The Ship Model Forum

The Ship Modelers Source
It is currently Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:19 am

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 51 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:29 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:00 am
Posts: 121
Location: Neenah
I'm surprised this thread doesn't exist yet.

I just got the 1/700 Loose Cannon version. Getting it, I discovered they changed to a plexiglass deck instead of the wood one. Looking at their site would have warned me...

What would be a good way to spruce up the deck? I would imagine some scribing would be involved, but the pics I've seen seem to indicate that the deck was reasonably smooth.

If I can pull this one off, I think my other favorite, the Long Island should be easier.

Ed-


Attachments:
USS_Langley-b.JPG
USS_Langley-b.JPG [ 59.26 KiB | Viewed 6369 times ]


Last edited by Zad Fnark on Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:27 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:06 am
Posts: 3154
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Yeah, saw it on their website quite a while ago.

Below is a picture of the version of the Langley there as well as in her configuration as a seaplane carrier/tender, courtesy of the Loose Cannon models site, with the forward part of her flight removed.

Image

I think someone at this forum or another modelling forum did a diorama of her in the AV/seaplane configuration being attacked by Japanese planes as what happened in March 1942. In that diorama, she has a lone flush-deck destroyer for an escort as well as P40s on the remaining part of her flight deck.

Also, perhaps you should retitle your thread to "Calling all USS Langley fans (CV1/AV3)" in order for people not to confuse this ship with the Independence class carrier of the same name (or CVL27), if I can recall correctly.

_________________
"Haijun" means "navy" in Mandarin Chinese.

"You have enemies? Good. It means you stood up for something in your life."- Winston Churchill


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:34 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:00 am
Posts: 121
Location: Neenah
Good idea. I didn't think I'd cause confusion...

I think Edsall was with her when she sunk. Edsall wend down shortly after that, despite shoddy IJN gunnery.

I would like to pair her up with a Clemson/Wickes with the big hull numbers.

Ed-


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:30 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:10 am
Posts: 148
Location: Scottish Borders , Scotland
Just to give head up on this Ship -
that she is getting to be released in 1/350 Scale by Trumpeter
and in two versions - AV3 ( Plane Transport ) and CV-1 ( Carrier )
This is the 2018 Catalogue

Image


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:33 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:00 pm
Posts: 332
Location: New Jersey, Working to pay Taxes
1/350 Trumpeter Langley is here!
Nice rendition of hull plating and decently detailed everything, the upcoming etched brass super upgrade set is going to be a must.

_________________
Victoria Nobis Vita.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:26 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2016 12:28 pm
Posts: 132
Location: Cripple Creek VA
Any release date for the 1/700 version?


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:25 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:00 pm
Posts: 332
Location: New Jersey, Working to pay Taxes
Wow, post #7.
I am surprised at how little interest this vessel generates given it's historical importance within the naval aviation community.

_________________
Victoria Nobis Vita.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:49 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:02 am
Posts: 10443
Location: EG48
I picked up one but am waiting for a good PE set for the trusses. Trumpeter's looks "nice in sleeve" at the local hobby shop but I'd like something from a more reputable company on this build.

Hull looked OK - I noticed the strakes were generally crisp except for an area 1/4 to 1/3 back from the bow that looked like it was re-cut by hand and wasn't nearly as crisp.

_________________
Tracy White -Researcher@Large

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


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:50 pm 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:00 pm
Posts: 332
Location: New Jersey, Working to pay Taxes
The upgrade set came in today, several brass etched sheets and a wood deck. Well worth the 71$.

_________________
Victoria Nobis Vita.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:52 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:24 pm
Posts: 61
'Wow, post #7.
I am surprised at how little interest this vessel generates given it's historical importance within the naval aviation community.'


Second that. More than a little surprising...here's some sports memorabilia from the old Langlee Maru, dated 79 years ago...today.

