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gtbred wrote:great Ed! be good to see her in drydock.

Roger that Red! Roger that!!

gonna update her or no?

gtbred wrote:gonna update her or no?

Not yet... Too much daily life crap in da way

Sorry fellas for the delay on this. I have been having some difficulties with daily life stuff But, I am hoping to get back on Ranger soon!! With the change in weather here on the left coast getting colder, Things'll slow down and, my bench will pick up once again

that is cool. trash my Ranger too many battle damage.

gtbred wrote:that is cool. trash my Ranger too many battle damage.

You did what?!?! LoL,,,, I'm at my dad's right now but, will be home tomorrow & hopefully this weekend I can get something done on mine

drop her toooo many times. it is O.K. have J.F.K and Indy coming.

Ahh sounds about right bro

Back to researching for this build. Need pics of the hangar bays & of the airwing to complete my list of BuNos & corresponding Modex #s. Have a few leads on them but, y knoww how that can be...

Just a quick update
Found this recently http://www.navsea.navy.mil/teamships/In ... wings.aspx
Drawings for a post SLEP Saratoga but, figger the hangar deck hadn't changed, so will use it loosely for my build. Still need some photos of the fir doors, the rear bulkhead of HB #1

Glad to hear the project is going to be continued. It should help me with my build of the ship in the near future.

JevJanson wrote:Glad to hear the project is going to be continued. It should help me with my build of the ship in the near future.

I hope it helps you with yours. If there's anything ya need, lemme know & I'll see if I got pics/drawings that may help ya. My uncle served on the Forrestal 1959-61 and Ranger 1965-66 so, I got them covered fairly well.

I lost a photo of a modeler having a scratchbuild model of Ranger in Drydock. It showed the hull and stern being work on. when i clean my computer i forgot to backup some of my files. anyway it will be good to see what you have in store for Top Gun Hippy.

gtbred wrote:I lost a photo of a modeler having a scratchbuild model of Ranger in Drydock. It showed the hull and stern being work on. when i clean my computer i forgot to backup some of my files. anyway it will be good to see what you have in store for Top Gun Hippy.

Thanks Red. I got a few things instore for ol' Danger...

Ya lost a few files ay? I know da feelin' bro!! After I got a new computer & had the hd transferred over, my cat stepped on the keyboard & opened up a gang of windowws & wiped out all my bookmarks & my desktop
Mnaged to recover some of my desktop but, still working on the bookmarks. Had quite a few of them

Been looking over the plans for the post SLEP Saratoga trying to figure out where the fire doors are located and noticed "moving stairs" on the port side of Hangar Bay 1 & 3 This is probably the best pic I have of one of them. AAnybody got any better pics or drawings of them? How would I best scratch build these?

Hey Ed, would these be of use to you? It shows them on pages 9-11 clearly marked as "moving stairway". I know its later then you're building and of Sara but it appears she had the same thing in the same spot.

CV-60 1993 1/96.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/cv60.pdf

Her DC charts as well.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/cv60color.pdf

Cliffy B wrote:Hey Ed, would these be of use to you? It shows them on pages 9-11 clearly marked as "moving stairway". I know its later then you're building and of Sara but it appears she had the same thing in the same spot.

CV-60 1993 1/96.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/cv60.pdf

Her DC charts as well.
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/cv60color.pdf

Thanks Cliffy, I posted that link on the Slipway thread a few days ago & is what I'm working from for Ranger. My Ranger is in the 1965/66 configuration & these plans are of post SLEP Saratoga. If I'm not mistaken, SLEP was mosyly updated equipment/electronics & radar, etc so, the structural differences should be about the same.

Still not having any luck with finding more pics or, drawings to work from I'm contemplating attaching the flightdeck to the hull just to git 'er done...

Hippy, have you tried asking the guys at the Ranger Association if one of them could take pics for you?

Just a thought

Happy Modeling

John

kidcurrie42 wrote:Hippy, have you tried asking the guys at the Ranger Association if one of them could take pics for you?

Just a thought

Happy Modeling

John

Seeing how the Ranger isn't a museum yet & still in PSNY. That's hard to do. I've been emailing them but, nothing has been found as of yet.