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Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:35 am
by kidcurrie42
Mark McKinnis wrote:Ranger will have to wait for more scratch building motivation. Definately the Italeri re-work though. I am not going to put more money into an acurate box top( silk purse from a pigs ear) only to be disappointed ! I think that I will finnish the Fujimi Kittyhawk and work my way to Ranger.
The starboard aft sponson is looking OK. The port aft sponson is being re-worked and the forward sponsons are, well,
! Lots more re-work to be done. Ray Beans photos are critical for this one. I also noticed that the island is
as well. It is not all bad though. The smoke stack is correct. The rest of it, not so much. I got the fantail fairly acurate so it is a start.
It would be so cool if DML could do a 1/700 Forrestal Class using the same common parts and a seperate parts tree for each ship just like they do for the Essex Class Carriers. But until then, where is my X-Acto Blade !
I hope to see some in progress shots of Kitty Hawk, some before and after shots, i know what you mean about the kit, i had the 90's version and besides not liking the hull and separate sponson arrangement(at a guess original plans were to knock out all four 2+1+1 of the class from the molds) i did find it lacking in details such as liferafts ect.
Happy modeling
John
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:40 am
by Mark McKinnis
Here is what I have on the Kittyhawk so far and a pic of the work area as well. See if you can find the Enterprise Airgroup, the Randolph Airgroup, the Bon Homme Richard Airwing and the Kittyhawk Airwing.
Bonus points if you can name the carrier waiting in the wings as it were.
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:57 am
by Hippy Ed
I'll take a gander that it is an Essex class CV
Nice pics Mark
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:17 am
by kidcurrie42
CV-36 ANTIETAM
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:20 am
by kidcurrie42
Mark McKinnis wrote:Here is what I have on the Kittyhawk so far and a pic of the work area as well. See if you can find the Enterprise Airgroup, the Randolph Airgroup, the Bon Homme Richard Airwing and the Kittyhawk Airwing.
Bonus points if you can name the carrier waiting in the wings as it were.
Kitty Hawk is looking good there Mark
Happy modeling
John
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:04 pm
by Mark McKinnis
I am hoping to get the PE done on the sponsons in the next couple of days. That will get the hard stuff done and speed up her completion. I need to get busy on those airwings though. They just keep piling up.
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:15 pm
by kidcurrie42
Mark McKinnis wrote:I am hoping to get the PE done on the sponsons in the next couple of days. That will get the hard stuff done and speed up her completion. I need to get busy on those airwings though. They just keep piling up.
Tell me about it
i have at least 8 airwings to do
and it aint gonna decrease anytime soon
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:02 pm
by Hippy Ed
kidcurrie42 wrote:Mark McKinnis wrote:I am hoping to get the PE done on the sponsons in the next couple of days. That will get the hard stuff done and speed up her completion. I need to get busy on those airwings though. They just keep piling up.
Tell me about it
i have at least 8 airwings to do
and it aint gonna decrease anytime soon
I hear ya fellas
I've got a partial air wing for my Hornet & am havin' a time getting them done!! Can only imagine what a complete air wing will be like...
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:31 pm
by Nektarios
Mark McKinnis wrote:Here is what I have on the Kittyhawk so far and a pic of the work area as well. See if you can find the Enterprise Airgroup, the Randolph Airgroup, the Bon Homme Richard Airwing and the Kittyhawk Airwing.
Bonus points if you can name the carrier waiting in the wings as it were.
Looking good. What is the year your Kitty Hawk will be represented ??? I guess by the F-14s that it will be before 2002. Is it 1998 the configuration you re building???
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:11 pm
by Mark McKinnis
Hi Nektarios,
Yes, it is going to be around 1998.
John,
8 Airwings?
That is a lot. It is just not much fun to build entire Airwings. I have been trudging along trying to do them a bit at a time. I just generated a sheet of decals for CVW-5 that did not come with the Fujimi Kits. I did up the prowlers, S-3's, C-2 and E-2's.
Keep up the good work Ed. Building an airwing is a lot like going for a long distance run. You do not want to look past the next corner. If you look at the whole thing, it gets a bit overwhelming. The Enterprise Airgroup is just kicking my but. Very small and lots of decals.
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:22 pm
by Hippy Ed
Mark McKinnis wrote:
Keep up the good work Ed. Building an airwing is a lot like going for a long distance run. You do not want to look past the next corner. If you look at the whole thing, it gets a bit overwhelming. The Enterprise Airgroup is just kicking my but. Very small and lots of decals.
Thanks Mark
I've got several things in the works but, not ready to tackle the air wings for my 1/720 Nimitz, or the 1/800 Forrestal CVAs yet. Those will be aways dowwn the road.
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:06 pm
by kidcurrie42
Mark McKinnis wrote:Hi Nektarios,
Yes, it is going to be around 1998.
John,
8 Airwings?
That is a lot. It is just not much fun to build entire Airwings. I have been trudging along trying to do them a bit at a time. I just generated a sheet of decals for CVW-5 that did not come with the Fujimi Kits. I did up the prowlers, S-3's, C-2 and E-2's.
Keep up the good work Ed. Building an airwing is a lot like going for a long distance run. You do not want to look past the next corner. If you look at the whole thing, it gets a bit overwhelming. The Enterprise Airgroup is just kicking my but. Very small and lots of decals.
I look forward to seeing your airwing when comlete, CVW-5 have always been an interesting airwing
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:42 pm
by Mark McKinnis
Here are my first CVW-5 Aircraft wearing the decals I made.
VF-154 F-14A
VAQ-136 EA-6B
VS-21 S-3A
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:31 pm
by PeteM
Has this build started yet? I'd like to get in on it if I can. I have a couple of 1/700 scale kits in the stash. Is there a time frame?
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:33 pm
by Mark McKinnis
PeteM wrote:Has this build started yet? I'd like to get in on it if I can. I have a couple of 1/700 scale kits in the stash. Is there a time frame?
It is more or less the continuation of a thread we started last year.
So,Just dive in, the water is great!
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:27 pm
by kidcurrie42
Mark McKinnis wrote:PeteM wrote:Has this build started yet? I'd like to get in on it if I can. I have a couple of 1/700 scale kits in the stash. Is there a time frame?
It is more or less the continuation of a thread we started last year.
So,Just dive in, the water is great!
Welcome aboard Peter,
Aircraft and decals look great Mark
Happy modeling
John
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:06 am
by Hippy Ed
kidcurrie42 wrote:Mark McKinnis wrote:
It is more or less the continuation of a thread we started last year.
So,Just dive in, the water is great!
Welcome aboard Peter,
Aircraft and decals look great Mark
Happy modeling
John
I concur John
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:27 am
by PeteM
Mark McKinnis wrote:PeteM wrote:Has this build started yet? I'd like to get in on it if I can. I have a couple of 1/700 scale kits in the stash. Is there a time frame?
It is more or less the continuation of a thread we started last year.
So,Just dive in, the water is great!
Thanks, sounds good. I'll take a look and pick one and jump in!
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 3:28 pm
by kidcurrie42
Re: Aircraft Carrier Group Build 2009
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:22 pm
by Hippy Ed
Essex Class 