Anonymous wrote:
I want to model my Yorktown as she was on the morning of June 4, 1942.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Gordon
Gordon,
In one of my more incredible moments of moronitude, I parted with a superb
book that I strongly recommend--if you do not already have it--that you get hold of. It has good, in-depth information and breakdown of the ship's airgroups and operations, and might also be of some help to you.
Off topic a bit, I am presently working with a 1:700 Trumpeter
Hornet, trying to correct the worst of its egregious hull errors. I will soon be at a crossroads with it, deciding whether to complete it as CV8, or to begin converting it into a prewar
Yorktown.
If I choose the CV8 route, I will be doing much the same kind of project as you are working to achieve, but of a "Doolittle"
Hornet en route just before April 18, 1942. Like you, I'll want date-specific information on the a/c populating her flight deck, as well as their placement.
In that case, I will probably buy the european-made resin kit and fashion it into a prewar CV5--with its mahogany-stained flight deck, Y K T N markings and the famous island "Y", as well as her colorful airgroups. I will not buy another Trumpeter
Hornet and go through all this
trouble again so, either way, I'll have to pay for it--monetarily or with laborious tedium!
I just wanted you to know that I appreciate and support your efforts, and am very much looking forward to your finished project!