Hi; Thanks....
ps1scw: been noodling on and off what I wanted to do with that model for some time, I really didn't want to submerge it in a puddle of fake water - since it's such a nice kit. Got the idea from a photo in one of those squadron walk around books, thee was a swordfish mounted on a land based catapult for training, but the details of the catapult are difficult to make out.
I also just came across this... http://hsfeatures.com/features04/seagullbc_1.htm
ddp59; thanks for the link, the drawing gives a good idea of the general layout, if not the particular details, also the article indicates the relatively low availability of reference photos for the renown... like I said, the ship is less important than the availability of reference to the catapult itself.
-sean