1/700 cv-43 coral sea drawings

[Guest]

Hello. I was working on 1/700 scale contour drawings to approximate cv-43 as seen in final fit, near retirement. As point of reference, I am using the italeri 1/720 kitty hawk kit as a guide (its actually a pretty close correlation, aside from the obvious differences, and dimensions).

Just using online photos, line drawings, I have cobbled together most of the scale lines approximated to account for cutting parts, but I am am having some trouble with getting the geometry to line up in two areas:

1. the area underside the port sponson that houses the guts of catapult #3 -- those shell contours are tricky (I guess I need a photo looking "up");

2. the area under the tower -- particularly where the catwalks run over the stbd boarding ladders, and the hangar "wall" housing the large uptakes.

Any help appreciated.

[Timmy C]

You may wish to ask in the CASF Midway class thread as well: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=28689

[Guest]

That thread is where I got the inspiration from.
I have started cutting plastic, will muddle through it as I got. I got the keel/stem/stern, flight deck, and hanger roof cut out so far.
Gonna cut 12 major +12 minor transverse bulkheads to build "up" the the flat hull bottom, then add the outer shell around the edges to box it all in.