Happy Easter and thank you all for the positive comments!
I have been slowly plugging away at this build, and even slower at updating this thread. I hope to do some catching up as my deadline of April 23rd is fast approaching.
I wanted to depict her on the Morning of the 13th of November around the time that she sent her Torpedo Bombers and some of her fighters to Henderson Field, and in the interim put the finishing touch to Hiei. The Big E was damaged a few weeks prior and her forward elevator was not operating, so she set sail with 59 Officers and Men from the Vestal to continue repair work so that the carrier could get back into the fight. There are no known images of what this process looked like, so I winged it and came up with this;
The figures are not highly detailed as the will lurk in the shadows once the flight deck is permanently attached. But it adds a little visual interest.
I also pretty much finished the focsle except for final painting, we see here the E's last Chicago Piano ready to ward off marauding attackers.
This was the Kits 1.1 with some WEM PE for sights and seats.
I have also finished the island now except for final painting, rigging and weathering.
All kit parts except for figures and 20mm's, the later was 3D Modelparts
I am now on to the flightdeck,I noticed this interesting choice to reusing the Yorktown's deck,
We see here the deck and mounting foundation for the 2nd AA gun platform. The deck has a raised locator that works for the Big E up until the 40mm's were fitted.The Deckhouse and tub are accurate for the time being depicted.
The instructions simply instruct you to remove that locator
Here we see the underside of the deck
Here is a visualization of the minimum amount that needs to removed to allow the Deckhouse to fit. Going to take some interesting sanding and cutting to blend that into the deck. This kit has so many great things about it, but everyonce and while you come across something that just leaves you going
More to come (hopefully) soon,
Matt
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