Trumpeter 1/350 USS Hornet CV-8 Doolittle Raid

I need to send you my Marine air group for my ALASKA project. There is no way my fingers could do that kind of detail, even without the detail kits. I have enough trouble just putting on the landing gear!

Museum quality work!  This model, when it's completed, should be placed in an appropriate venue so that all people can enjoy this work.  I'm in AWE of your workmanship.

TJS

I see your mad like I am installing interiors in 350 scale planes

Been cool to follow this build over on MeWe as well.

Did Hornet have hangar deck catapults at the time of the raid? I don't remember. But I thought so.

Bill

The Yorktown Class Hornet CV-8 did not have hangar deck catapults. It was the Essex class Hornet CV-12 that had them.

I have read that Yorktown and Enterprise were built with cross deck cats on the hanger deck.  Suspect they were removed after a few years.  Since Hornet was built later after experience with the rest of the class, might not have been installed.  Nothing said in the rundown on her

This from Shipcraft 3, Yorktown class aircraft carriers.

The Shipcraft book may be in error.  Navy plans for Yorktown CV-5 as drawn in January 1939 then updated in February 1940 show no cross-hangar deck catapults.  See: https://maritime.org/doc/plans/index.htm (scroll down to Yorktown).  Download it to enlarge it.

However, as-built drawings and photos of Essex class Yorktown CV-10 do show a cross-deck catapult which was later removed.

Noted researcher Tracy White, who frequents this forum, is likely to be able to confirm or deny the presence of cross-deck catapults on wartime carriers.  He has extensive documentation.  The references I have indicate that the cross-hangar deck catapult was exclusively an Essex class innovation which was found to be troublesome and impractical.  Only a few of the early ships of the class were fit with it and they all had them removed.

Very detailed work!  She's going to be so impressive when she's completed.

TJS

These ship builds are super impressive!! Fantastic work. I've yet to build a ship model in my adult years but stuff like this and what modelcrazy posts are truly inspiring.

Just EPIC Wolfman! I'm finally all caught up on the build. My favorite, tho I love all the aircraft and the skill you are applying, is the trick to make the light bulbs  love it

Wolfman_63

t I will need to figure out how to get all these aircraft on the hangar deck.

Ah the Great Riddle that has faced every Air Boss since time immemorial.

Now, in 1:1 practice, the Air Boss has a pair of boards--traditionally known as "ouija boards"--representing the deck space of the hanger and flight decks, upon which the deployed air wing was deployed.

Traditionally, a flat profile of the a/c is used, with a stud or rivet to apply various symbols, like nuts, washers, and the like to indicate the status of the parked a/c.  Whihc informs as to whether various a/c are able to be moved, or need to be near repair facilities, and the like.

The trick of it is getting everything close together without quite touching.  And, on the hanger deck, they would often just use human power to move a/c out to where a tug could latch on.

Ohh this really looks good. Those dive brakes down are so impressive in this scale. Nice work!

The detail you're throwing at this thing is just jaw dropping. Un.....believeable man.

Can you use the girder assemblies as conductors for the LEDs?

Bill

Just fantastic!

No I cannot. I will run the wires seperate and in styrene tubes to match cables and pipes that are on the actual ship photos.

very impressive work wolfman . need you to give me some tips on PE work .

Wolfman_63

I then started squeezing all the aircraft on the hangar deck.

That looks like the crowded conditions that probably were required.

There's never enough room.

Doing one incredile job despite the constraints.

Awesome progress on this build.  Your work inspires me to do the best work that I can do and it motivates me to get off of my computer and get back to my workbench.

TJS

Wolfman_63

The bridge is divided into two sections so I used two PICO sized LED’s to light it up.

Small point of order--Navigation bridges are kept dark--else you can't see out the windows.

PriFly and similar Deck Observation bridges will be under red illumination at night.