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OK, now you made me laugh!! It does explain a lot though.

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Last night I finished a kind of trivial detail I've been working on. I found these pictures of bombs without nose cones or tail fins in racks on aircraft carriers, and I thought I'd try to replicate them for the Wasp. The diameter of rod I made them out of would be approximately Mk 83's, as far as I can tell.

Great job!!!

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A couple minor updates. Still working on the aircraft; putting together the CH-53's now. I did an interior on one of them, and am using the WEM PE external fuel tank pylons. I'm going to put one of them in the hangar deck with the tail folded and a couple maintenance hatches folded.

I also got my hands on some UH-1's from Iron Shipwright. The folks there were very kind and accommodating, and sent me extra UH-1's instead of the AH-1's that come in the set they sell. They're resin, so I've sanded and primed them so far. I think they'll be a nice addition to the air wing.

I've been plugging away at the airwing; no interesting photos to post yet. However, I have been working on some accessories for fun in between coats of paint. The WEM photoetch for the air wing comes with some nice little accessories, like parts to make liquid oxygen carts and plain flat carts. I played around with these to see what I could come up with.

Great work Sir

Happy Modeling

John

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Awesome build! And very usefull for my own project.

Seriously, you sure make me feel like a butcher.
This is some fantastic work.
I'm getting some good ideas for the Bataan.

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After a long hiatus, I've been working on the Wasp again. I've gotten the air wing done now, and I've been working on some crew to populate the well deck and hangar deck. The island has also been started. I'll post some pictures.

Some progress...

I love following your work. It gives me lots of ideas.
I have the 1/350 Gallery Models kit. I'm planning on making her into ESSEX LHD-2.

Gene
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USS ESSEX CV/CVA/CVS-9/LHD-2 Association Inc.

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That's great. Post some pictures as you go along.

Unfortunately, since I last worked on the Wasp, I seem to have lost a couple parts. I scratchbuilt this small part of the island. From a couple feet away, it looks ok. Hopefully I won't find other missing sections of the ship!

Here's a couple vehicles I've been working on.

I'm making some progress on the island. I would like t model it with a few of the doors open, such as one of the ordnance elevators, the door that leads to the ramp that goes to the vehicle deck, and a door at the aft end where deck equipment is stored. I cut out the doors in question and made simple interiors - not much of this is going to be visible in the finished model.

Excellent!

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Hi there ! What happened with this build ?

Things have gotten very busy with family and work, and my modeling time has suffered. I haven't given up the ship yet, though. It's encouraging that somebody wants to see the end of the build. I will try to get back to it soon.