1:350 Saratoga CV-60

got a particle board and Celluclay for the water. soon she wil be in it.

WoW, thanks for the photo. Not just Sarah, but the ESSEX. I served on ESSEX in 60 - 64. That's a great shot!

EJ

kustommodeler1

Looks beautiful. CV-60 is one of my favorite ships ever. Your scratch-building skills exceed any that I could ever do.

 

Your portrayal of her after a long cruise is nice with some weathering is nice, and I am not going to say anything negative, indeed you have a work of art..... except as a matter of personal preference I would have left a little more of the landing strip markings visible towards the forward ends of the waist cats and elevator visible, as the markings here didn't take quite the punishment that the rest of them did in the landing area, along with the starboard elevator outlines too.

Official US Navy photograph (#USN 1048532) released by the Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., August 26, 1960.

 

Indeed, again, a work of art.

 

Thank You! just wanted to show her how she was back in the day. the whales will be gone because she had none during her Nam cruise. the V-birds well be done next weekend. Also i heard the Navy is gonna cut her up and sold for scrap.

You did a fantastic representation of Super Sara.    She was one fine looking lady.

Looks beautiful. CV-60 is one of my favorite ships ever. Your scratch-building skills exceed any that I could ever do.

Your portrayal of her after a long cruise is nice with some weathering is nice, and I am not going to say anything negative, indeed you have a work of art..... except as a matter of personal preference I would have left a little more of the landing strip markings visible towards the forward ends of the waist cats and elevator visible, as the markings here didn't take quite the punishment that the rest of them did in the landing area, along with the starboard elevator outlines too.

Official US Navy photograph (#USN 1048532) released by the Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., August 26, 1960.

Indeed, again, a work of art.

she is done. all she needs is water.

starboardside latter tonight.

thanks for looking final photos tonight. deckcrews,tractors and weathering.

Great Looking build. My Dad was on the Sara from 1970 to 1973. If I look real close I think I see some VF-103 A/C. That was his Squadron.  Thanks for sharing.

yes that is a 1/350 Ranger papercard. my first Forrestal class build. Thanks for looking.

raider-hall,your Sara is amazing,i noticed that you built the mighty Ranger CVA-61 in the background,is that a paper model as well or is there a 1/350 plastic kit available? i mostly build tanks and planes but really love the lines of ships. i was an airwing Rangerman during Op Desesrt Shield/ Storm,and would like to have a 3D piece of my history.great job and thanks in advance.

deckcrews,choppers,aircraft,decktractors and rigging this weekend.

Sorry to get back to yo so late Pavlvs. you ask what kind of glue do i use to bond the papercard. Elmer's Glue-All is the stuff i use to bond everything. after the glue has set i use a very thin bead of Zap-Gap medium Ca+ for a even stronger bond. all of my hulls are waterline which makes it easier for me.  also i don't know what i'm doing sometimes. Sara will be finished tomorrow.

Merry Christmas Pavlvs! I'll get back to you about how i did it tomorrow.

WOW!!!  Beautiful work especially since it was scratchbuilt of paper.  I've been wanting to build a paper model.  I have a card kit of the HMS Dreadnought.  My big question is what glue do you use in your paper to paper adhesion.  I've tried white glue and thick CA and glue stick which was the recommended type with none working.  The white soaks into the paper and ruins the printed on images.  The CA glues everything to everything else and also ruins the printed details and the glue stick (Pritt brand) simply does not stick strong enough.  I'm stumped.  Either I have the wrong glue or the wrong technique.  Can you give me some advice on this?  Obviously you know what you are doing!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Thank You,working on the Whales right now. these were some monster ac's on deck.

Looking good.

working on the airwing at this time.

finally touches on Sara this weekend. airwing is on hold because of decals that is coming.

almost done.

getting down to the last detail.                                                                                                                                            

painted the hull and island hazegrey. main mast and other small bits to be added Sunday. also hope to have the GGM p.e next Monday.