1/700 USS Essex

[Sammuel]

Group;

This project was sitting on the work bench for a while. I'm passing the completed project to a great young man in my housing unit.

Not much scratch building on this one and I used some extra 1/700 PE parts I had sitting around from other builds. I will try to get better photos. The paint job is all by hand and can and I tried to get the haze gray look of the time as she came out of the yard.

I have other builds waiting, but I'm trying to improve on my research skills to get a better realistic look on future builds.

Thank you,

Sam

[Ron40]

Sam,
This is an outstanding model. It seems your
research skills are finely tuned. I am also ex
Navy but was an airdale. I was stationed on
several Essex carriers. The carriers were
Shangra La CVA 38, Hancock CVA 19 and the
Lexington CVA 16. Nice to see a model of
these grand old Carriers. Which kit was this
built from? Best Regards, Ron

[Don Boose]

Nice-looking model of a famous ship.

Don

[silveroxide]

Great looking ship. There have been some threads of this build, I would have loved to have seen your build thread on it. You know, that with this excellent work, your next build has to be fantastic or better.

[Sammuel]

Gentelmen;

Your all too kind with your words of encouragment. The kit was an old Fujimi Seaway kit that I picked up at the local HS on the bargin shelf. I like the older kits and the work that goes into them to bring them up to an OK model. I used odds and ends as far as left over PE parts and railing. It's a 1/700 scale and I passed the model on as a gift the a young man who also has an eye for military history.

I'm in the process of completing a 1/700 IJN Isuzu LC. I'm leaning more each build towards IJN ships. I think more of the IJN ships as an art form then a warship. Very classic designs and inovative.

All my ships right now are 1/700 and the scale is great for saving space in my office and den and also the cost is great. My next two builds are a IJN Kongo BS and a IJN Akagi AC. I have just recived the PE parts for both kits and I should be starting the Kongo in a couple of weeks. The Akagi will be after and will take my time with that one. I will give that one as a gift to a counterpart who also is an IJN addict.

With the help of my wife (learning photography as a hobby), I will post more photo's. My paper models have fallen by the wayside for a bit. My last couple of ones did not come out so well. I need to find an easy ship model to get my mojo going again with paper models. I worked on some plane models and found out that it's not my thing and I have a thing for ships.

Thanks again and will keep you guys posted with new models.

[Ron40]

Sammuel,
I have the Fly Model #63 kit of the AKAGI. It is 1:300 scale
and is available if you or your friend are interested PM me...Ron