Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:40 am
Beautiful detailing Steve,
What did you use for all the vertical pieces along the hull?
Paul
What did you use for all the vertical pieces along the hull?
Paul
Bob
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:11 pm
Awesome stuff, Steve!
Bob
Bob
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:49 pm
No comments !!! An immaculate work !!!!
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.Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:11 pm
That was me...not logged in !!!!Anonymous wrote:No comments !!! An immaculate work !!!!
.Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:04 pm
Nice looking hull
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:48 pm
Lots of great info Steve maybe i'll redo my Hornet and call it Wasp. after i'm done with the FDR i might just take a break! 
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:55 pm
Hi Steve,
great looking model so far, I just love that ship. Your documentation is very good. Keep us informed. Great job.
great looking model so far, I just love that ship. Your documentation is very good. Keep us informed. Great job.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:51 pm
Nick, Paul, Bob, Jose, J. Soca, gtb-red, Torben, thank you all!
Improving the Hangar Deck overhead
The real ship's Flight Deck was supported by various structural girders that were visible from below inside the Hangar Deck. The space enclosed by these girders in the midships area contained various offices, berthing and ammunition handling rooms associated with the air group. None of these details is included in the Trumpy kit. Since I opened up all of the Hangar Deck roller doors on the kit, the absence of any overhead details would be conspicuous therefore they would have to be scratch built. Here you can see some of the work to add transverse and longitudinal girders as well as the midships area containing the air group's compartments.
Forward and aft of the midships Air Group compartments, the space enclosed by girders was largely open to the hangar deck below except for the space immediately to port of the aft elevator. (I chose to build that structure on the bottom of the kit's Flight Deck parts therefore it isn't visible in the images below.)
The butt straps are cut from .010 thick Evergreen styrene strips then sanded very thin after installation.pbudzik wrote:What did you use for all the vertical pieces along the hull?
Improving the Hangar Deck overhead
The real ship's Flight Deck was supported by various structural girders that were visible from below inside the Hangar Deck. The space enclosed by these girders in the midships area contained various offices, berthing and ammunition handling rooms associated with the air group. None of these details is included in the Trumpy kit. Since I opened up all of the Hangar Deck roller doors on the kit, the absence of any overhead details would be conspicuous therefore they would have to be scratch built. Here you can see some of the work to add transverse and longitudinal girders as well as the midships area containing the air group's compartments.
Forward and aft of the midships Air Group compartments, the space enclosed by girders was largely open to the hangar deck below except for the space immediately to port of the aft elevator. (I chose to build that structure on the bottom of the kit's Flight Deck parts therefore it isn't visible in the images below.)
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:14 pm
Steve what a superb build sequence to a magnificent model.
Dave Wooley
Dave Wooley
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:19 pm
excellent methodology and really clean and crisp.
enjoyable read and presentation!
JIM B
enjoyable read and presentation!
JIM B
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:19 pm
What, Steve.....no lights?????? 
Superb detailing!
Bob
Superb detailing!
Bob
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:48 am
Absolutely great!
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:50 am
Really nice Steve!!
With him!Elvis965 wrote:What, Steve.....no lights??????
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:19 am
Spectacular work
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:05 pm
Dave, Jim, Bob, Sleepwalker, Nick and Avery, thanks so much!
Improving the structures above the Fantail
There were various structures containing aircraft engine shops, berthing, oxygen and CO2 transfer shops, etc., at the stern below the flight deck and above the fantail on the real ships. Replacing the kit's heavy framing with the lighter latticework of reinforcing ribs seen in photos helps improve the kit parts' appearance.
Improving the structures above the Fantail
There were various structures containing aircraft engine shops, berthing, oxygen and CO2 transfer shops, etc., at the stern below the flight deck and above the fantail on the real ships. Replacing the kit's heavy framing with the lighter latticework of reinforcing ribs seen in photos helps improve the kit parts' appearance.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:49 am
Steve,
You are the master of detail!
Nice shot of the stern hull plating in the photo, too.
Bob
You are the master of detail!
Nice shot of the stern hull plating in the photo, too.
Bob
Re: Detailing USS Yorktown CV-10 in 1/350 scale
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:17 pm
Great work Steve, I'm keeping a close eye on this one.
John
John
Re: Detailing USS Yorktown CV-10 in 1/350 scale
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:31 pm
Man Steve, I look back at your progress just outstanding man.
Re: Detailing USS Yorktown CV-10 in 1/350 scale
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:27 pm
Bob, John, gtb-red, thank you so much!
Installing new aft flight deck structural columns
The flight deck above the fantail is supported by two very large structural columns. The kit's parts (B3 and B4) detailing appears heavy. I decided to replace the kit parts with scratch-built columns with lighter detail to match photos of these columns of the real ship. The scratch-built starboard column is composed of 18 parts. The port column extends upward onto the aft face of kit part C19 and is composed of 22 parts.
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Installing new aft flight deck structural columns
The flight deck above the fantail is supported by two very large structural columns. The kit's parts (B3 and B4) detailing appears heavy. I decided to replace the kit parts with scratch-built columns with lighter detail to match photos of these columns of the real ship. The scratch-built starboard column is composed of 18 parts. The port column extends upward onto the aft face of kit part C19 and is composed of 22 parts.
Click on thumbnails to see larger image
Re: Detailing USS Yorktown CV-10 in 1/350 scale
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:36 am
Damn Steve...that's really fine work.