The Ship Model Forum

I finally finished listing all 546 1/700 scale 3D printed aircraft available on the Tom's Modelworks website. We are starting to print these in gray resin on our new SLA printer which gives smooth surfaces. Will post pictures as I can. Most of these 1/700 models are also available in 1/350 scale but I don't have time to list those.

I also made some 1/426 scale Kingfishers for the Revell Arizona

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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
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What NOW you come out with these?? Where were you 3 years ago?

Oh well that is my lot in life.

Hey if you could make some of these USN Cold War guys available in 1/535 and some of the USN Prewar available in 1/489 I would be very interested.

Mark

For the Forrestal kits and the Yorktown kits I presume? Which ones did you have in mind?

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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- William Shedd

Hey Richard,


Yep the 1/480 is for the Revell Yorktown. I'm working a prewar fit circa 1939 or so just before the yellow wing aircraft went gray. I have most of the air wing for the Yorktown handled except for the ever elusive 1/480 to 1/500 Northrop BT-1. I would be interested in both open and closed canopy versions. Closed for the the deck spotting and open for the hanger bay. This is my major interest at this time.

On the 1/535 front I was actually I was thinking more Oriskany/Shangra La/Intrepid etc. I could use some A-4E/Fs, F-8Js and AD-3s.

And come to think of it I do have the later 1/542 Forrestal class from Revell, the Saratoga boxing. I could use some E2-Cs for that.

Mark

You've seen this...

https://www.starfighter-decals.com/11reuppa.html

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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- William Shedd

Sorry for the slight delay on this response. My laptop was having a MS W10 DOS attack.



Yes and I've ordered a couple of sets (TBDs & F4Fs). The TBDs are great but the F4Fs come sans landing gears. So do most of the birds I would need for a Vietnam Essex class or Forrestal class... The idea of making little itty bitty landing gear struts and wheels for very small scale aircraft is a bit daunting.

I did this for one Martin P5M Mariner on my USS Pine Island build and it took several tries to get the beaching gear to allow the plane to stand level and with the correct nose up attitude. I just can't see doing that on 30 to 40 aircraft. I mean I gave up the idea on the 10 F4Fs I wanted to spot on the Enterprise's deck.

So maybe you could do some photo etch gears with wheels attached for some of these. I mean I would have to deal with cementing to the aircraft but at least I would be starting with all gears being the same length.

Mark

That makes sense. I'll put it on the "list of things to do." It'll be a bit, though.

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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- William Shedd

One of these may be what you're looking for:
Five Star
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/five-st ... t--1308888
Flyhawk
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/flyhawk ... 4f--306787
Longxing
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/longxin ... t--1344118
Cyber-Hobby
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/cyber-h ... b--1078876

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On the workbench:
Gecko 1/16 Panzer II Ausf. F

Recently completed:
Panda 1/16 Pz.38(t)
Takom 1/16 Panzer I Ausf. B
Trumpeter 1/350 Severomrsk (Udaloy)
Trumpeter 1/350 Project 956E Sovremenny
Hobbyboss 1/350 Voltaire

Thanks, but these are 1/700 scale and would be way undersized for the Revell Yorktown and Enterprise. These kits are the old box scale kits in 1/487.

Hey at the pace I'm moving that would be just about right..