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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Here s a photo of a future release of a postwar U.S. carrier. I ll definitely build one (or more) of these when they ll become available. Can anyone guess which carrier it is???

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Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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USS Forrestal or Essex :heh: :wave_1: Looks sharp tho :thumbs_up_1:
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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I've got two of those in my stash - good old Essex carriers! With Starfighter's replacement island and decals, I'll be banging out a Shangri-La one of these days. So many projects...
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Don't fancy those deck pieces much !
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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jgrease wrote:I've got two of those in my stash - good old Essex carriers! With Starfighter's replacement island and decals, I'll be banging out a Shangri-La one of these days. So many projects...

and sooo little time too :heh: :heh: We'll be waaiiting... :heh:
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1/700Trumpy USS Hornet CV-8 "Doolittle Raiders"
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Nektarios wrote:Here s a photo of a future release of a postwar U.S. carrier. I ll definitely build one (or more) of these when they ll become available. Can anyone guess which carrier it is???

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27A or 27B
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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It's a 125A or 125B, looks like one of the earlier ones, Intrepid, Yorktown, Lexington, etc.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Nektarios, This is a public Thanks for the SH-2 Helos. They arrived today :thumbs_up_1:
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1/720 Italeri CVN-68 ca 1976/77
1/800 ARii 1/800 CV-59 backdating to 1961 (CVA-59)
1/700Trumpy USS Hornet CV-8 "Doolittle Raiders"
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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The kit is the Ships & Co. CVA-14 U.S.S. Ticonderoga in 1/700. It will be available in December.
On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Hippy Ed wrote:Nektarios, This is a public Thanks for the SH-2 Helos. They arrived today :thumbs_up_1:
Thanks,
Eddie

You re welcome Eddie. :wave_1: :wave_1: :wave_1:
On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Nektarios wrote:The kit is the Ships & Co. CVA-14 U.S.S. Ticonderoga in 1/700. It will be available in December.
:woo_hoo:
I know what I'm askin' Santa fer for Xmas :heh: :heh:
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1/720 Italeri CVN-68 ca 1976/77
1/800 ARii 1/800 CV-59 backdating to 1961 (CVA-59)
1/700Trumpy USS Hornet CV-8 "Doolittle Raiders"
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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A little more progress on the Sampson..............

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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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She's comin' right along there Carl :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
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1/800 ARii 1/800 CV-59 backdating to 1961 (CVA-59)
1/700Trumpy USS Hornet CV-8 "Doolittle Raiders"
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Carl you never stop to amaze me with the level of detail in your ships :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :wave_1:
On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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now I have to redo my DDG76. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Alright - you people want Putty-Fu, you got Putty-Fu. I showed some of it with my F-20 in the Grey Pride build, but this, This is Putty Fu. Mightier Mo, progress update - I work between the F-20 and the Mo.

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There's the simple stuff - the forward Aegis plates.

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Here's the bulk of the work - the Aft Superstructure. This is where the most of my build-up is. It's all centered around smoothing it out, I'll be adding two more AEGIS plates on the new aft structure, and I'll be adding the side plates from Trumpy as well, for detail effect.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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I would never think to place my Aegis panels so low. Good idea Sauragnmon :thumbs_up_1:
On the workbench:

Various 1/700 aircraft.
Juan Carlos I LHD 1/700.
HMAS Canbera LHD 1/700.
FGS Type 122 class FFG 1/700.
LSD-41 class LPD 1/700.
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Re: Postwar navy in 1/700.

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Realistically, they're not much different in height from a Burke, where they are.

I also had to cut out eight launch tubes - the CIWS positions were too narrow for me to line up the third flat mount along the centerline, over the former aft stack, so I had to put it beamwise, and cut out four from each of the aft corners to keep out overlap on the two positions.

Center Beam two mounts are sitting perfect for width, I just have to add some putty between the two mounts to fill the gap, add some outside, and a little extra filling into the structure under them. Then I've gotta fill the mounts and bring the Harpoons outboard a little more with overlap from the third aft VLS. Or I might turn around and put the harpoons further aft, as a thought.
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ROCN Yi Yang FFG-939

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This is my 1/700 ROCN (Taiwan) Yi Yang FFG-939 (ex USS Valdez)built from AFV Club's Knox kit with Veteran Model's SM-1 missile canisters and radars. This project is 99% done. Sorry I won't be able to upload more pictures due to a prior agreement with a publisher.

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Re: ROCN Yi Yang FFG-939

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Hanchang Kuo wrote:This is my 1/700 ROCN (Taiwan) Yi Yang FFG-939 (ex USS Valdez)built from AFV Club's Knox kit with Veteran Model's SM-1 missile canisters and radars. This project is 99% done. Sorry I won't be able to upload more pictures due to a prior agreement with a publisher.

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Wow! Very, nice conversion, Hangchang! That couldn't have been easy.
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