USS Hornet CV-8 Merit In 1/200 April 1942

[BB62vet]

Pascal,

You're taking modeling to the next level in accuracy and detail!!!! Your parts & assembly, etc. look excellent!

Hank

[Iceman 29]

Thank Hank, but I noticed that some details were missing on this block when I found pictures of the outside area, so I took it back, modified the piping that wasn't right too, added some missing portholes, a ventilation grid, and a door. etc..

I also have a new bunker hose to install on this part.











Enterprise CV-6:

[Fliger747]

Nice job on the 1.1" pom pom. I saw in one of the photos that some 40 mm quads were on board. Hornet had these fitted before her loss?

Continuing nice work transforming this kit!

Cheers: Tom

[Iceman 29]

Yes.

A quad 28 mm (1.1"/75 cal) Mk 1 anti-aircraft gun firing on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in May 1942.

Source U.S. Navy "Battle of Midway" movie screenshot.
Auteur Cdr. John Ford, USNR





Picture from Petrel:

You can see the crane just behind.

[ModelMonkey]

Superb.

[Fliger747]

Great underwater photo, the deeps preserve quite well. I saw a discussion earlier about mount ready storage. in the above photo an inner ring provides a space, was the ready clipped ammunition just piled in here?

Tom

[Iceman 29]

That's possible, Tom.

Tk Steve!

This outrigger is drawn, I simplified it a bit due to the constraints of 3D printing at 1/200 and my railings already in place.

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[MartinJQuinn]

Fantastic stuff. Love the outriggers. Surprising none of the PE outfits captured those.

[Fliger747]

I think that the outriggers were a British invention, as were many of the advances in early Naval Aviation. Swordfish not withstanding, they merely lacked good naval aircraft.

Nice job with the rivets! Tom

[Iceman 29]

[Charybdis]

I think that the outriggers were a British invention

I don't think so. The first I have seen is on USS Ranger in 1934...

Great job on the drawing!

[Iceman 29]

Tks !

In "real life", it's better.

It's in place. Just one more hose to make.

[Charybdis]

Nice work, indeed. Although, if I may, the height of the outrigger bar is lower than the flight deck level. The wheel bracket should be at flight deck height. Perhaps when you put the flight deck on it will line up.

There are some hangar shots of CV-7 that you might find useful:

https://youtu.be/fAhuuoeE1HQ

[marijn van gils]

Impressive work!

[Iceman 29]

Tk for the video, very usefull!

Yes, the fly deck (Tickness 2,6 mm) is at the same level than the outrigger. Not easy to see on the picture.

Nice work, indeed. Although, if I may, the height of the outrigger bar is lower than the flight deck level. The wheel bracket should be at flight deck height. Perhaps when you put the flight deck on it will line up.

There are some hangar shots of CV-7 that you might find useful:

https://youtu.be/fAhuuoeE1HQ

[Iceman 29]

Tk Marijn!

Impressive work!

[Fliger747]

One of your photos above shows a Grumman "Duck" amphibious observation plane parked on Hornet's deck. An unusual aircraft in that it was a true amphibian and could operate off of land or water, and astonishingly was fitted with a tail hook as well! I'd guess she was being ferried somewhere for a cruiser, Marblehead operated them during the war in her Atlantic operations.

The Seafire was indeed a comely aircraft, which kept it's development right through the long war. The Spit family being amongst the best looking warplanes of the era. As a deck lander, perhaps not so much of a success. During one of the amphibious landings off the West coast of Italy the escort carriers lost fully 50% of them due to deck crashes the first day.

The 1.1 photo (very interesting) would have been from John Ford's film group, as JF was actually on Midway Island during the battle. Naval History and Heritage has a good recollection of the battle by him

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/l ... idway.html

Lovely continuing work! Tom

[TF17Greg]

I just checked your work....l�m amazed wooow
FANTASTIQUE