1/350 Forrestal class

15 years later. Still no Forrestal ?

Or Midway. I'm in the middle of a project using the lower hull of the smaller Revell Forrestal. I'd forgotten that it's a pretty basic kit.

Stefaan

15 years later. Still no Forrestal ?

 

 

Combat flight ops from the Class in Vietnam, Grenada, Lebanon, Libya, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq... helping to win the Cold War... 

but if had served in the WWII DKM.... we’d probably have at least two kits now...

Isn't that the truth!

Ya Know!

     The "Middie" or Midway to those who served elswhere was a solid old girl. My destroyer tried to sink her. We Failed. But ten months later I got transferred to her !

 I remember thinking all the crew could buy cars overseas and bring them  home on her. Just stack them three high in the empty Hangar deck!. And put the crated Honda Motorcycles on the sponsons!

 Naw, I spent many good days on her. She felt very secure and safe to me. Could wake you from a stuperous sleep when doing Plane ops though !

Oho! Does that  include any tin-cans blasting away there?

Trumpeter has the Kitty Hawk and Connie in both 1/350. I am taking a Kitty Hawk 1/350 hull and convert it into CVA-62.

If I could develop a superpower, it would be to mind-control whoever makes the decisions for Trumpeter into putting out the Forrestals, the America, the angle-deck Midways, more angle-deck Essexes and the Ford in 1/350 plastic.  

Islands and other parts for two Forrestals and several Essexes are available in most popular scales, including 1/350.  Essex islands include WWII fit, Korean War fit, and Vietnam War fit.

So Steve I guess the question is, can you print a 1/350 Forrestal hull to put the islands on?

Bill

GMorrison

So Steve I guess the question is, can you print a 1/350 Forrestal hull to put the islands on?

Bill

Unfortunately, no, a 1/350 CV hull is far too big to be affordably 3D-printed given present technology.  The 1/350 Forrestal islands were requested by modelers who intended to kitbash a Trumpeter Kitty Hawk into a Forrestal.  Obviously, that's a big conversion project.  But the islands help.  And for early-mid Forrestal configurations, 5"/54 double-dome "Frog-eye" mounts are available, too.  The islands and mounts sell more often than one might expect.  A 1/350 USS Independence CV-62 island and two mount sets sold this weekend. For a time, another vendor offered a 1/350 Forrestal flight deck to help with conversions.

Generally, the Forrestal islands sell best for the Revell 1/542 scale kits.

Best 1/350 Essex island sellers:

WWII: USS Yorktown CV-10, April 1945 Yamato sinking appearance.
Korean War:  USS Kearsarge CV-33.
Vietnam War:  USS Hornet CVS-12, Apollo 11 recovery appearance.

Steve,

I was a little tongue-in-cheek there, but a very informative reply.

The deck idea is a good one, seams could easily be dealt with.

Another bit that would be helpful for the 1/542 FIDs would be a replacement bulb for the bow.

Bill

BootBoyx2

I would buy a 1/350 Forrestal in a heartbeat ,regardless of cost. My father served on the maiden voyage of her in the early 50's. Please correct me if i'm wrong but I think she was the first to have the angled deck.

 

Actually it was the unmodified Essex class USS Antietam. As a result of experience gained, Forrestal was the first of the super carriers to have one. 

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2017/08/17/first-super-carrier-forrestal-class/

Pretty sure Forrestal was already building when Antietam and then Oriskany proved the angle-deck concept.  I also think Forrestal was the first supercarrier built; USS United States was supposed to be but was cancelled on the ways. 

The Midways were sometimes referred to that way.