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Hello... coming soon... Monogram.. 1/48 scale Kingfisher... with the photo etch fiddleys...and a resin upgrade from Lone Star Models...and.. a electric motor to spin the prop..
I'm building this for a friend who is going to mount it on his 1/48 scale destroyer..,,yup.. I said 1/48 scale destroyer..
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next is the engine.. I hallowed it out with progressivly bigger bits, untill I got to 1/4",, i smoothed up the shaft hole with a needle file..[View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]
heres the 3v motor inserted and then epoxied in...:550:0]
thats it so far....
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Easily the best model Monogram ever sold, and IMO one of the ten best model aircraft ever. Nice job, can a 1/48 BB-39 be far behind?
I can't wait to see how this turns out. I hear Revell will be re-popping this kit very soon. I must have one!
-Greg
And an electric motor?!
What do they think it is, a Lindberg kit ?
Nice kit and look forward to more build photos.
And your friend must have, what, a dedicated warehouse to store this completed project in? Going to be a big one!
Only down-side I see is: Destroyers did not carry aircraft. Even a Fletcher was WAY too small.
It would be appropriate on a cruiser or battleship, though...
Ray
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One of my all time favorite planes!! I've got that in my stash, along with the Cutting Edge Cockpit...I was stupid, and didn't order the float....now I can't find it...blast it!
Looks good so far.
Cheers, LeeTree Remember, Safety Fast!!!
Lookin' good! Lots of aftermarket goodies too. Looking forward to more progress pics.
Revell has the Kingfisher listed in their September releases. Gonna have to get a few of those.
Kevin
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Ray Marotta Only down-side I see is: Destroyers did not carry aircraft. Even a Fletcher was WAY too small. It would be appropriate on a cruiser or battleship, though... Ray
No, I remember somewhere - maybe in modelwarships.com? - a one-off training ship that was made specifically to teach pilots how to lauch from catapults, and it was on the back of a destroyer. Looked funny as all get out, too.
this is the ship my friend is building.. as u can see... it has a Kingfisher on the catapualt..where the #3 5" used to be...it was a short lived experiment.. I believe 3 other Fletcher class DD's had Kingfishers for short while...
This is the USS Stevens...
anyone else think that name rings a bell???:550:0]
The USS Stevens appeared in many DC War comics throughout the years.. author Sam Glazman actually served on the Stevens during WW2...
http://www.oocities.org/ussstevens/list.htm
This kit was one of my firsts when I was but a lad! I may have to break out of my 1/72 scale mindset to get one of these!
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On my workbench now:
It's all about classic cars now!
Why can't I find the "Any" key on my keyboard?
A pic of that ship that's a little bigger..
I can't argue with that! I've got no information either way and, there were some really odd training ships built or converted as part of the war effort such as the USS Wolverine; a side wheel aircraft carrier that operated on the Great Lakes. BUT...This has got me interested and I'm going to see what I can find. Not as an "I told you so" but as something that would be very interesting and worth sharing...
All the best
After seeing the photos of the USS Stevens, I stand corrected!!! Still, it looks to me like there was no way of recovering said Kingfisher...Or was there???
Yup.. I believe it was 4 total DD's carried Kingfishers for a short time in Active duty in the Pacific..
While your searching,, search Sam Glazman, and the USS Stevens.. and DC comics...very interesting...
Finding the info wasn't very hard after all. The 3 converted destroyers were DD-477 (USS Pringle) DD-479(USS Stevens) and, DD-480 (USS Halford) Wikipedia has it covered here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stevens_%28DD-479%29
They WERE able to recover the Kingfisher, too...
Sometimes humble pie can be tasty! I learned something here today.
is that like Crow ?.. lol. we all learn something new every day ..
Knowing Tin Can sailors, they probably got a bunch of guys to lift the thing up there with their own muscle power.
p38jl, do you have any refs for the markings?
Found this shot too:
From here:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/479.htm
And here's a great little story about the project in a PDF file you can download:
Destroyers with Wings
A motorized Kingfisher? I like different stuff - this fits the bill!
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
[/quote] on the planes ? or the ship ? planes, no.. not yet.. as near as I can tell, and from my friend building the destroyer, they just had generic markings,, but we havn't stopped looking..
I meant the plane.
That PDF file I linked to actually does have a good close side shot supposedly taken from one of the Destroyers. It shows a tri-color camo with the 4 position winged national markings, and just the aircraft number 3 under the gunner station.
The other photo I posted above (which is also in the PDF) seems to have a two color gray scheme with the six position star in circle national markings, but I can't make out any individual identifier markings on that aircraft.
Sprue-ce Goose And an electric motor?! What do they think it is, a Lindberg kit ? Nice kit and look forward to more build photos.
No, a Lindberg kit would include a kit to build the motor I have that with one boxing of the Stearman, it includes the U-Bild-It Electric Motor for powering the prop.
The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.
p38jl ... I believe 3 other Fletcher class DD's had Kingfishers for short while... This is the USS Stevens...
... I believe 3 other Fletcher class DD's had Kingfishers for short while...
I think you are correct; at least, it was an experiment. Squadron's "US Navy Floatplanes" booklet has a photo of a destroyer with a catapault mounted on board, shipping an SOC-3, if I remember correctly. But the experiment was abandoned.
And to the topic at hand--great choice of kit and subject! I agree, this is a great little kit, built the classic out of the white box as a kid, and now I have the high-tech boxing, plus a couple of the older boxings, in the stash. Even without the PE and the aftermarket, it was a great little kit to build.
Viva Monogram!
Yup.. great kit.. I remember the one I built as a kid, trying to get it to "float" at the lake... lol
p38jl Yup.. great kit.. I remember the one I built as a kid, trying to get it to "float" at the lake... lol
trying to float in the lake... I assume you had to build a 1/48 Catalina to come to the rescue of the 'Fisher?!
lol. back then I had the 1/72 cat,,,, she didnt float so well either.. I think my GI JOE action figure saved em,,,lol
Just make sure this one doesn't end up at the bottom of that lake - sounds like a diver's paradise down there now!
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