Coyote_6 Posted November 9 Author #31 Posted 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!! Canute 1 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ddp Posted November 9 #32 Posted November 9 (edited) 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 and Canute 1 1 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted November 9 Author #33 Posted 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. Canute 1 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ddp Posted November 10 #34 Posted November 10 you are welcome. did the model instructions tell you there was radar dishes on the top of the directors? Canute 1 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted November 10 Author #35 Posted November 10 (edited) @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 Old Collingwood, Canute and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
PvG Aussie Posted November 10 #36 Posted November 10 Looking goooood Steve! The deck caused me a lot of anguish. Well done. 🥵 Peter Canute, Coyote_6 and Old Collingwood 2 1 Quote PvG Aussie (Peter) Started modelling Jan 2022. Joined MSW March 2024. Quote: Rome wasn't built in a day! Current Build: Piececool The Queen Anne's Revenge 1:250 Metal Past Builds: Artesania Latina (AL) Belem (1:75), AL Vasa (1:65), Scratch build Australia II BOTTLE (1:225), AL Bluenose II (1:75); AL Bounty (1:48), AL HMB Endeavour (1:65), Trumpeter Bismarck (1:200), Border Models Avro Lancaster Bomber (1:32), AL Fokker Dr1 (1:16), Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 (1:72); Scratch build HMS Victory BOTTLE (1:530), Wolfpack PBY-3 Catalina (1;72), Scratch build MS Sibajak 1928 BOTTLE (1:1150), Imai Kagaku Spanish Galleon 1607 (1:100), Brandenburg State Yacht 1679 (1/200), HMS Endeavour (1/450) BOTTLE, ILK USS Enterprise (CV-6) (1/350), PLUS approx. 13 more ships in bottles.
ddp Posted November 10 #37 Posted 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 Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted November 10 Author #38 Posted 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. Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
Coyote_6 Posted November 10 Author #39 Posted 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. Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ddp Posted November 10 #40 Posted November 10 (edited) 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 Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted November 10 Author #41 Posted 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. Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ddp Posted November 10 #42 Posted 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 Old Collingwood and Canute 2 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted November 10 Author #43 Posted November 10 @ddp Nice references. Thanks! Canute and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
Coyote_6 Posted November 14 Author #45 Posted November 14 Island work. GrandpaPhil, king derelict, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ddp Posted November 14 #46 Posted November 14 that looks better. Old Collingwood, Canute and Coyote_6 2 1 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted November 15 Author #47 Posted November 15 Island painted and installed... Air Wing in work... GrandpaPhil, ccoyle, PvG Aussie and 2 others 5 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
Coyote_6 Posted November 20 Author #48 Posted November 20 (edited) TBD squadron has arrived! Edited November 20 by Coyote_6 NavyShooter, PvG Aussie, ccoyle and 5 others 8 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
Coyote_6 Posted November 22 Author #49 Posted November 22 And then the SBDs arrived! Canute, Old Collingwood, NavyShooter and 4 others 7 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
Coyote_6 Posted November 25 Author #50 Posted November 25 (edited) 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 Nomenclature PvG Aussie, GrandpaPhil, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
Landlubber Mike Posted November 25 #51 Posted November 25 Looks great! Busy deck! Canute, Old Collingwood, Coyote_6 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
Coyote_6 Posted November 26 Author #52 Posted November 26 (edited) 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: And the standard "1/700 ship with a quarter for scale" photo... Fun build. Thanks for checking her out. Edited November 26 by Coyote_6 ccoyle, AJohnson, Ian_Grant and 8 others 9 2 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ccoyle Posted November 26 #53 Posted November 26 Looks great, Steve! Ryland Craze, Canute, Old Collingwood and 2 others 4 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Canute Posted November 26 #54 Posted November 26 Great build, Steve, Coyote_6, mtaylor and Old Collingwood 2 1 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild
GrandpaPhil Posted November 26 #55 Posted November 26 Very nicely done! Canute, Ryland Craze, Old Collingwood and 2 others 4 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
PvG Aussie Posted November 27 #56 Posted November 27 Congratulations on a great build Steve. Coyote_6, Canute, Old Collingwood and 1 other 3 1 Quote PvG Aussie (Peter) Started modelling Jan 2022. Joined MSW March 2024. Quote: Rome wasn't built in a day! Current Build: Piececool The Queen Anne's Revenge 1:250 Metal Past Builds: Artesania Latina (AL) Belem (1:75), AL Vasa (1:65), Scratch build Australia II BOTTLE (1:225), AL Bluenose II (1:75); AL Bounty (1:48), AL HMB Endeavour (1:65), Trumpeter Bismarck (1:200), Border Models Avro Lancaster Bomber (1:32), AL Fokker Dr1 (1:16), Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 (1:72); Scratch build HMS Victory BOTTLE (1:530), Wolfpack PBY-3 Catalina (1;72), Scratch build MS Sibajak 1928 BOTTLE (1:1150), Imai Kagaku Spanish Galleon 1607 (1:100), Brandenburg State Yacht 1679 (1/200), HMS Endeavour (1/450) BOTTLE, ILK USS Enterprise (CV-6) (1/350), PLUS approx. 13 more ships in bottles.
Knocklouder Posted November 27 #57 Posted November 27 Nicely done., great work. Congratulations Bob M mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Coyote_6 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models
Coyote_6 Posted December 6 Author #58 Posted December 6 (edited) And displayed in the office for Pearl Harbor Day (actually tomorrow, a Saturday so displaying December 6th this year) with my friend's Enterprise. Glad we did them. Enterprise preparing to launch... Yorktown... Enterprise with Yorktown in background... Hornet is on order with some 1/700 B-25s! Thanks for looking in. Edited December 6 by Coyote_6 madtatt, PvG Aussie, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
ddp Posted December 6 #59 Posted December 6 did you show the corrections to your friend that you did to your model that he did not do to his? i have 5 of Revell's 1/480 scale Yorktown kits either built or in the stash with 1 of the stash being the Hornet with the Mitchell bombers. the intention is to build the 3 Yorktowns at different stages of the war with the Yorktown at the begining of the war, Hornet during the Doolittle raid & the Enterprise at the end of the war so that the differences between all 3 can be seen. the other 2 kits will be kitbashed into the Ranger & the Wasp like i am doing kitbashing Revell's 1/429 scale USS Arizona into to 16 old battleships of ww2 & an extra Mississippi as a gun missile training ship after the war. Canute and Coyote_6 2 Quote
Coyote_6 Posted December 6 Author #60 Posted December 6 (edited) @ddp. Crazy. Yeah, my buddy had already assembled and painted following Tamiya's incorrect instructions - he was up against a time crunch so I wasn't going to mention it and put more pressure. But then it did come up and so I showed him some references - he just hasn't fixed her yet. His Enterprise is still a "work in progress" but good enough to show today. Yeah so many different aspects to show with the Yorktown class. I will do the 1/700 Hornet (Tamiya) with the B-25s (Trumpeter) and that will likely be it. (Unless I decide I need my own Midway Enterprise!!) Edited December 6 by Coyote_6 Ryland Craze and Canute 2 Quote Steve Launched: USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic) USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic) In Dry Dock: Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood) USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)
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