WWII Aircraft Carriers [1:200 and 1:400]

[trcmaje]

Hey.
I have been looking around for a Aircraft carrier from the WWII era.
Specialy in the 1:200 scale. So I was thinking of doing a list of what have been made so far.

Because the carriers in the 1:400 scale is so easy to do in 1:200 I included them in this list as well. So here we go.

1:200 WWII Aircraft Carriers:
Answer mkf IJN Junyo
GPM 102 Graf Zeppelin
GPM 159 Shokaku
GPM 165 Zuikaku
GPM 231 USS Lexington (cv-2)
GPM 223 USS Saratoga (cv-3)
Fly Model 81 USS Saratoga (cv-3)
Halinski USS Gamber Bay

That's what I have found so far. IF anyone have anything more that has been released, feel free to add to the list.
Here continue the list of my finds

1:400 WWII Aircraft carriers:
Ecardmodels HMS Colossus
(Ecard also have the USS Tavara LHA 1 from 1972, no WWII carrier)
JSC 4 Card
JSC 9 Intrepid
JSC 27 Victorious
JSC 38 Graf Zeppelin
JSC 76 Zuiho
JSC 84 Shinano

I kind of left out the 1:300 scale because there was not so many carriers. BUT I do have a few so I just put up another list here:

1:300 WWII Aircraft Carriers
GPM 23 Hiryu
Halinski 93-05 Uss Enterprise Cv 6
Halinski 93-04 Hms victorious
Fly Model 063 IJN Akagi
Maly Modelarz USS Essex
Maly Modelarz Ark Royal
Maly Modelarz "Arromanches" (former HMS colossus)
Modelarz Arromanches R-95

Any more Aircraft Carriers out there?
I found this polish site where someone is making the USS WASP:
USS WASP CV7

There you have it. Please let me know if I have missed any carriers!!!
Now What ship should I build?

[B-Manic]

IJN Junyo has an interesting look. She was initially built to become the civilian passenger ship Kashiwara Maru.

[doctormax]

i for one never knew the Germans had an aircraft carrier till a few months ago? There i am a reader of history and I never knew that fact. since then i found that they found the wreck only in the last four years?

[trcmaje]

Yes, the germans had the Graf Zeppelin in the works but they also had another one on the planing stage. Jsc have another carrier that I left out:
Its called the Weser but it never left the planing stage:
German aircraft carrier WESER (JSC 401)

So, do anyone know if I have left any carriers out from my list?
And what is the best model to start with if I want to build one in the 1:200 scale?

[30-06]

I think JSC has the HMS Invincible - Helo/Harrier - Modern

[trcmaje]

Originally Posted by 30-06

I think JSC has the HMS Invincible - Helo/Harrier - Modern

Yeah, I kind of left that out because it's not a WWII carrier.
It would have been great if there was any models of the USS Hornet (CV-12) or the USS Yorktown (CV-10)?

[doctormax]

Not sure if this be a good idea or if you would feel like just making a few changes but wasn't USS Enterprise Yorktowns sister ship. A bit of taking from there adding and you could have a yorktown?

[trcmaje]

Maybe. that sounds good. Do someone have some sort of reasourse were I can find a free master plan of aircraft carriers?
Here is a pic of what American carriers that have been made so far.

[doctormax]

not sure here but there is a site called blueprints.com and they have a few blueprints of aircraft carriers can help in making out them little changes for sister ships anyway

[Papercut]

I believe Angraf also does the Graf Zeppelin in 1/200th scale. I have the GPM version and it was not cheap since it is considered a discontinued kit. The Angraf kit is way more accurate, but is still not totally accurate, but is better than the GPM one. I have seen an individual combine a Bismarck hull w/the Angraf to produce a as accurate version as possible of this WWII Aircraft Carrier. I do find this a very interesting design for the ships time of development. One of the features that I find most interesting is that the special designed Me109's were launched from this carrier, rather than taking of under their own power! :DRick