Postwar navy.

simon b · Post by **simon b** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:08 pm

Been busy today

Tom@JAG · Post by **Tom@JAG** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:22 pm

Simon, You have done a very nice job of scratchbuilding the Cimarron class in 1/350 scale. I do hate to rain on your parade, but you will not find that any of the Cimarron class oilers ever wore the blue and yellow stripes around their funnels. Only the Henry J. Kaiser class of oilers ever got to wear those. That only happened after they were transferred from being purely Navy ships, to the MSC. Cimarrons were out of commission by then. Otherwise, you've done an outstanding job.

simon b · Post by **simon b** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 5:38 pm

No worries Tom.
I'm taking a few liberties with this one.
It's basically a study on scratchbuilding before i dive into the world of 1/96 static display semi kits. Got a nice Sirmar HMS York Type42 lined up. It's actually hard to bring myself to finish this with the Jecobin plan for the York looming large on the wall (60" hull).

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:45 am

WOW!!!!!! Thats a nice build and a quick one too!!!!!!

Tom-Tom · Post by **Tom-Tom** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:05 am

Very impressive work Simon.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:35 pm

Some photos of my carrier battlegroups currently "deployed".

CV-63, CVN-68, LCC-19, AOE-1, AE-33 accompanied by several USN and JMSDF escorts.

CVN-75 accompanied by 7 USN an 3 Hellenic Navy ships.

Tom-Tom · Post by **Tom-Tom** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:47 pm

Impressive "photex" Nektarios. There are hundreds of hours involved for making such a dio.

Sparrow · Post by **Sparrow** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 8:47 am

That�s impressive indeed, Nektarios.

I wish I had place to prepare such a diorama!

simon b · Post by **simon b** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:21 am

Very nice, more ships than the royal navy. Hang-on i've got more little ships in the bath than the RN

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:58 am

simon b wrote:Very nice, more ships than the Royal navy. Hang-on i've got more little ships in the bath than the RN

I see what you mean Simon. Its very disappointing to see all major navies shrink in size with some few exceptions ( JMSDF, PLAN, Indian navy etc ).

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:05 am

Sparrow wrote:That�s impressive indeed, Nektarios.

I wish I had place to prepare such a diorama!

I would like to have even more space to display my ships. 1m x 1m is O.K. for a 2 carrier CVBG but not for something like a 2 carrier CVBG and some landing ships( LHAs, LHDs etc ) or a 3 carrier CVBG.

gtb -red · Post by **gtb -red** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:22 pm

Your still the MAN!!!

Still waiting on CYRUS though

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:35 am

Some more photos of LCC-19.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:34 pm

A photo showing the islands of CV-59 and CV-60. Note the difference in height of the 2 stacks.

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:10 pm

Sara's looking worse for wear. Good thing she's close to being saved. I'd hate to see her deteriorate further.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:24 am

Some photos of LCC-20. Although it belongs to the same class with LCC-19 note the differences between the 2 ships especially in the electronics.

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:46 am

Some more photos of LCC-20.

Dustermaker · Post by **Dustermaker** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:23 pm

very nice work, it would be interesting to see your entire collection! Its a joy to see your models!

Nektarios · Post by **Nektarios** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:33 am

Dustermaker wrote:very nice work, it would be interesting to see your entire collection! Its a joy to see your models!

Thank you Dustermaker.

Some photos of my collection.

First my 15 Carrier Battle Groups. I m very close to achieve this goal( I have 14 CVBGs).

A closeup of the Carrier Escort Force.

A close up of the Carriers themselves.

More photos will follow.

Dustermaker · Post by **Dustermaker** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:20 am

OMG im glad i asked, thats INSANE! I cant believe how many and how well they are done! At your rate you will have all the world's ships modeled...LOL!