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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
Elevators and Catwalks
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Starting the Flight Deck
Instead of removing the railings and sanding the catwalk smooth, I've decided to just remove the catwalks from the flight deck and replace them with styrene angle. Again the exacto saw and a cleanup with 400 wet sandpaper works well. I have some very good drawings of the Yorktown flight deck to go by. I intend to cement the elevators in place and fill in the gaps and sand them smooth. The decals will indicate the elevators.
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Stern Gun Tubs
I used some pieces of the removed hull bottom to make angles that would hold 2 small nuts that will secure the model to the mounting. 5 minute epoxy was used to cement the nuts on.
The gun tubs at the stern are different from the stern of the Yorktown. The Yorktown is one long back porch so I started by trimming the sides from the gun tubs and rounding them with sandpaper. The gap was filled with a piece square plastic rod. A strip of .010" styrene was shaped around and putty filled the gaps. Sanded it all smooth and applied some paint to check for imperfections.
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Making this a waterline model
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The kit
Today I picked up a Revell USS Hornet kit in 1/530 scale. This is a reissue of a very old kit. I remember seeing them in stores when I was just a kid. The plastic inside is the same even though the kit has been marketed as other ships including Essex and Wasp. I have also built this kit a few years ago as the Shangri-La. A good friend of mine from the navy spent time aboard the Yorktown so I plan to build this as CVS-10. Gold Medal Models makes a photoetched detail set with some nice touches like radars and railings that I'll be using.
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