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For months I have a project looking to wake me interested enough to undertake it, and after a long search found nothing.
  So I turned to one of those models that, either way, we always want to do. In my case is the HMS Furious in its second version, 1918.
My first full hull model "from scratch" at 1/520 (I chose this scale so no one could doubt that it was absolutely a model built from scratch) in this version, after a Type I "Waterline" to scale 1/350 in a diorama on the version and 1944.
I keep photos of the first, but not the second, which passed away when I moved, was very large and had him hung as a picture,
This time, due to the precarious means, I have only 1 mm plastic as the shop that sold in Alicante, Spain, that stuff does not matter anymore and I was 0'5 mm plastic enough, I decided to wear a helmet Heller HMS Hood at 1/400 with slight modifications and a new bow, is perfectly suited to my purpose.

Basically the changes made are:

One: Lowering the forecastle deck and shapes to suit the Furious.
Two: Add plastic sheet to increase and rounding "Bulges".
Three: Add the entire bow section from the frame # 60 from plans that appear on the book series "Profiles" "Warship No 23" "HMS Furious / Aircraft Carrier 1917-1948. Part 1: The First Eight Years "on pages 256-257 and fairings box on page 251.
As for the planes used, I must say that I printed to scale and work directly on them. From everything I've found in books and the Internet, about 7 or 8 planes, are the best although they contain some errors and omissions.
(See articles by Jim Baumann on resin model "Loose Cannon Productions" ModelWarships both. Com as Steel Navy. Com).
I, like J. Baumann, advise following more photos that we have plans in the construction and painting also gets it for its contradictions and flaws in all artwork found on the web
The model is evolving as I'm building it as always in these models, when I have a finished piece or the way I think ultimately, a new Internet search, I do get a photo that makes me redo something.
The last I've found, very good in detail and also to be nearly deck level, has revealed details hidden in all other photos I have, I owe to this page http://www.militarian.com / threads/hms-furious-1917.6483 / # post-40539
Where does this photo:

Approaching her in the aft part of the hangar I discovered what I believe, are openings in the hull and a second door in the hangar in the forward wall.
Here I put an extension:

So I ask for help to anyone who has information and I can clarify if I have reason or not. To me the impression I get is that if they are opening and a second door in the hangar.
Suggestions?

That's is a really nice project you have here, Julio. Excellent dazzle painting. Are you going to do her as in the Tondern raid configuration?
About your question, looking at all drawings and pictures I have seen when trying to build the Loose cannon kit I have to conclude that there may not have been a hangar in that area but relatively open structure (s). In the very similar 1918 conversion of Vindictive this is even more apparent. In both vessels the former funnel/boat decks seem to be quite close to the original configuration and the flight deck is simply built up over existing structure with pillars and light structure. Now if anyone would have acess to the orginal plans of the conversion than I can rebuild my Loose Cannon Furious again. After replacing the landing deck and part of the forward structure and fightin the photo-etch parts for years....

Thank You Pieter:
This is the solution that I'had done in my model.

This second Picture confirm my suspicions.

Interesting project . here is a publication you might find helpful, plenty of on board pictures and a centre fold colour profile drawing .Although well out of print they can often be found on Amazon .
There is a superb model in the Fleet Air Arm Museum in the UK but it is of the 1917 configuration . best of luck .

Dave Woley

Thank you Dave Wooley.
I have this volumen. The drawings are not very good but if they are the best of all there on the Internet.
Contain minor errors in details but not important enough to take them as correct,
Thnak You again.

On the plan of 1918, I profiling superstructures and then I overlaid the 1917 plan. So you can see that the holes correspond to the difference between indoor and but I guess in 1918, equaled the width of the two superstructures, this and the hangar.
Any idea?

Julio!!

Great project!


I hope this will help a little ....

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... rious.html


send me your current e-mail address--

jbys1@tiscali.co.uk as I wish to send you all the photos and information I have on HMS Furious.
( including a number of photos of the Imp War Museum Model( which is not thaaaaat good! )

( I also need to garner some information from you on Infanta Marias--( near future project fro me)

I know you are an expert on that! )

here are a few recent snaps of my model that I built in 2003 in 1/700 scale

Best wishes

JIM BAUMANN

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