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  1. ddp
    did you read the plans like you said you would once you got back from your trip?
  2. ddp
    i would leave applying the decals til last til at least all the large parts are glued onto the hull, putting done, most painting & touchups done plus less likely messing up the installed decals with model handling.
  3. ddp
    take a look at this. "In talking with Keith Bender (look for a build review of this model from Keith in early '24!) he noted that the rudders are molded too far apart. To quote Keith, "In reality, the rudders are 20' apart and the shafts are 26.26' feet apart. The manufacturer has molded the rudders 25 scale feet apart, and the shafts 32.66 scale feet apart". Keith followed up that statement by saying "I'm leaving them as is, because most people won't know or notice the difference". " http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/ddg/ddg-54/ILoveKitCurtisWilbur/ILK62007.htm
  4. ddp
    good idea.
  5. ddp
    that "window" between the middle elevator & the deck edge is the "torpedo" elevator to bring the torpedoes from the torpedo workshop on the main deck upto the flight deck. is in the plans i uploaded on page 2 & the link on the same page.
  6. ddp
    by cutting along the top of the bulges where it joins the hull then pushing the bulges tops thru that hull slice to narrow the top(ledge) of the bulges. there is video(s) on the net about that. depending on the thickness of the plastic that forms the bulges & how much the tops(ledge) has to be narrowed to the proper width, i would shave/scrape/sand the sides of the bulges near the top of them to the proper width. but that is me as that is what i do. BB-35 USS Texas Booklet of General Plans (1944) https://archive.org/details/bb35bogp1944v4/mode/2up
  7. ddp
    just to let you know on Trumpeter 1:350 USS Texas kit that the top of the torpedo bulges are too wide.
  8. ddp
    Chris, the true scale is 1/429 as per this link. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=286900 i'm using that same model 17 times to build all the USN OBB's during ww2 from the Wyoming class to Colorado class in this link. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=165105
  9. ddp
    why do you have a B-25 Mitchell bomber in the drawer when the Enterprise never carried them?
  10. ddp
    i think it was tamyia putty that i have used before & appears to work for me alright but i don't use it that much as can be seen in my link above. are all the different levels of the superstructure glued together?
  11. ddp
    suggestion, i would cleanup the seams so that you don't see them & remove the knubs when you cut the parts off the sprues before you get any further. in this link http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=165105 you don't see the seams & it is a still a work in process.
  12. ddp
    Ted, did you download the Yorktown plans from the link i provided earlier? about 1/3 of the armor belt is above the water to the top of the boot topping & about 2/3 below the waterline just past the bottom of the boot topping. just looked at my 1940 Yorktown drawings & the the top of the armor belt reaches to the floor of the 4th deck with the bottom of the armor belt 6' below the waterline with the waterline at 24' 4.5" from the bottom of the ship.
  13. ddp
    are you talking about the flight deck number "6" at either end of the flight deck? do you see any white in these pictures? https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020695.jpg https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020695a.jpg https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/06a.htm
  14. ddp
    take all the .50 cal guns off as not there after July 1942 according to that link i posted above.
  15. ddp
    paddle officer would be on the side of the flight deck not at the actual end of it. look at Sheet 6 Flight Deck of the plans i linked before for you to download so you have them to look at to see if what you are doing is right or wrong. until Oct 1943, a quad 1.1" aa gun was mounted in that forward gun tub. http://www.cv6.org/ship/armament.htm what are those guns on either side of that gun tub at the bow?
  16. ddp
    what gun/s is going into the bow mounted gun tub besides the director in front of it? is that .50cal machine guns or 20mm aa guns mounted on the focsle deck on either side of that gun tub?
  17. ddp
    now you see why i tried to get you to correct that area. what time period are you doing the model in?
  18. ddp
    Ted, the catapult machinery enclosure hangs down below the flight deck framework to that U shaped platform on those 2 rectangular posts. you have to extend the sides of Trumpeter's enclosure to that platform by using sheet plastic. look at the 1st drawing that i orange circled the enclosure. the cutouts were put there in mid 1943 for 2 platforms containing 2x20mm aa guns each. https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020695.jpg https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/06a.htm this is what i am talking about after going thru your pictures.
  19. ddp
    Ted, this is the areas i am talking about.
  20. ddp
    the plans i have of the 1st 2 ships of the Yorktown class that i got off the net shows all 3 catapults.
  21. ddp
    what fighter planes are in that kit, Wildcats or Hellcats? the compartment is in front of that bulkhead mounted on 2 rectangular posts with a hole in each. you are facing the same problem that a member on another site faced til i showed him the way. look at the drawings i have provided as it shows where the launch equipment is located(not under the island). your picture that shows the bow of the model shows the bottom of the flight deck catapult machinery enclosure but is missing the sides which the other member had to make for his model so appears you will have to do the same.
  22. ddp
    the "wooden portion of the decks", are you certain they are wood covered & not steel plated?
  23. ddp
    your scan does not show that enclosure. the hanger catapult was removed not the flight deck's as still there at the end of the war. https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020627.jpg https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/06a.htm i would have used a single layer of .020"(.5mm) styrene to do that belt.
  24. ddp
    Ted, the catapult machinery enclosure i'm talking about is at the front end of the ship below the flight deck. your picture that shows the front end of the ship shows 2 platforms on rectangular posts, those platforms are actually the bottom of the catapult machinery enclosures i'm talking about.
  25. ddp
    remember that the 1st 2 carriers of this class was built in the mid to late 1930's & they had catapults then as aircraft were getting heavier. USA - CV-5 USS Yorktown Booklet of General Plans (1940) https://archive.org/details/cv5bogp1940 look for the armor belt at the waterline area on the Midship and Type Sections drawings plus the outboard profile drawing.

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