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  1. Coyote_6
    @ddp Nice references. Thanks!
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    @ddp WW2 Tokyo Bay-ish. Built from the old 1/535 Revell kit. In retrospect I think my decks are too light of a blue. I may repaint.
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    @PvG Aussie Thanks Peter - yours turned out splendid. I loved the white lines on yours but can't find an image justifying those on Yorktown. Probably just as well - the flight deck is a challenge regardless.
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    @ddp So when Enterprise got the radars, were they in front or on top? Still Mk 33 directors? The details are very interesting to say the least.
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    @ddp Yes. The instructions showed radars on the Mk33s and showed the Mk33s installed as I installed them. Interesting mistake. Also note the kit instructions show single spotlights - ironically the kit includes 4 (technically 6, but you know what I mean ).
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    @ddp Thank you!! Can't believe I missed it in the drawing you attached - pretty obvious. Thanks for the help - I will correct those. I had seen that picture before but with so many men working up there (?) was unwilling to commit to that one. But your plan view is crystal clear once you know where to look.
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    Ooo. Thanks for the reference @ddp! I see those searchlight platforms need to center on the center exhaust as you say. Good timing. Do you have any good references for the MK33s? I thought the lateral bar across was supposed to be aft of the direction of operation. Good catches, and as I said, good timing!!
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    Thanks Phil. The Olympia is beautiful! I am always interested in how folks are displaying their models. Those pre-dreadnaughts are so intrigueing - harkening back to simpler (but still perilous) times.
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    Any chance of a pic of the display (or just the Olympia)? Looks like an interesting topic!
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    Flight deck painted. Gray is Tamiya TS-32 Haze Gray rattle can and flight deck is Tamiya XF-50 undiluted applied with an airbrush. Tricky masking and a lot of touchups around the elevators. Railing around flight deck looks ok but oh so fragile. Converted single searchlight mounts port and starboard from sinle to double to match Yorktown at Midway. Thanks for looking in. Not ahead of schedule but not really behind either.
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    Love the varied F4F schemes - adds a lot of character. And the figure poses are well thought out - really telling a story here Peter.
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    Photoetch railings and metal gun barrels (representing 20mm Oerlikons). 22 custom cut 3mm long steel "barrels" using 0.015" K&S music wire. Time for some fancy masking work, a coat of Tamiya rattlecan Haze Gray and airbrush some XF-50 Field Blue to represent deck blue. Then we can start work on the island. The days are slipping away til her December 6th debut. Yikes.
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    Beautiful work Peter - she looks amazing with that airwing embarked! And the Deck Blue color looks just right! Cheers indeed sir! Very nice.
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    Neat trick with the "paper" deck - the end result looks great. Very nice and tidy work on that!!
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    Looking really good Peter.
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    The battle lines have been drawn - with my old nemesis - overspray. And a new battle - photoetch railings. So fragile - always straightening out damage. Ugh. Anyway, attached the flight deck nice and square - everything below the top of the flight deck is painted, panel lined and flat cleared. But that will all have to be protected as we haze gray and deck blue the flight deck. Next steps will be Oerlikon 20mm gun barrels, flight deck rails, and paint. (And fixing some railing issues below the flight deck level. ) Port. Starboard. Aft. Fore. Taking a lot more time than I thought she would. Thanks for looking in, and thanks for the support.
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    As an aside, there is a video "documentary" called "The Fighting Lady (1944)" on youtube in the States anyway. Potentially the Essex Class Yorktown in 1943/44? Several good flight deck scenes. Worth a watch if you want to add an hour to your build time! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Lady?origin=serp_auto And to the point, if this is Essex-class Yorktown in 1943, her decks may have been pattern MS 21 in Deck Blue 20-B per shipcamouflage.com .
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    Also, I like https://www.shipcamouflage.com/camouflage_database.htm?origin=serp_auto They seem very consistant. They say Enterprise was MS11 and MS21 in 1942 - very similar but slightly different colors. It seems most folks and some photos assume "Deck Blue 20-B"? That's what I am going to go with. Someone with better knowledge may weigh in.
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    Seems a little green in the photos compared to what I am used to seeing. Maybe check it in sunlight first to verify?
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    Progress does continue. Airwing built. Ship's boats and launches in place. And the undersides painted. (Don't look a whole lot different, do they? 🤣) Thanks for looking in!
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    Peter - if you're bored you can always hang some planes from those beautiful flight deck trusses!
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    Beautiful work Peter. All those details - wow!!
  23. Coyote_6
    Leave it in - useful benchmark.
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    Man - that island looks amazing after paint! Awesome!
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    Looking good Peter! Nice choices - she's gonna look great.

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