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  1. RGL
    Thanks, the Hasegawa PE give you an option for a cover on the bridge that was unique to the Gambier bay or for all other types that Flyhawk doesn’t. Essentially the Hasegawa set is very limited but nicer with tighter tolerances. The Infini radar comes with turned brass pedestals and is hands down nicer. Both Flyhawk and Hasegawa continue with manufacturers making disjointed and confusing instructions which means using three sets took me three days and I’m still confused.
  2. RGL
    The bridge plugs right in very nicely, I’ll paint it separately
  3. RGL
    Ready for paint, the bridge done. Bloody hard work, I used the best parts of the Flyhawk and Hasegawa PE sets and swapped out three different radar sets for Infini radars
  4. RGL
    I apply it with a sliver of offcut brass
  5. RGL
    So for safety I painted and masked up the lower hull, gantries have been glued on, there are support trusses and some other stuff that I’ll glue on it tomorrow.
  6. RGL
    Yes, they contradict each other.
  7. RGL
    All 4 parts of the gantries detailed up. Lots of railings etc to go but for ease of painting and weathering I’ll leave them open for now.
  8. RGL
    Hard corners where things would rub or bump, such as the anchors hitting the hull, plates that would have paint worn away, that would be the chipped bits then the rust would run from them. Have a look at my Borodino or Graf Zeppelin’s rust.
  9. RGL
    Added a bit more detail, added fuel hoses and folded up fire hoses from offcut PE
  10. RGL
    These gantries are very very busy, lots of Details to add, fuel, fire and other stuff.
  11. RGL
    Yes
  12. RGL
    A full day cutting out the flight deck gantries and adding what limited PE there is. I won’t add the railings for nets until painted but lots of super detailing to go. apparently the fueling plans and barrier controls and catapault controls were the same as the Essex carriers
  13. RGL
    I need to move onto the dazzle pattern soon. Thing is, the colours (from the chart above) are different to the kit plans as well as the masks and dazzle design are different between the Gambier bay and Thetis Bay
  14. RGL
    The focsle painted and covered. deck added
  15. RGL
    Lower gantries, the PE is supposed to sit on top of the plastic, so I’ve retained the sponsons and cut away the rest of the plastic. No such luck with the ones that run along the flight deck and nowhere as near as good as a Pontos set.
  16. RGL
    Hull joined up, comes together very nicely, I’ve put the fuel lines on the side of the ship,
  17. RGL
    I make all mine so they can be removed at any time from the base. You’ve got lots of ‘handling’ to do yet. Don’t be in a rush to put the deck down or stick her in. Once you get the bootstrap and lower hull painted I’d mask it off (acrylics do scratch easily) then put her on as you don’t need to rotate it as much.
  18. RGL
    Yes I’ve read it, great story
  19. RGL
    I truely don’t know yet! There are 18 hellcats and I don’t think Infini makes upgrades for them. I now have three sets of radars for her so I’ll use the most detailed. As they were all cookie cutters I just have to change the name!
  20. RGL
    Open source Reference from here: https://www.hnsa.org/manuals-documents/booklets-of-general-plans-online/ cve90.pdf
  21. RGL
    Courtesy of Reddit
  22. RGL
    The kit is quality as far as I can see, as usual there is a very expensive Hasegawa upgrade PE and Deck set, a nice Flyhawk upgrade set, and a full poster of the Gambier Bay (good story behind her, I also have the AOTS of her) and a painting and rigging guide. No one that I have found has built this renditions and it’s interesting. There is only one item on the deck I can’t identify but I have bought tractors, jeeps, Hellcats and Catalinas and had a Grumman Duck 3D printed for her. I intend on spending the rest out the year planning the build before flying anything.
  23. RGL
    So my next big build for 2022 will be the USS Thetis Bay with a full work up. I found this image on the internets and wondered if I could replicate this point in time, a bunch of worn out aircraft being retuned to the US for overhauls. Thetis bay was Casablanca class carrier and full plans and colour schemes are all available online free of charge. I will of course add them to this log with references.
  24. RGL
    Done
  25. RGL
    So, I’ll take some decent photos tomorrow but this came out OK

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