U.S.S. Gambier Bay Escort Carrier Metal parts

You need to ping Al Ross.   He is the author of the AoTS Gambier Bay and designed the Blue Jacket kit.   Contact him and perhaps you can purchase a set of plans (without staples in their bellies).   

I have an old Wiswesser plan sheet which might serve as a starting point for the hull shape.

I've been looking to build a model of a CVE in 1/144 scale-- it would make a nice little RC model, and I've got a stash of 1/144 scale TBMs and FM-2 Wildcats looking for a home....

I've got the Anatomy of the Ship biook, but I'm looking for some basic plans to supplement the book.  (The book has the annoying problem where the drawings such as the outboard profile are two page, and bound into the spine of the book.)  

Ideally, I'd like to find an (inexpensive) set of  plans to use to make a fiberglas hulll.   Can anyone recommend a source? 

jtilley wrote:

The Gambier Bay kit actually isn't very old. I don't know just when it was released, but it's still in the Bluejacket catalog. The company also sells quite a few additional fittings (including extra resin aircraft) that would be relevant to it. The website is www.bluejacketinc.com . Hope this helps. Good luck.

I developed the GAMBIER BAY kit sometime in the 1990s (I think).  There should be a copyright date on the plans. 

I'm just finishing up one as FANSHAW BAY (CVE70) for one of BJ's clients.

Al Ross

 

 

 

the skipper of my ship model club just finished the gambier bay (as uss tripoli) for a client. here is the link to some pics http://rkymtnshipwrights.org/gallery_cve-64.htm

and the club (Rocky Mountain Shipwrights) home page www.rkymtnshipwrights.org

he is taking it to display at the nautical research guild convention in san diego in october at the request of bluejacket.

 

Britannia metal (sometimes called "britannia pewter") is nice stuff. It works and looks pretty much like lead, but with none of the drawbacks (i.e., extreme toxicity and deterioration). If you've got experience with styrene plastic you shouldn't have any trouble working with britannia. It can be cast, drilled, filed, trimmed with an Xacto knife, sawed with a razor saw, sanded, bent, etc. It takes any modern hobby paint well (metal primer, such as Floquil, is a good idea), and can be "blackened" with a chemical called "Pewter Black," which Bluejacket also sells.

The Gambier Bay kit actually isn't very old. I don't know just when it was released, but it's still in the Bluejacket catalog. The company also sells quite a few additional fittings (including extra resin aircraft) that would be relevant to it. The website is www.bluejacketinc.com .

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Britannia Metal alloy is an alloy of tin, copper, antimony and zinc is the replacement of pewter