Calling all Midway-class (CVB-41) fans

[gtbred]

this is made from scratch. papercard and p.e. also in 1/350 scale.

[Sr. Gopher]

I stand corrected corrected!!!! That's nice...and I bet HUGE!!

[gtbred]

I stand corrected corrected!!!! That's nice...and I bet HUGE!!

yes sir. but i would not build another like it. the 54"s kick my ass.

[gtbred]

portside is finish.

[gtbred]

John Currie just got his Midway from me. Now will see some stuff in 1/350.

[Michael Vorrasi]

Booklet of General Plans for Midway in her 1987 rig is available here in pdf format:
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/plans/index.htm

[USS California BB44]

I wish we had an injection molded model of the Midway in her as built configuration. I know it will probably be a while before anyone tackles that job but it would be nice. it almost makes me with that Revell would re-release the FDR poor as it is.

[gtbred]

i made my FDR from papercard. that is and was the hardest carrier i ever made. i don't think a 1/350 0r 1/700 plastic will be on it's way.

[blandcorporation]

I'm trying to decide whether I should get an arii midway. Just how good is this kit? I can't find any reviews or sprue shots. Also, what is the consensus on the scale of the model? I hear that it is much larger than 1:800. Is this the case? What do you think? I really want to build Midway after finding the general plan booklet.

[USS California BB44]

It's similar to the other kits in that line. It's a little overscale though. It is the only plastic kit of a Midway currently in production though so it probably would be your best bet.

[MartinJQuinn]

Does anyone know what colors the FDR is wearing in this photo (from Navsource), taken on the day she was commissioned?

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/024207.jpg

[Mark McKinnis]

Does anyone know what colors the FDR is wearing in this photo (from Navsource), taken on the day she was commissioned?

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/024207.jpg

It looks like a MS-21 paint job with the 5N Blue but the blue looks like it is a little lighter shade of 5N.

[Timmy C]

A WAG will have me say it's 5-O.

[Russ2146]

It looks to me as if the yard didn't get the port side painting done before the scheduled ceremonies.

CVA 41 FDR Color (2).jpg (41.73 KiB) Viewed 56946 times

This is a cropping of the same photo on http://www.historylink101.com/ww2_navy/ ... index.html

[SeanF]

Does anyone know what colors the FDR is wearing in this photo (from Navsource), taken on the day she was commissioned?

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/024207.jpg

It looks like a MS-21 paint job with the 5N Blue but the blue looks like it is a little lighter shade of 5N.

It strikes me as either Ms 22 or 12, and I'm leaning toward 12. The hull is certainly shadowed, but amidships there's a bit catching full sun, and it's darker than the upperworks (yes, I've placed my finger over the shadow between them to correct for optical illusion, and I still think the lower hull is darker). The contrast between upper and lower is not as stark as I'd expect for Ms 22, hence my thoughts of the late-war 5-O/5-N resurrection of Ms. 12, like what the Lexington got.

- Sean F.

[dane]

Greetings everyone,
I have 4 of Revell's 1/540 Midway Class Carriers. One in original box ca. 1980's(unbuilt), One built OOB(grandma's house), another (WIP)converted to SCB-110 as Coral Sea(1984) and the FDR 1947. The scratchbuilt carrier is AWESOME....!!!!
My 1/540 Coral Sea SCB -110 model has a .040 full hanger deck and flightdeck and hurricanebow. I lengthened the Hull to match an enlarged starboard view drawing from A War Machine Issue and Flightdeck Lighting schematic for Coral Sea. The only parts used from the kit are the Island w/Phalanx added, and the Gallery below the Island. Granddad was onboard during Med Cruise 1952 with VMF-211. I went with him to she her in Oct.1984 at NOB Norfolk, just before refit for F-18's. Have a few Kodak Camera photos. Wish I would have taken more at the time. I need plans of all side bulkheads to finish this conversion/scratchbuild. Any suggestions? Is the book that the Coral Sea Association published still available? Dane

[MartinJQuinn]

It strikes me as either Ms 22 or 12, and I'm leaning toward 12. The hull is certainly shadowed, but amidships there's a bit catching full sun, and it's darker than the upperworks (yes, I've placed my finger over the shadow between them to correct for optical illusion, and I still think the lower hull is darker). The contrast between upper and lower is not as stark as I'd expect for Ms 22, hence my thoughts of the late-war 5-O/5-N resurrection of Ms. 12, like what the Lexington got.

- Sean F.

My thoughts too, Sean.

My wife's Stepfather was on board that day (he was a youngster). His Dad worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was able to get on with his son to see the ship, at least according to the Step Dad's recollection.

[SeanF]

Not the FDR, and a black-and-white photo, but in this one:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/0241ag.jpg
you can clearly see the demarkation line for a Ms. 22 or 12 scheme on Midway's bow, where there's nothing that could be causing a shadow of that shape. She may have been repainted into Ms. 21 later, but CVB-41 was definitely in a graded scheme when that photo was taken.

- Sean F.

[Russ2146]

Like this??

[dane]

Russ,
Is the Coral Sea also in this scheme ca.1952?
Dane