Welcome to my Web site
I chose Revells’ Cutty Sark as the launch project because there are a large number of these kits out there in closets, attics and modelers collections, waiting to be built. Also, this kit builds into a pretty impressive ship model, no matter where the modelers’ skill level is.
The plan is for this site to grow over time, featuring a different model about every month. Previous models will be archived for reference and new visitors to the site. As you may have already noticed, this site is written in a blog foremat with the latest post on top and previous posts in decending order. I hope that modelers will find this website enjoyable and useful and will visit often……………..John
The Island
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Labels: USS Yorktown CVS-10
Painting the Hull and Flight Deck
The stripes for the angled section of the flight deck are incorrect for the period I'm modeling so I opted not to use them. Also I prefer to paint long straight lines when I can since decals are really difficult to keep straight. Using the drawing I have I measured the angled deck off and masked the striping with tamya masking tape and painted the lines with MM Light Gray. I use this rather then white because white looks too bright in scale. Painted the catapults the same way with MM Euro 1Gray. After the paint dried weathering was applied using pastels, mostly black. A little brown was added in some places. The elevators get dirtier then the rest of the deck so I weathered them heavier. Decals were applied after a coat of clear gloss was sprayed on. I had to use numbers from my spares box and a few other non-kit decals. Sprayed the whole thing with clear flat.
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Labels: USS Yorktown CVS-10