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  1. ddp
    go with oval.
  2. ddp
    what about the Hornet with the Mitchell bombers?
  3. ddp
    the Norman A. Ough's drawings shows the center funnel being round, correct? i think it should be oval like the aft funnel. you could cut a disk out of paper or whatever & place it where the center funnel is to see what the diameter dimensions do to the surrounding area. the coal scuttle is round as the cover is on the deck in front of the 2 guys standing & beside the guy in the coal scuttle. i would go "no deck" as per the photograph.
  4. ddp
    so the 2 motors drive 2 props so why not 4 props like the real ship had? am i correct that the model is 56" long? i wouldn't worry about the seams on the funnel sides as would be out of scale but could use layered paint to simulate the seams. how much of a rebuild are you going to do as i see you are missing 2x4" guns in the forward superstructure & the hull appears to missing the bilge keels.
  5. ddp
    it is called the "island" as the "tower" that i presume you have not got to yet goes ontop forward of the ship's funnel.
  6. ddp
    ok.
  7. ddp
    according to the C & R drawings used by the US Navy that i have saved on my computer, either your outboard shafts are to far back or the center shaft is to far forward tho i think it is the outboard shafts.
  8. ddp
    you are welcome.
  9. ddp
    Aussie, the ship did not get the quad 40mm aa guns til Oct 1942 which is post Midway. as you are supposedly doing the Battle of Midway time period then you need 4 quad 1.1" aa guns, 32 20mm aa guns & no 40mm aa guns. look at the link. http://www.cv6.org/ship/armament.htm
  10. ddp
    when you re-install the props & shafts, paint the shafts the same color as the lower hull & the props, a bronze color.
  11. ddp
    PvG Aussie, you have the ship's props in the wrong locations as 1 side spins clockwise & the otherside spins counter-clockwise, not the way you have it right now. also i would leave the props off til the end due to possible handling accidents while building the model. does the plating of the hull in this link https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/0206apa.jpg look like yours? model's bow at the waterline is not slim enough & hull plating overscaled compared to this link https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020842a.jpg of the USS Hornet, sistership of the Enterprise.
  12. ddp
    in that link i posted for the drawings of the Guam, on the right hand side you'll see "DOWNLOAD OPTIONS" & in that "DOWNLOAD OPTIONS" you'll see "SHOW ALL", when you click on "SHOW ALL", you'll see 15 files, forget the "cover photo" unless you want to download it but see if can download individually the other "jpg's". post results.
  13. ddp
    your picture is in May wereas the video i linked was during the Midway battle so plenty of time to paint the red meatball white. i think you can see white painted centers but not certain because of the video quality.
  14. ddp
    according to this link https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020551.mp4 it is a white star in a dark blue circle.
  15. ddp
    how big of a file can your iphone handle?
  16. ddp
    what computer/device are you using as i can open it on my desktop computer ok?
  17. ddp
    what is the thickness of the resin at the top of that opening & then look at Sheet 4 - Outboard Profile Port & Sheet 10 - Main Deck.
  18. ddp
    what aircraft & armament comes in the kit to see what time period the kit represents?
  19. ddp
    even tho it is a different ship, the Yorktown was the lead ship of the class that the Enterprise & Hornet was part of. CV-5 USS Yorktown Booklet of General Plans (1940) https://archive.org/details/cv5bogp1940 https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/06.htm http://www.cv6.org/ship/big_e.htm
  20. ddp
    CA-139 USS Salem Booklet of General Plans (1949) https://archive.org/details/ca139bogp1949 https://archive.org/details/ship-design-drawings
  21. ddp
    yvesvidal, i think it is required by law to have enough life boats for entire crew & passengers so as not repeat what happened to the crew & passengers of the Titanic.
  22. ddp
    you mean cardboard or bristle board?
  23. ddp
    to pin the 20mm mounts into instead of using double sided tape to hold the mounts in place for painting. could also use plastercine to do the same thing.
  24. ddp
    do you have some balsa wood?
  25. ddp
    if you were on the real ship, you would have to be on your hands & knees to barely feel the grooves between the planks. have you ever been on a wood hull/deck of a cabin cruiser & felt any grooves between the deck /hull planks. also at 1/350 scale, you would not feel or see the grooves unless way over scaled. put the props on near the end as less chance of breakage due to handling.

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