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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen !
Let me first please introduce myself because i am a new member here. My Name is Lutz and i'm from Germany so in this building report i hope you kindly excuse my English. Any correction about language , and ofcourse about the model is welcome !
Over here we have a small model-building forum with focus on radio controlled ships. We started a projekt about the 75. aniversary of the capture of U-505 and gonna build the complete hunter/killer-Group : 6 destroyers , the Abanaki-tug , maybe also the T2-tanker "Kennebec" , the escort carrier CV-E 60 "Guadalcanal" and offcourse the Sub as r/c models.
My part will be the carrier and while looking for any information i found the report of ADM here in ModelWarships.
His model is a great work and will help and inspire me alot i think. so to give something back i decided to post my building Report here too , maybe you could find something helpful too

We ordered all necessary plans , some e-books and photo-cd's from floatingdrydock and as soon as i had the plans in my Hands i started with designing the hull construction in 3D-CAD :



Placing the CNC-cutten Frames and adding stringers :



covering with two layers of 1.5mm Balsa :



and covered with three layers of glass fiber epoxie (dont know the right expression in english)
brushing the inside of the hull with epoxie too and then started with the decks :





That's actually how far I am . I'll post updates from time too time.

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Welcome aboard!! Your english is fine for me! And you have certainly made a very, very good start. I guess CNC machine will never be in my place, as it should be expensive... but it should help keeping the hull aligned very well.

Looking forward to your next update!

Aop

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On the way:
--1/350 Tamiya DKM Tirpitz Nov 1944

--1/350 scratch-build HMS Lion never built battleship (1938)

And our artworks!

That's looking very nice Lutz!

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Tracy White -Researcher@Large

"Let the evidence guide the research. Do not have a preconceived agenda which will only distort the result."
-Barbara Tuchman

Welcome Lutz!

I will be watching this build closely. Looks like you are off to a good start.

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Scott

Salisbury, NC
USS Iowa BB61 1943 post refit
1:200 Trumpeter w/ Pontos detail up with deck
USS Missouri BB63 1945 1:350

In planning T2-SE-A2 tanker AO-82

Nice work,Lutz.

Scott

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K494 HMCS Arnprior
Royal Canadian Navy

Impressive work. Cannot wait to see more updates.

Jorge

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Currently working on:

USS Nimitz 1/200
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=153310

Hello everybody !

Thanks for your friendly comments !

@ Aop Aur : i dont have a cnc-milling mashine myself but one of my "hand-picked gathering of maniacs" has and we help each other where we can. In German there is a word like "one hand washes the other" and thats the way our forum over here is handling the knowlegde and abillities of the users.

@ the rest : updates are about to come . This weekend we have a forum-gathering in Bavaria and i have a lot to prepare for it. But this morning i allready glued the tubes for the propeller shaft and the support into the hull. As soon as i have this ready ill show it , probably next week .

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Welcome on the board!

Great job so far. Very sharp frames and shape. Looking forward to updates

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The merchant shipyard

Evening Folks !

Just back from our meeting i feel the need to show you two pics from the first finished model of the project , USS Phillsbury :





Hope you like it , have a nice day

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Pillsbury looks great.

Scott

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K494 HMCS Arnprior
Royal Canadian Navy

Hello Folks !

Made a short Video that you can find here : https://youtu.be/zX6ZGK0Tz5o

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Good Morning !

While hull was almost ready to paint , after plenty of puttying and sanding , I started with the rudder , driveshaft and the supports .
The tubes and supports are made from 10x1 mm brass with sintered bronce collar bushing , shafts are 4mm stainless steel .
Tubes and supports can be greased from inside the hull through 4mm brass tubes i solded to both of them.









I think the effect of the rudder , i made it 20mm longer then scale , should be enough .
Dont wonder iff some off the technical words are kinda strange : my school english didnt include this and im using trasnlations from the web

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Hello Folks !

Ist been a long time since my last post but i was short of time for modelling . Someone has to earn the Money at least

The bulwark on the bow is ready now :



Next thing on the list is the support of the aft gun plattform.

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Hello together !

As mentioned before , next I want to build the supports of the aft gun platform. The plan don't give much information and fotos are really hardly to find . Can anybody help me about this ?



That's the best one i have found, but painting makes it hard to discover details of the structure underneath the platform.
I crawled 3 or 4 times all over navsorce since i started my resaerch for this build.

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Hello Folks !

Some more Things added to the hull : platforms on both sides are mounted :





All supports for the platforms are glued also and next thing to build are the tubes for the anchor chains.
Once this is done I'll install the motors, battery-holders and clutches between motors and shafts.
Cant wait to have some paint on the hull and the whole thing in water for the first time !

Edit : soon there will be a break in this building report because i am waiting for "The Escort Carrier Gambier Bay (Anatomy of the Ship)" that i have ordered in New York.
Will take some time to ship it over here but hopefully will help me with some of the details i wasn't able to identify untill now.

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen !

Few things done on my projekt : motors , clutches and battery holders installed :



and first layers of primer "spray-canned" on the hull :



I used a red antirust protection underneath the cwl and a white primer above.
Hopefully i can do some first test runs this weekend on our clubs pond

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

I am jealous of these large scale builders! Great work on that one! I hope one day I will be as good as you!

Aop

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On the way:
--1/350 Tamiya DKM Tirpitz Nov 1944

--1/350 scratch-build HMS Lion never built battleship (1938)

And our artworks!

Hello to all and specially to Aop !

If i got it right then I'm more then 3 times older then you Aop .
I'm absolutely sure that , if you keep on building models and keep on learning , you soon will be on my level .
If You then add 1 or 2 years additional practice , you surely will be better !

I'm far away from being a real good modeler . I do my best and try to learn from my mistakes . I'm pretty sure i will never be able to build something like the divine artist here are doing in 1/700 ! I'm getting older , eyes aren't as good as they have been and it will not take too long till I start to tremble

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"

Hi Lutz,
Awesome build!
I'm enjoying following your progress, Viel Glück!
Regards,
Phil

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Completed
Bulk Carrier made of Popsicle Sticks 60cm

Drawing Board
AWD Hobart Class Destroyer (Help - looking for plans)

On the Slipways
1/136 HMAS Anzac (2015 ASMD Upgrade)

Hello Phil !

Thanks for your kind words !
In the mean time i recieved the book and i am very happy about its pictures and drawings .
Allready made some drawings for the after superstructure of the flightdeck :



and a new island :



Gonna have some more construction works to do and then send it all to my friend with the cnc-milliing-mashine
Simultaneously im working on a 1/72 hull for USS Jenks DE-665 : some wood-works there and styrene works on the carrier is some good variety of things to do

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Kind regards , Lutz

Actual project : CVE-60 Guadalcanal , scale 1:72 Radio controlled

"I dont have friends : i have a hand-picked gathering of maniacs"