USS Yorktown (CV-5) by Coyote_6 - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/700 Scale - PLASTIC

Coyote_6 · November 9

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!!

ddp · November 9

look at the drawing i had posted, bottom row, 2nd from the left. also look at this link/picture.

https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020503.jpg

Edited November 9 by ddp

Coyote_6 · November 9

@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.

ddp · November 10

you are welcome. did the model instructions tell you there was radar dishes on the top of the directors?

Coyote_6 · November 10

@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 ).

Edited November 10 by Coyote_6

PvG Aussie · November 10

Looking goooood Steve! The deck caused me a lot of anguish. Well done. 🥵

Peter

ddp · November 10

would be kind of hard to put a radar on the top of the director when it had a canvas cover for that area. most radars for that type of director had them mounted on the front face. have a look at this link that shows the aft director without radar in which you can see a crew member sticking out of the open top, back right corner. https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/020526c.jpg

Coyote_6 · November 10

@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.

Coyote_6 · November 10

@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.

ddp · November 10

mounted onto the front of the mk 33 directors til the directors were replaced with the mk 37 with the radar mounted on the top.

your Missouri, ww2, Korean war or gulf war configuration?

Edited November 10 by ddp

Coyote_6 · November 10

@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.

ddp · November 10

i have 4 of them built out of the box back in the 70's that i'm going to redo in various configurations from ww 2 to the gulf war. take a look at this link.

https://archive.org/details/ship-design-drawings?tab=collection&query=uss+missouri

Coyote_6 · November 10

@ddp Nice references. Thanks!

ddp · November 10

no problem.

Coyote_6 · November 14

Island work.

ddp · November 14

that looks better.

Coyote_6 · November 15

Island painted and installed...

Air Wing in work...

Coyote_6 · November 20

TBD squadron has arrived!

Edited November 20 by Coyote_6

Coyote_6 · November 22

And then the SBDs arrived!

Coyote_6 · November 25

And finally the Wildcats arrive - just in the nick of time!

Airwing assembled!!

All I really have left is to run a line up to the boom on the aft mast to attach the flag. Looks like we'll make that December 6th deadline.

Edited November 25 by Coyote_6
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Landlubber Mike · November 25

Looks great! Busy deck!

Coyote_6 · November 26

Aaaaand - she is done! Tamiya WW2 destroyer kits seem to only include 50 star flags?? (No flag with the Yorktown kit.) So I put on a 50 star temporarily. Pretty straightforward build, out of the box except adding the hangar deck which you can't see much of anyway.

So here she is, USS Yorktown, CV 5: