1/700 scale carrier equipment help...

Thanks, guys---here's an example of some of the tugs I am speaking of on the same model I am doing (shouldn't they be yellow?):

subfixer wrote:

I can't help you on sources of 1/700 deck gear  ...

PitRoad/Skywave "Vehicles on Beachead" set includes Jeeps, weapon carriers, deuce & half, and Shermans as well as LCVPs.    Use the Jeep as a tow tractor.

The old PitRoad Bogue (later molded by Tamiya) has a truck-mounted crane (not a Tilly-type)

Manny, here is a link to Naval Aviation News: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/nhcorg5.htm

There is some good reading in the back issues (especially the WWII era editions) and a lot of flight deck photos can be found here. I can't help you on sources of 1/700 deck gear but these back issues can show you what that gear would look like in almost any era of US naval aviation.

The "Tokyo Talks" columns are very good reading. A little propaganda from the other side.