Hr. Ms. Karel Doorman (R81) 1:350

[Rick Thomson]

Hmmm...the same class as the Bonaventure, this will be interesting, as would shrinking Trackers, Banshees, and Seakings to that size.

[The--Mouse]

I cut out the flight dek:






According to the definition I must start with the bow, but have no idea how I should fold this.....
After some attempts and I stopped and made a copie of this part :


It allows me to practice until I know how to fold this:


And this is the way it has to be


So now I can start with the original bow

Fred

[The--Mouse]

Originally Posted by Rick Thomson

Hmmm...the same class as the Bonaventure, this will be interesting, as would shrinking Trackers, Banshees, and Seakings to that size.

Rick on this ship wil be come 4 Sikorsky S-58 and 8 Grumman Trackers.
In scale 1:350 ......yes, very small I think, but we'll see

Fred

[The--Mouse]

After testing I made the real bow:


Here you can see clearly the complicated shape:




After the bow of the ship was placed there was a gap created by the tension in the paper:


Very carefully with a little glue I made it to the body. (Lower done, top not yet):


Then the middle off the flight dek. This is a fairly simple straightforward piece:


But the hull is not very solid so first I marked where the dek should get glued:


And so is the flight dek ready, as you can seen with a little color difference.


Fred

[Rick Thomson]

Looking very good Fred.

[josbakkers]

Hello Fred,
Nice to see You are busy with the Karel Doorman as wel.
I started with the Drenthe ,some pictures enclosed,now the Karel Doorman is under
the scissors.
Hope to make a nice Diorama from the both of them.
Maybe we meet in October during IPMS meetying?
Regards Jos

[The--Mouse]

That's a nice build of the Drenthe Jos! Wonderfull model!
I hope you also start a topic of the Karel Doorman.

Fred

[Don Boose]

Nice work. This was a good-looking post-WWII aircraft carrier and your model is cleanly and precisely built, as is your style.

Don

[josbakkers]

Fred,Thanks for the compliments,enclosed a few photo's from progress
at my building site.
Afraid not as well cleaned as Yours !
As You see I cut the openings for the G deck so have to make more frame's.Rear G deck is now under construction.
Also rebuild the Sykorski's to make them more real as the Tracker's are.
Cheers for now,Jos

[The--Mouse]

Jos, I'am just a starting papermodeler and built OOB ( Out Of Book ).
Nice work that you show, but 1 step higher than mine! ( where can i find a topic of it? )
I wil make the ship the way it's printed.

Fred