FWIW


Attachments:
AV-3 sport news cover.png
AV-3 sport news cover.png [ 296.07 KiB | Viewed 4140 times ]
AV-3 sports 1941.png
AV-3 sports 1941.png [ 302.46 KiB | Viewed 4140 times ]
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 8:46 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:06 am
Posts: 427
I'm waiting for the 1/700 version


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:13 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:13 am
Posts: 481
Location: Liège , Belgium
Roberto wrote:
I am surprised at how little interest this vessel generates given it's historical importance within the naval aviation community.


She also was the very first USN turbo-electric powered ship (one steam turbine coupled to a dynamo, powering two electric motors on two shafts), she served as a test-case to proof the concept, for some battlewagons to come, who got the same improved propulsion plant.

_________________
Scared of Nothing , Always Thirsty

Just call me the "Cereals Box Killer" , I guess :big_grin:


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:43 am 
Offline

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:02 am
Posts: 10443
Location: EG48
I'm wanting to do two of these - one before her conversion.

_________________
Tracy White -Researcher@Large

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


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:53 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:24 pm
Posts: 61
Here's a poor quality Xerox copy of a copy showing the Fwd end of LANGLEY's Fire Room in the mid-30s, with the front end of the old Scotch boilers visible. Originally she had three of these, I think, but when rebuilt they removed them and put in six B&W Express type boilers. Everything but the main engines on LANGLEY were all steam driven, I believe.

In the course of heading to Fleet Problem 20 (~ Feb. 1939), departing Colon-Cristobal C.Z., LANGLEY suffered a serious boiler flareback explosion that knocked out 3 of her 6 boilers. This was due to lack of air pressure in the fireroom. Ship's force was able to get two working again & she carried on w/her role in the Fleet Problem, but the third damaged boiler was not repaired until some time later (I believe at either Norfolk or Portsmouth.)

But, the truth is that she was an old ship, with an unusual (& apparently rather finicky) propulsion system, often carried large amounts of avgas, and suffered numerous accidents of varying severity over the years.
She was said to be one of the first ships in the fleet to be supplied with Tanafax, a medication for burns...


The old "Bucket of Bolts" was also known to carry more guns than any ship in the navy. :wink:


Attachments:
Langley Fireroom 30s.png
Langley Fireroom 30s.png [ 351.32 KiB | Viewed 3942 times ]
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:51 am 
Offline

Joined: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:28 pm
Posts: 748
Location: Downey, California
Tracy White wrote:
I'm wanting to do two of these - one before her conversion.


That would be mighty impressive. She was quite the forest of booms and rigging!

- Sean F.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:36 am 
Offline

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:02 am
Posts: 10443
Location: EG48
Well, her Booklet of General Plans are already online and I'm thinking of seeing what be available in microfilm on my next archives trip....

_________________
Tracy White -Researcher@Large

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


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:43 am 
Offline

Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:12 pm
Posts: 4184
Tracy, it says "the file is damaged & could not be repaired". can download from this link as I just checked it. https://www.hnsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ac3.pdf


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:41 am 
Offline

Joined: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:02 am
Posts: 10443
Location: EG48
It worked for me but if the direct link doesn't you can go to the Maritime.org main plans page and try the link there - and if that doesn't work maybe right click - save a copy.

_________________
Tracy White -Researcher@Large

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


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:30 pm 
Offline

Joined: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:12 pm
Posts: 4184
no go on 1st option as still same error message & the 2nd option not really as it saved as a 480kb file which adobe reader can't open because of corruption being the file is supposed to be 10.5mb in size.


Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 12:09 pm 
Offline

Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:28 pm
Posts: 96
Can anyone ID this port?? I think it's 1927.


Attachments:
IMG_2049.JPG
IMG_2049.JPG [ 138.84 KiB | Viewed 3114 times ]

_________________
USS WASP CV-7 VIDEO SERIES

Episode 05: Builder's Trials
Guided Tour1: Hangar Deck

ESSEX CLASS TIMELINE
USS Ticonderoga CV-14 Operational History
USS Shangri La, 1945 in Color
Top
 Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 51 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 19 guests


You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group