discussion Battle of Coral Sea Yorktown CV-5

[BigGreg]

Dear all
Here is today's update on the carrier.
Not a lot..l placed the 2 stern's gun platforms...some gaps were filled
Have a nice evening

 

[Mini Me]

Shaping up nicely and I like the painting progress so far....gonna be the bomb when it's done Greg.

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...today l covered all the parts of the hangar deck and painted it with a little weathering plus l started the walls and finally prepared the elevator's pit...the extra painting detailing will start soon...enjoy

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...l placed the 3 auxiliary elevators you will notice a hole next to the central pit..that's the hole made by the 250kg Japanese bomb on may the 8th 1942 at 1127 am...enjoy

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all..
I'm really sorry about the lack of updates...but for the moment l just need a break from the carrier...But..l just bought some fiber optics cables to add lights in the hangar....sooo l will restart eventually in a couple of days but for the moment l need just some time off...you can see it from the scifi stuff l'm doing...well PLEASE STAY TUNED......

 

[BigGreg]

And l'm baaaacckk
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...today l placed the beams and railings on the 2nd level at the stern...sorry for this loong delay...

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the diorama battle of Coral Sea, started the first 5 F3F Wildcats..superdettailed...missing canopy and antennas due of the painting before placement...enjoy..

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the diorama battle of Coral Sea...today l did extra F4F-3 so for the moment 10 planes and l placed the first 5 canopies...extremely time consuming but rewarding..enjoy

 

[scottie3158]

Greg they are superb mate.

 

[BigGreg]

Greg they are superb mate.

Thanks Paul

 

[rtfoe]

Shaping up pretty well Greg and she's receiving her squadron of Wildcats too.

Cheers,
Wabble.

 

[BigGreg]

Thanks  Richard...well here it is...
Dear all here is today's update on the carrier...
I put the last canopies of all the Wildcats...l started the first Dauntless....daaaaamn those planes are time consuming...enjoy
Greg

 

[minitnkr]

Beautiful.

 

[BigGreg]

Beautiful.

Thanks alot Mini

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier...2 more Dauntless ...they are not 100% finished but we are getting there...

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier's air group for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...the first 5 SBD-3 are 95% done..daaamn those canopies are...difficult but look really good..enjoy

 

[BigGreg]

Well...3 extra SBD...not a lot... but necessary more to come...enjoy

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the air group for the carrier...l will let you know were we are for the moment...we are hours after the battle around 1330 local time the carrier is in recovery phase the fire has been put out; 2 of the 9 boilers are out and there is massive leak of oil in the ocean. Planes are coming back so on page 29/30 of the after action report "Battle of Coral Sea" you can see the planes ready for action may the 8th 3rd picture....then 4th and 5th pictures planes coming back from the battle...
The number of the planes on deck or hangar will be
10 SBD-3 Dauntless squadron VB-5
5 SBD-3Dauntless squadron VS-5
7 F4F-3 Wildcat squadron VF-42
8 TBD-1Devastator squadron VT-5
And here look at the update we are at 10 Wildcats and 8 Dauntless and 2 super deluxe detailled...enjoy

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier and the planes....well these Dauntless are complicated but so rewarding...enjoy

 

[BigGreg]

Dear all here is today's update on the carrier for the diorama battle of Coral Sea...l started the TBD-1 of VT-5 Devastator. I'll do 2 or 3 with open wings and 4 or 5 with folded wings...enjoy