Trumpeter USS Yorktown CV-10

Hi Bill,

I asked about the Yorktown myself about a month ago. I plan on building her myself at some point.

From what you can see so far, is she worth the 100 or so bucks ? As for the paints, I don't know about an alternative brand, but Squadron.com has a wide varitey of Gunze paints available at $1.98 a bottle.

Thanks,
Ted

oz1998 go to Great Models.com or check ebay. You can get the kit for well under $100. I am just now finishing the Essex (basically the same kit) and it is/was an absolute delight to build. As to colors, I used model masters on mine. MIxed what I needed

I strongly recommend the White Ensign line of naval colors. If you're going to spend that much time and money on a ship model, you might just as well put accurate and quality paint on her.

The instructions for Yorktown are suspect. Her Measure 32/10a design scheme called for 5-L Light Gray, 5-O Ocean Gray, and 5-N Navy Blue. Flight deck colors would have been Norfolk 250 stain, but there's some speculation that the tone was darkened to match 20-B Deck Blue, which is used on all horizontal surfaces such as turret tops, catwalks, etc.

Regards,

Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com