Completed: 1/144 scale USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

steve5

Member since
July 2013

Posted by steve5 on Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:06 PM

your pics didn't come through for me capn .

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goldhammer

Member since
August 2014
From: Willamette Valley, Oregon

Posted by goldhammer on Sunday, January 31, 2021 5:45 PM

rcboater

Thanks, guys!

Model is 42" LOA. I really enjoyed all the scratchbuilding- used a lot of Evergreen sheet and strip.

One more photo: Taken on "Sea trials" the month before- caught a gust on the port beam. Prototypical!

USS Guadalcanal, spring '44 (US Navy photo)

No one can say you don't build to specifications.

Nicely done.

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CapnMac82

Member since
November 2005
From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas

Posted by CapnMac82 on Sunday, January 31, 2021 4:36 PM

Apparently that's a good scale to use, as that's what the Norfolk Navy Musem's diorama seems to be in.

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rcboater

Member since
December 2002
From: Derry, New Hampshire, USA

Posted by rcboater on Monday, January 25, 2021 10:15 PM

Thanks, guys!

Model is 42" LOA. I really enjoyed all the scratchbuilding- used a lot of Evergreen sheet and strip.

One more photo: Taken on "Sea trials" the month before- caught a gust on the port beam. Prototypical!

USS Guadalcanal, spring '44 (US Navy photo)

Webmaster, Marine Modelers Club of New England

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Don Stauffer

Member since
November 2009
From: Twin Cities of Minnesota

Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, January 25, 2021 12:46 PM

Looks great!

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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GMorrison

Member since
September 2012

Posted by GMorrison on Monday, January 25, 2021 11:05 AM

That's really impressive. If I'm calculating this correctly, she's about 42 inches long.

I'm looking at my Bogue model, which is about 8 inches long.

Nicely built. I like the radar as well.

Bill

Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

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gregbale

Member since
March 2003
From: Towson MD

Posted by gregbale on Monday, January 25, 2021 10:10 AM

Rear Admiral Gallery would be most proud!

Greg

George Lewis:

"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."

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HooYah Deep Sea

Member since
August 2019
From: Central Oregon

Posted by HooYah Deep Sea on Monday, January 25, 2021 10:00 AM

Sweet. Nice build.

"Why do I do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, okay?"

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scottrc

Member since
December 2003
From: 37deg 40.13' N 95deg 29.10'W

Posted by scottrc on Monday, January 25, 2021 8:07 AM

Holy Batman, the working elevator was cool.

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rcboater

Member since
December 2002
From: Derry, New Hampshire, USA

Completed: 1/144 scale USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

Posted by rcboater on Sunday, January 24, 2021 9:07 PM

Finished this in October, 2020: 1/144 scale USS Guadalcanal, CVE-60, as she appeared in June ‘44 when U-505 was captured. Hull is mostly balsa, with a layer of fiberglass. Hangar and flightdeck are foam core board and lots of styrene. Gun mounts are 3-D printed. Aircraft are a mix of plastic kits: Minicraft and F-Toys Avegers and Sweet FM-2 Wildcats

Radar antenna and forward elevator are motorized.