QUOTE: Originally posted by rodbn20
hey maaang ernie!
do you have the same callsign in armorama? i saw this gallery with your name, the CVL 29 USS Bataan,1/700 pala yun! i thought it was a 350 the .45cal casing gave the scale away hanep pare:)
what kit is it? it looks like a DML?
the King Goerge V was also great! ginagawa mo pa pala yun mukhang tapos na kasi, if its WL Tamiya/? eh di scratch built yun hull nya? same din napagkamalan ko 350.
m still working on my CV6, hope to do as well kahit half as good happy nako, Inspiring pre!
rod
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Rod
thanks! but, i pass the honors to my senior BAC members they know who they are, i ha d the similar reaction when i saw their works.
yes, i have the same callsign, the Bataan is 1/700 DML USS Princeton, Independence Class Light Carrier, having modified it to a 1951 Korean Conflict Version of the USS Bataan, one of the first USN carriers to arrive in that theater to provide the UN forces much needed "by then" ground support. having only one squadron VMA-312 F4UD corsairs, later reinforced with Avengers and Skyraiders.
all mast fore and aft were modified and radar, AAA were rearrange including trading off the aft 5"38 DP gun for a 2x40mm quad, the fore was also modified as the ship did increased its stores, the Bataan was currently being upgraded when it recieved the call, w/c explains the lone marine squadron (VMA-312) also rush into the conflict. the whole squadron is the ship two are inside the hangar.
water line Tamiya nga, the KGV is still under construction, the hull is scratch built from styrene, fiberglass and polytuff, the shafts and strutts are spruse and the rudder is als made of styreen, there's nothing complex in the build all are basic i'll share the technique if you like.
the raillings are PE i'm still practicing allan's method on stretched spruse, very economical yun.
good luck on your CV6, i'm making a hull for mine, using the as-built drawings and some photos, the Trumpeter 350s hull are innacurate so, i can't rely on them, i think we have the same kit if i'm succeful i'll cast you a resin copy.
mang ernie