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Are these USS Hornet CV-8 references useful?
Posted by peterj
on Thursday, December 27, 2007 7:44 AM
Santa brought me Trump's 1/350 Hornet, so now I'm searching for good references. I'm planning to model her as she appeared for the Doolittle raid.
Being 95% an aircraft modeler, I'm not familiar with Hornet/Yorktown books. I already have the Warship Pictorial, and I've found several other books online...
Shipcraft 4 - Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers
Warship Pictorial #3 USS Hornet, by Commander William H. Cracknell, USN
Squadron Yorktown Class In Action
I'd appreciate some guidance about these titles... are they worthwhile? Particularly Shipcraft... $22 for 64 pages is rather steep, so I don't want to buy it blindly. As far as modeling skills go, I'm proficient with PE and resin as well as plastic, so if it's just generic modeling techniques and tips it probably won't help me a lot. OTOH, naval or ship-specific tips would be very helpful.
I'm still deciding whose PE to use, but I'm leaning towards GMM. I've used it before (currently building Jeremiah O'Brien, and did Enterprise about 20 years ago), and Loren has provided great customer service.
Thanks for your assistance!
Peter
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