Your parts & assembly, etc. look excellent!

Hank

Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:00 pm

This block is almost finished, I have a coat of Humbrol 128 grey to do and then a coat of matt varnish.

The lift is integrated, the platform of the lift remains to be made with a torpedo on it.

There are 3 Oerlikon's to be mounted in PE, the fire director, the life rafts.

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Re: USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

by Iceman 29 » Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:07 pm

Thanks Song! :thumbs_up_1:

But not as amazing as your long term real scratch project! :cool_1:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=285272

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