It has arrived

I'll second Jeff's suggestion of the Classic Warships book "Yorktown Class Carriers".
It's worth every cent; there are some excellent photos and it's a great reference. Also
all the articles on Modelwarships.com are good references. You'll have fun on this project. Be advised you'll need to buy additonal aircraft.

Hey jeff, did you ever go the USS intrepid in NYC??? That place is great.... a good idea would be to build a diorama of the whole museum, including the sub and the other ship.... it would be neat to build the intrepid as it is now, don't you think???

There's a couple of articles on the ship at Modelwarships.com, including :

Feature Article on building the Hornet by Kelly Quirk
In-Box review of this kit by Kelly Quirk
Gold Medal Models 1/350 USS Hornet Fittings Set #350-21
Gold Medal Models 1/350 Gold Plus Hornet Extra Detail Set #350-21A
USS Hornet CV-8 Photo Archives
Warship Pictorial #9 Yorktown Class Carriers (a photo album) by Classic Warships

Hornet is a pretty straight build, there's not much to throw you off until you start adding PE sets and hangar deck girders and cockpit sets for the aircraft.

You can get pretty nutty with this one...if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'll be starting mine as she appeared at Santa Cruz as my winter project as well.

I would strongly recommend picking up the Classic Warships' Pictorial on the Yorktown Class. Lots of photos and very affordable. Available through most hobby shops, or just about any of hte vendors on our site.

Regards,

Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com